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76% of paralysed people unemployed

A new report finds three quarters of Irish people with spinal injuries donÂ’t go back to work, and 4...
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12:47 PM - 8 Oct 2014



76% of paralysed people unempl...

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76% of paralysed people unemployed

TodayFM
TodayFM

12:47 PM - 8 Oct 2014



A new report finds three quarters of Irish people with spinal injuries donÂ’t go back to work, and 40 per cent live on or below the poverty line.

The survey by Spinal Injuries Ireland finds more than 40 per cent rely on family as their main support, with 16 hundred Irish people affected by paralysis.

Helen Vaughan reports.



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