March is proving be an exciting month for staff and clients at Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind. Thanks to our newly redeveloped Training Centre, we were able to host three different classes at the same time. Pictured below are the clients attending training in three of our programmes, namely, a Guide Dog Class and a Gardening Class for people who are blind or vision impaired, and an Assistance Dog Class for families of children with Autism.

Our Chief Executive, Padraig Mallon comments: "It was a significant milestone for us as we are now able to reap the benefits of our newly enlarged facility. We were very pleased to have such a high number of people living and training with us over the past few weeks and to be able to provide them with a high level of comfort and lots of space."

Seen alongside are our Guide and Assistance Dog clients who have trained with us during March. In the back row from left to right are: Natalie Caicedo (Mobility Instructor), T.J. Hearne with Keeva, Pat Bourke with Major, Theresa Roche with Selwyn, Mary Cahill with Obi, Patricia Clarke with Oma, Simon Osburne (Mobility Instructor), Ann Marie Power with Riva, Liam Lynch with Reggie, Maeve McCluskey (Kennel Assistant), Martin Falvey (Assistance Dog Instructor). 

Front row from left to right: Mary Murphy with Polly, Margaret Kelly with Hewett and Ann Ward with Adie.

Our Gardening Class included the following clients pictured below, from left to right: Craig Marsh, Joe McPhillips, Jenny O’Connell with Aoife Josh (Mobility Instructor).