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Derval

@dervalmcd.bsky.social
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Personal a/c Inclusion Ireland CEO. Chair Irish Penal Reform Trust. ND .she/her .Queer. Former SLT..Information is power, make it all accessible. Deinstitutionalisation and human rights. Director at LINQ Ireland.

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Derval @dervalmcd.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
SNA cuts U-turn: This has exposed the deep faultlines in our education system jrnl.ie/6965883 Our article yesterday . We need courageous leadership for a fully inclusive model of education, where all children belong ❤️
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SNA cuts U-turn: This has exposed the deep faultlines in our education system
Real inclusion demands long-term leadership, systemic reform and schools built around every child — not crisis management, writes Derval McDonagh.
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Derval @dervalmcd.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Letter in the Irish Times today.
The national convention on education is a rare opportunity to redefine inclusion in education.
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Derval @dervalmcd.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
Have read so many devastating articles on Gaza, but this floored me again this evening. Israeli soldiers routinely ordered to fire on civilians waiting for humanitarian aid in Gaza jrnl.ie/6745555
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Israeli soldiers routinely ordered to fire on civilians waiting for humanitarian aid in Gaza
One soldier said firing shells at civilians has become routine.
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Derval @dervalmcd.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
My article in today's Examiner. A moment of grace, a moment for Grace. www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm... Picture shows child in silhouette standing in a doorway.
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Derval McDonagh: We cannot say what happened to Grace will not happen again
While 2,400 people with intellectual disabilities still live in institutions, while we continue to think it’s OK for people to live their lives with fundamental rights and freedoms denied, we continue...
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Derval @dervalmcd.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
My article in today's Examiner. A moment of grace, a moment for Grace. www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm... Picture shows child in silhouette standing in a doorway.
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Derval McDonagh: We cannot say what happened to Grace will not happen again
While 2,400 people with intellectual disabilities still live in institutions, while we continue to think it’s OK for people to live their lives with fundamental rights and freedoms denied, we continue...
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Derval @dervalmcd.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
My discovery on arrival at the train station this morning on the way to a work meeting. Have decided to embrace the oddness.. what's new!
Picture of person wearing two odd shoes. One is navy, one is green.
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Derval @dervalmcd.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Wholeheartedly fighting back against these guidelines. I see a repetition of our history in Ireland; we have not shaken off our institutionalised, shameful past. We will continue to see cycles of abuse and harm of children unless we have a deep reckoning with ourselves. www.rte.ie/news/educati...
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Seclusion guidelines 'fall drastically short' - charity
A second disability charity has strongly criticised guidelines to ban or limit the use of restraint and seclusion for children in schools.
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