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1 July 2010 - Irish Times "HSE granted security for costs in failed therapy tender case" CAROL COULTER Legal Affairs Editor
"THE DIRECTOR of a philanthropic organisation which provides speech and language therapy for children is to launch a fund-raising campaign to enable her to pursue an action against the HSE. Tara Cunningham is director of Release Communication Intervention (RCI), a not-for-profit organisation which had taken proceedings against the HSE challenging refusal of a contract to provide speech and language therapy."

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24 February 2010 - Irish Times "Charities Need to be asked Rude Questions"
Sarah Carey writes an O&A about the state of Irish charities. She puts to the reader "The recession has forced us, individuals and the State, to demand that we get a bang for every buck. We shouldn't allow the halo of charity to stop us performing the same exercise when we're asked to donate."

Release and Tara Cunningham are delighted the author feels we are doing what needs to be and should be done:

"In contrast, Release was established by Tara Cunningham to plug the gap created by a desperate shortage of speech therapists for disabled children. It trains teachers and parents in speech therapy so they can teach their own children. The results are concrete and fundamentally life-changing. The model is low-cost and scalable to a global level - a venture in which the international organisation Ashoka is supporting Cunningham."

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15 February 2010 - Tara Cunningham, Jennifer Grundulis and Release Mom Margaret Shanley to speak at Inclusion Ireland's 2010 AGM

INCLUSION IRELAND AGM & CONFERENCE 2010
Different Times, Different Thinking
- addressing the challenges of an economic downturn for people with an intellectual disability and their families

23rd & 24th April 2010
The Malton Hotel, Killarney, Co. Kerry
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13 January 2010 - Dundalk Leader "Study Reaches Obama"
The Dundalk Leader follows up the Release study with Tara Cunningham, culminating in her meeting with President Obama's top aid.
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8 January 2010 - "Iris Oifigiúil"
Tara Cunningham's appointment accepted in Dáil Éireann (the House of Representatives)
No. 2 - 57 - 83 - 08012010

22 December 2009 - Tara Cunningham appointed by An Taoiseach Brian Cowan, T.D. to the National Disability Authority
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