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How to manage equality, diversity and inclusion in the workplace
Updated / Tuesday, 16 Feb 2021
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Analysis: achieving a culture of equality, diversity and inclusion in an organisation is often easier said than done
Despite equality legislation and equality policies, inequality persists nationally and globally. According to the National Disability Authority, over 36% of working age people (between 20 and 64 years of age) with a disability are employed in the Irish workforce compared to 73% without a disability. A 2018 ESRI study showed that people from a black non-Irish background are less than half (0.4 times) as likely to be employed than white Irish and five times as likely to experience discrimination when seeking work.
Cork twins grateful for lockdown as they expanded their love for art and music
Cathal Walsh, a sixth-class pupil at Summercove National School, Kinsale, won the national ‘Someone Like Me’ art competition with his Piano Man picture of his twin brother. Harry is pictured on the far left with his twin Cathal on the right.
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A Kinsale primary school student has thanked the Cleft Lip and Palate Team at CUH for ensuring he and his twin brother look so alike. Cathal Walsh, a sixth-class pupil at Summercove National School, Kinsale, won the national ‘Someone Like Me’ art competition with his Piano Man picture of his twin brother.
Scoil Mhuire na Gael s Emma Cunningham is art winner
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Sixth class pupil Emma Cunningham from Scoil Mhuire na nGael, Dundalk, is celebrating after being named the Senior County Winner of the prestigious national art competition, Someone Like Me, which will see her join pupils from 47 other schools to compete for the much sought-after national title at an online awards ceremony to be held on Thursday, January 28.
The competition, which is organised by the National Disability Authority, attracted more than 1,500 entries from national schools across the length and breadth of the country.
Now in its fifth year, Someone Like Me aims to foster more positive attitudes towards persons with disabilities by highlighting the similarities that exist between all people.
A 12-year-old boy from Co Cork is this year s winner of the National Disability Authority s annual art competition Someone Like Me .
Cathal Walsh, a sixth class pupil at Summercove National School in Kinsale stole the judges hearts with his portrait of his twin, Harry.
The picture entitled Piano Man shows his twin, who was born with a cleft lip and palate, playing the piano - something he taught himself to do during lockdown.
This year s finalists from 48 primary schools across the country gathered online for a special virtual ceremony.
The judges said Cathal s entry took top honours not just because of its artistic appeal, but also for its heartwarming story reflecting the competition s aim to foster more positive attitudes towards people with disabilities by highlighting the similarities that exist between all people.