# Blindness
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This year
2024
Young Scientists
Cork students unveil jacket that helps people with visual impairments detect objects around them
The project is on display at the BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition this week.
10 Jan
10.3k
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Last year
2023
Voices
Opinion: I am now blind - here are some tips for the sighted to help us along
Robert Thompson
16 Apr 2023
18.7k
7
All time
Voices
Opinion: I've been accused of faking my visual impairment - this got worse during Covid
Gillian Stafford
6 Nov 2021
26.6k
15
Future Focus
Bye-bye bifocals, hello bionic eyes: the future of seeing and hearing
10 Feb 2019
18.9k
9
cone dystrophy
'I don’t know any different': Former Voice of Ireland star refuses to let sight loss hold her back
6 Oct 2018
21.3k
5
challenging perceptions
'People always say my dad is amazing. He's not, he's just blind'
25 Aug 2018
29.0k
6
World Sight Day
'It puts holes in the retina': Thousands at risk of blindness due to diabetes-linked eye disease
12 Oct 2017
15.7k
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threefold increase
The number of blind people in the world is set to triple by 2050
3 Aug 2017
15.2k
10
making a difference
'Technology is the great equaliser' - how two apps for those with impaired sight are levelling the playing field
16 Jul 2017
12.2k
6
put the phone down
Using your smartphone at night could make you temporarily blind
1 Nov 2016
19.0k
25
Voices
My 2014: I met the Taoiseach, President Obama, and put spinal injuries on the global agenda
Mark Pollock
29 Dec 2014
105
11
Blindness
'Exciting step forward' as human embryo stem cell transplant restores sight in patients
15 Oct 2014
5.6k
4
Voices
Opinion: Losing my sight at 23 was traumatic, but my dog is with me every step of the way
Lean Kennedy
9 Oct 2014
511
20
don't turn a blind eye
Calls for measures to be introduced to eliminate avoidable blindness by 2020
16 Jul 2014
7.0k
4
Awareness
Have you had an eye test in the last two years? Half of people in Ireland haven't
15 Jun 2014
9.0k
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Voices
Column: Why are over two thirds of blind people in the world women?
Michael Marren
4 Dec 2013
491
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Voices
Column: I went blind at 14 – but my guide dog Miles has changed my life
Kevin Kelly
10 Oct 2013
487
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