Man (40s) dies while taking part in race event in Galway
Carl Dempsey became ill during cycle section of Gaelforce race on Maamturk mountain
Lorraine Dempsey
Parents’ alarm over low take-up of summer catch-up programme for vulnerable pupils
Government says it is working with schools to provide necessary resources and supports
Parents frustrated over primary schools taking holidays next week
Department of Education says schools entitled to use ‘discretionary days’ for holidays
Class ‘key factor’ behind reluctance of schools to enrol autistic pupils
Few special classes provided in wealthy parts of south Dublin, Oireachtas committee hears
Data Protection Commission to contact Department of Health over dossiers on children with autism
Department kept dossiers for use in legal cases, RTÉ documentary to report
Schools reopen but students with additional needs ‘left behind’, say groups
Autism charity criticises ‘half-baked’ plans for phased return to in-person teaching
‘Unconstitutional’ school closures violate children’s rights, say campaigners
Groups say online lessons do not translate into adequate education for all children
Three months without school or therapists ‘catastrophic’ for children with special needs
Covid committee told of children ‘destroying home, assaulting siblings’ from frustration
Opposition grows among school groups to plans for changes of SNA allocation system
Department is planning to ‘frontload’ 10,000 special needs assistants to mainstream schools
Child’s customised wheelchair taken in Co Dublin robbery
Family are in ‘desperate’ need after car containing customised chair is stolen
Donohoe’s comments over supports for special needs children ‘dangerous’
Minister for Finance warned there are now ‘more special needs assistants than gardaí’
Minister warned colleague before budget: 'There are now more SNAs than gardaí'
Minister for Finance warns there are now ‘more special needs assistants than gardaí’
‘What is the point of life if your child doesn’t want to hug you?’
A therapeutic programme for children with developmental delays is not without its critics
TD ‘blown away’ at lack of accountability by school boards
Jim Daly says school boards of management defend principals over parents
Big changes in special needs supports due in September
Parents will no longer need to secure a diagnosis to access supports in schools
Up to 6,000 with special needs to get supports for free preschool
Many children with disabilities unable to access early childhood care and education
‘My son has no voice in the school yard’
Parents of children with special educational needs face a tiring labyrinth of twists and turns
Special needs children to receive supports for free preschool year
Many children with disabilities currently unable to access early childhood care and education
Special-needs education shouldn’t be a lottery
Opinion: We need a tailored system of additional teaching support based on educational needs and not whether a child has a particular diagnosis
Affluent areas get more special needs teaching hours
Trend linked to parents getting private diagnoses of needs to support applications
Call to end putting special needs children in ‘seclusion rooms’
Children as young as six placed in isolation for hours at a time, say campaigners
‘The man in the Government is messing’: Political excuses on special needs don’t wash with children
The free preschool is for every child, so why is there a lack of support for those with special needs?
Alleged abuse in special needs homes must be investigated
Call for complaints procedure after abuse filmed at Áras Attracta home in Mayo
HSE issues apology over Áras Attracta mistreatment
HSE chief Tony O’Brien: Behaviour exposed in RTÉ documentary will not be tolerated
Varadkar backs use of undercover abuse investigations
Áras Attracta patient abuse responsibility goes ‘to top’ of HSE
Children with special needs ‘partially excluded’ from school
Parents group says announcement of latest SNA allocation gives little time to plan
Caps and cuts spell trouble for special needs education
All parties agree that the challenge is how best to allocate a pool of funding that is effectively shrinking
Funds down after revelations of top-up payments to CRC executives
Fundraising Ireland says revelations having a ‘disproportionate and unfair impact’ on efforts of charities
Charity donations not for ‘lavish salaries’ - Burton
Minister for Social Protection says revelations about CRC ‘extremely disturbing’
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