jump to navigation search this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . august 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message the national council for the blind of ireland type not for profit founded 1931 headquarters drumcondra dublin ireland key people margaret mcdowell chairperson des kenny chief executive officer number of employees 150 2008 slogan working for people with sight loss website www.ncbi.ie the national council for the blind of ireland ncbi in drumcondra dublin is a charitable organisation which provides support and services to people experiencing sight loss in ireland established in 1931 to promote the full independence of people who are blind or vision impaired the ncbi now employs over 150 staff and many volunteers providing services to more than 14 0000 people . 1 approximately 18 percent of people who use ncbi services are entirely blind while 82 percent have varying degrees of usable vision . ncbi also provides a range of services to public and private organizations so that their services are accessible for people with visual impairment . external links edit ncbi website references edit http www.ncbi.ie about ncbi who we are and what we do this article about a philanthropic or charitable organization is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title national council for the blind of ireland & oldid 715148060 categories organisations based in irelandphilanthropic organization stubshidden categories articles needing additional references from august 2014all articles needing additional referencesall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 14 april 2016 at 00 40 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view