Northern Ireland’s Health Minister Robin Swann says he is not convinced that enough people will wear face coverings in shops without some element of enforcement. A Co Tyrone man who has spent the last four months shielding says he would not feel comfortable leaving his home if the wearing of face masks was not mandatory. […]
Minister Not Convinced People in NI Will Wear Masks Without Enforcement
Dermot Appears on BBC's Spend It Like Stormont: How Would You Spend The Budget?
Our public services are under pressure like never before. Our hospitals and schools are facing increasing demands and struggling to balance the books. Yet most of us don’t have a clue about how much is costs to run our public services. In this programme, Tara Mills and William Crawley break down the cost of Northern […]
Dermot Devlin goes on Space Mountain at Disneyland Paris in 1995
In 1995 I won a CBBC Newsround competition to be one of the first people on Spacemountain at Disneyland Paris. Unfortunately I was too short to go on the ride. See if you can spot me on the way to the ride (but not getting onto or off it), on the BBC clip.
My Way Access On Blab.im - Creating Social Changes With Social Media
Join my first Blab.im on Thursday 24th March at 8.00pm. It will be about using the power of social media to create social changes in society. I am looking to chat and share ideas with others who use Facebook and Twitter to engage with people to create positive social shifts in their lives and other.
My Story, My Way | Dermot Devlin | TEDxOmagh
On Monday 30th November, I delivered a TEDx Talk for TEDx Omagh at Strule Arts Centre in Omagh. This is my speech. For more information, check out my blog: Doing a TEDx Talk – Up There With My Best Memories.
Listen to Dermot and Sinead on the BBC's Listening Project
The BBC Listening Project On Tour came to Omagh! The project, a collaboration between BBC Radio 4 and the British Library in association with BBC Radio Ulster / BBC Radio Foyle, brings a state-of-the-art mobile recording booth to Omagh, as part of a tour. The award-winning BBC Radio 4 Listening Project invited My Way Access’ Dermot Devlin to speak on the programme about issues regarding […]
Dermot Applys For New Cadbury's Milk Tray Man Role
As some of you are aware now, I have applied to be the new Cadbury’s Milk Tray Man. I made it through to the second stage of the application and I was invited to summit a short video outlining why I think I should be the next man for the role. Here’s my video. […]
Dermot Speaks To BBC Radio Ulster at The Omagh Show
On Saturday 4th July 2015, Dermot of My Way Access was invited along to the 175th Omagh Show to meet Lynette Fay on The John Toal Show for a chat and to sample some of Paula McIntyre’s cooking. Dermot spoke for several minutes about living with a disability and how it impacts on his life, […]
Omagh's OASIS Plaza For Disability Access
After a 14 month period of construction between March 2014 and June 2015, the new Omagh Accessible Shared Inclusive Space (OASIS) Plaza above the Translink Bus Depot was opened to the general public to see. Costing approximately £4.5 million, the project was unveiled a year after work had begun on the site. The OASIS Plaza can […]
Not The First Unusual Haulage For Omagh Firm
Tyrone haulage firm Donnell & Ellis have completed one of the most unusual jobs in its history. Last week the Omagh based company transported a cold war era fighter jet from Scotland to the Ulster Aviation Society’s hanger at the Maze/Long Kesh site in an epic 72 hour journey. Now without its jet engine, the […]