Online, there is very little information about sexual health for disabled people and, as a result...
Category - Features
Features and opinion pieces on the life and times of a wheelchair user in Dublin in the 21st century. Not always about access!
I’m Tired Of Shouting For Help
I am a planner. I love to plan things so much that I planned my own surprise birthday in September...
Channel 4’s Limb Pimpin’
My beautiful leg Priscilla has been a big part of my life for the last couple of years. Made...
The City We Live In Is Different To Yours
“No offer of help. 50 yards of cobbles.” That was one of Anton Savage’s tweets...
Me Before You: But There Is Actually Life After Disability
Now. Before I tear this movie a new one, let me start by saying that Emilia Clarke is a delightful...
The View From Here
It’s hard to measure the worth of music in your life. You can use every cliche and hyperbole on...
I Am Irish, RTE 2
I was very lucky to be asked to take part in RTE 2’s I Am Irish, a documentary that tries to...
Survey: Disability Access At Music Festivals
Music festival season is just around the corner and as before things kick off, I’d like to...
How To Use Dublin Bus If You’re In A Wheelchair
I use Dublin Bus almost every day and, for the most part, it’s very reliable and easy to use...
Self(ie)-Hating Disabled Person
For the greater part of my life, I was a self-hating disabled person. I hated everything about my...
Time For Action: Disable Inequality 2016
Marian Maloney and Yaz the dog, Dr. Tom Clonan, Ellen Keane and Louise Bruton at Disable Inequality...
Disable Inequality Campaign Launch, 13th January 2016
Disable Inequality Campaign Launch 13th January, 2016, 11 – 12.30am The Atrium, Trinity...
Don’t ‘Good Girl’ Me.
Lately, I’ve noticed an increase in people rushing to my side to help me. Because I’m in a...
Bram Stoker Festival: Hushed and A Scary Trail
The Scary Trail 23 – 24 October 2015, 11:00 – 17:00 Marsh’s...
Legless Consultancy
It’s dawned on me recently that I haven’t been doing as much as I used to do...
Festival Preview: Hard Working Class Heroes 2015
Hard Working Class Heroes 1 – 3 October, 2015 Various venues in Dublin city hwch.net Music...
What It’s Like To Be A Non-Camping Electric Picnic...
For a very long time, whenever someone said that they were doing boutique camping or staying in a...
Festival Preview: Electric Picnic 2015
Electric Picnic 4 – 6 September, 2015 Stradbally Hall, Co. Laois electricpicnic.ie I...
Accessible Portaloos: Let Us Pee
The festival toilet experience is rarely a pleasant one. Thousands of people who are drinking...
TEDMED: Sophie de Oliveira Barata
Last September, the designer of my prosthetic leg, the Alternative Limb Project‘s Sophie de...
Festival Preview: Castlepalooza 2015
Castlepalooza 31 July – 2 August, 2015 Charleville Castle, Tullamore, Co...
Festival Preview: Longitude 2015
Longitude 2015 Marlay Park, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16 longitude.ie We’re halfway through...
State Podcast: And Music For All…?
A few months ago, I sat down with State’s Phil Udell and my pop partner-in-crime Jenn Gannon...
Festival Preview: Body & Soul
Body & Soul 2015 Ballinlough Castle, Co. Westmeath bodyandsoul.ie Well, according to our...
Roisin Meets… Body & Soul’s Avril Stanley and...
Last week, I met up with Roisin Ingle from the Irish Times and Body & Soul‘s Avril...
TEDxDCU: Legless In Dublin
In February of this year, I did a TEDx talk in my old college, DCU. Here I discuss life in a...
We’re Baaaaaaaaaaaaack!
After a tiny hiatus, Legless is back and better than ever. With a revamped site and extra content...
Guest Contributors
Every now and again, Legless in Dublin attempts to cover places outside of Dublin and Ireland but...
Buzzfeed Post: 24 Things All Girls In Wheelchairs Should Know
This is a little thing I wrote for this up-and-coming website called Buzzfeed. I think...
20/06/2011
This is an email that I sent to 30 of my friends in 2011 when I realised that walking was soon...