Calls On Local Authority To Consider Those With Disabilities On Make Way Day

There are calls on Clare County Council to consider those with disabilities when designing new structures across the county.

The pleas come come as ‘Make Way Day’, an event to raise public awareness around access issues, is being celebrated virtually across Clare today.

The local authority will host representatives and guest speakers from a number of disability organisations across the day.

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Ann Marie Flanagan is a wheelchair user and a member of the Clare Make Way Day planning group.

She says street planners need to understand the needs of people with disabilities.