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Lack of places in special schools - what can be done?

Reports have said that there are hundreds of children who are going to be left without places in...

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16.00 13 May 2024


Lack of places in special schools - what can be done?


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Reports have said that there are hundreds of children who are going to be left without places in special schools this September. It has been reported there are 161 applicants for just 52 places at just one school on Baggot Street. 

Joining Kieran is Neasa Sheahan, principal of Catherine McAuley National School in Dublin City, and Carol Wickham, who has not got a place for her daughter in a reading school this September.


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