6 d. ago ‘Parents shouldn’t have to fight for supports for their children’

‘Parents shouldn’t have to fight for supports for their children’  Irish Independent

Society

2 w. ago 'Lack of supports' leads to more students given reduced school hours

These ‘exceptional’ arrangements disproportionately affect Traveller and Roma children as well as students with special educational needs.

Politics

2 w. ago ‘Why must we fight for our children’s basic rights?' – Parents sleep out over lack of school places for pupils with special needs

McEntee says department doing ‘everything possible’ to help

Society

2 w. ago ‘I’m not lazy, I’m autistic’: Young woman says she ‘thrived’ in special school

Kate Raftery, from Dublin, addressed parents camping outside the Department of Education to protest over a lack of special education school places

Politics

2 w. ago Parents begin camping outside department over lack of school places

‘We do not want our children to become the next scandal’ in Irish history, a 24-hour sleep out protest heard.

Politics

2 w. ago Parents protest over lack of special education school places

Parents protest over lack of special education school places   FM104

Politics

2 w. ago ‘We’ve to fight for our children – we’ve no choice’: Parents to stage sleep

Dozens of children with additional needs are without school places for the coming year

Society

3 w. ago Racism seen as permeating all aspects of Roma and Traveller lives in Ireland, European report finds

Commissioner says he was ‘struck by consensus’ that ‘structural’ racism hinders access to basic rights

Events

3 w. ago Concern over rise in alleged assaults of special needs pupils

Forty parents planning legal actions over mistreatment, Department of Education records show

Events