Man (40s) dies while taking part in race event in Galway
Carl Dempsey became ill during cycle section of Gaelforce race on Maamturk mountain
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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
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