Mr Hayes founded the Clare Leader Forum, a rights based disabled people’s organisation, and sat as the Chair of the Clare Irish Kidney Association. Dermot Hayes. If desired, donations in Dermot’s memory can be made to the Irish Kidney Association or the Clare Leader Forum. “For now, we will take a pause, to reflect, grieve, and to hold Dermot’s family gently in our hearts. The Corofin native and his decades of activism were celebrated by friends, family, and fellow activists at the ceremony.

Source: Irish Independent January 06, 2026 03:11 UTC