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Release News - 2008



3 December 2008 - Watch Our Video
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26 November 2008 - Communication Therapy - Drogheda Leader
Release Communication Intervention opens in Dundalk for ages 0 - 18.
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26 November 2008 - Tullamore woman launches new speech therapy school - The Offaly Express
New school in Rathfarnham, just five minutes off the M50 enables parents from Offaly, Laois, Dublin, Kilkenny, Wicklow and Wexford to participate.
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21 November 2008 - Release Winter Newsletter
New school in Rathfarnham announced. Dundalk to expand to ages 0 - 18.
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18 November 2008 - News in Brief - Irish Times
Teaching about Communication.
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12 November 2008 - New M50 school to care for students with special needs - Wicklow People
CHILDREN from Wicklow and the rest of Leinster with communication difficulties will be supported by a new school off the M50 in Rathfarnham.
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12 November 2008 - M50 school will support children with special needs - Bray People
Release Communication Intervention is a not for profit social enterprise which teaches parents and children the practical skills and techniques they need to overcome communications difficulties. Enrolling for the new term which begins January 2009, both schools will cater for children from birth to 18 years with all levels of communications difficulties.
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Down Syndrome Ireland Summer 2008 Magazine - 'Diary of a Speech and Language Therapy Experience' Part 1 Sirpa Makinen, a parent participating in the Release Dundalk Scholarship Research Programme with her son Kyle Morrissey, writes about her experience in the programme. It is a fabulous read, and Release are proud of our accomplishments thus far! Click here to read the full story


21 July 2008 - Release Summer Newsletter
What's New with Release? Dundalk a huge success. Tara Cunningham receives Ashoka Fellowship. Meet our newest speech and language therapists, Anna McLeod, Christina Voytko and Kathleen Durkin. Fundraising workshop announced to learn how to raise money for your child's speech. And much much more.
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7 May 2008 - Down Syndrome Association to bring Speech Therapy School to the Midlands - Tullamore Tribune
The Laois Down Syndrome Association voted to try to bring Release to the Midlands.
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May 2008 - Dublin Children Waiting 18 Months for Speech and Language Services - Irish Times
Proof emerged from information obtained from the HSE by Fine Gael education spokesman, Brian Hayes that "Average waiting times for speech and language services at HSE local health offices in Dublin last year: Dublin west, 32 months; Dublin south, 31 months; Dublin south city, 28.5 months; Dublin southwest, 18 months; Dublin north 14.6 months; Dublin northwest, 10.5 months; Dublin north central, three months. Dublin average 18 months." The total number of children on waiting lists for speech and language therapy: 4,136.
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22 May 2008 - Know Your Rights Night for Parents of Children with Disabilities to be held on 28 May
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30 April 2008 - Laois Down Syndrome Association to Bring Speech Therapy School to Laois and Surrounding Counties
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24 April 2008 - Awarding Social Innovation - Business and Finance Magazine
Irish social entrepreneur Tara Cunningham receives an international award for her revolutionary work in speech and language therapy. Click here to read the full story.

19 April 2008 - Tara Cunningham speaks on Midlands 103 Radio with Laois Down Syndrome Ireland Chairperson Ray Harte


1 April 2008 - "Innovation: award for social entrepreneur" - Irish Times
Social Entrepreneur Tara Cunningham was last night inducted into the Ashoka-SEI Fellowship at Dublin's City Hall. Click here to read the full story.

1 April 2008 - Tara Cunningham speaks with Newstalk's Colm Brophy.
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1 April 2008 - "Energy Fellows" - Irish Examiner
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30 March 2008 - Speech and language therapy to get global boost - Sunday Business Post
"Tara Cunningham believes she has the answer to Ireland's long waiting lists for speech and language therapy. Within 18 months, she expects the new model she has created for such therapy, called Release, to be replicated globally."
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20 March 2008 - Release's Jennifer Wetter and Debbie Brassell edits new book "First Place"
'First Place', the book dedicated to children with a speech difficulty, features a young girl called Lizzy who visits a speech therapist on a regular basis...
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14 March 2008 - January to March 2008 End of Session Analysis delivered to Director of Disabilities James O'Grady and Minister Mary Harney amongst others.
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27 February 2008 - Free speech therapy programme, The Argus
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25 February 2008 - Free Speech and Language Therapy Programme
Free Speech and Language Therapy Programme for young children to open in Dundalk and form part of a research study into the management of language difficulties for children.
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23 February 2008 - End of Session Analysis for September - December 2007 released to Ministers Harney and Hanifan.
Another documented success in speech and language therapy provision through the Release Programme.
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January 2008 - WMB Magazine Cover Story
Tara Cunningham, MD, Release Communication Intervention wins Irish Life Social Entrepreneur of the Year.
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January 2008 - Irish Entrepreneur Magazine "Igniting Innovation in Female Entrepreneurs"
Tara Cunningham speaks at first National Womens Enterprise Day.
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2007 Irish Entrepreneur Yearbook - Tara Cunningham features on these prestigious lists.