# special-needs - Wednesday 18 September, 2019
Gillian Bolger and Darren Milne spoke about the struggles they have faced in getting their eight-year-old twins into suitable school.
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# special-needs - Wednesday 31 July, 2019
Last month the Department of Education served statutory notices on 18 schools and two patrol bodies in the Dublin 15 area urging them to make additional provision.
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# special-needs - Wednesday 9 January, 2019
I believe that the unions are targeting industrial action at a minority and that this sets a worrying precedent for all minority groups, writes Adam Harris.
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# special-needs - Thursday 4 October, 2018
The Labour Court made the recommendation as a measure to halt the dispute between SNAs and Scoil Muchua.
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# special-needs - Saturday 2 June, 2018
The Dublin primary school has warned parents that there will be “a serious disruption of services” in September.
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# special-needs - Friday 18 May, 2018
This will bring to 15,000 the number of SNAs working in schools – a 42% increase on 2011.
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# special-needs - Monday 9 April, 2018
Students with special educational needs have enough challenges place in front of them, they should not have to fight the education system as well, writes Graham Manning.
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# special-needs - Thursday 28 December, 2017
When it comes to numbers, the number attached to my age isn’t important. There are, however, some numbers that are very important to me, writes Tracy McGinnis.
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# special-needs - Sunday 30 July, 2017
The event has been running in Dublin since 1960, offering a fun day out every year for children with special needs.
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# special-needs - Wednesday 14 June, 2017
My boys will not have “typical” childhood but they will have very special memories, writes carer Geraldine Renton.
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# special-needs - Thursday 25 May, 2017
The centre at Ballytobin is to be transferred to the HSE.
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# special-needs - Sunday 7 May, 2017
It is dangerous and upsetting to wonder what it would be like, if only, writes Tracy McGinnis.
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# special-needs - Tuesday 9 August, 2016
They often feel ill-equipped to meet the needs of their students, a new ESRI report has found.
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# special-needs - Tuesday 14 June, 2016
Minister for Education Richard Bruton said the increase will support 160 new special classes – many for children on the autism spectrum.
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# special-needs - Friday 15 January, 2016
In her victim impact report the now adult woman said her plans for her life changed as a result of the abuse.
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# special-needs - Saturday 21 November, 2015
Students at St Raphael’s have been rehearsing for the CD since the beginning of September.
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# special-needs - Monday 19 October, 2015
This is in relation to a grant payment for her son, who has autism.
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# special-needs - Thursday 2 July, 2015
The incident apparently happened at University Hospital Galway.
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# special-needs - Friday 17 April, 2015
He was left with serious head injuries after the assault.
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# special-needs - Thursday 2 April, 2015
Australian authorities have launched an investigation into the claims.
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# special-needs - Thursday 12 February, 2015
To live a full adult life and contribute to society, my daughter urgently needs resource hours in school.
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# special-needs - Tuesday 13 January, 2015
The two ponies were lent out to a foster home, but have since gone missing.
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# special-needs - Wednesday 17 December, 2014
It’s being held at the Helix Theatre in Dublin.
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# special-needs - Monday 13 October, 2014
Details of the allocations will be revealed this afternoon.
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# special-needs - Monday 22 September, 2014
On average, there are 162 children for each speech and language therapist in Ireland.
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# special-needs - Thursday 18 September, 2014
Primary schools are looking to fill 56 SNA positions through the JobBridge scheme.
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# special-needs - Tuesday 5 August, 2014
When my baby daughter was diagnosed with Down syndrome, the future seemed terrifying and uncertain. But all I needed was time to adapt.
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# special-needs - Monday 14 July, 2014
St Catherine’s Association said it did not receive any prior notice that the funds were to be cut.
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# special-needs - Thursday 26 June, 2014
The High Court made the decision in a dispute between two families and the Department of Education.
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# special-needs - Sunday 1 June, 2014
A circular by the Department of Education outlines new guidelines that would see children with special needs subjected to reviews to keep their SNA supports.
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# special-needs - Monday 19 May, 2014
The Department of Education has rejected Micheál Martin’s claims that there are widespread cuts to SNAs.
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# special-needs - Sunday 18 May, 2014
The Fianna Fáil leader says that new rules on SNAs will lead to “widespread cuts”.
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# special-needs - Friday 16 May, 2014
We are a society, not a collection of economic units where some of our children can be victimised in the name of “value for money”.
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# special-needs - Monday 12 May, 2014
The card for her four-year-old son was denied.
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# special-needs - Monday 17 March, 2014
It is vitally important that we look beyond the labels and limits we place on children with developmental challenges, writes Karen O’Connor.
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# special-needs - Tuesday 3 December, 2013
The decision has been welcomed by the trade union representing the majority of SNAs.
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# special-needs - Friday 29 November, 2013
Jonathan Irwin said charity staff having their salaries topped up with money from donations is “damaging”.
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# special-needs - Monday 21 October, 2013
The National Council for Special Education said the new positions brings this year’s allocation to more than 5,700.
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# special-needs - Monday 9 September, 2013
The classes will be based in 113 mainstream primary and post primary schools.
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# special-needs - Sunday 18 August, 2013
The event has been running in Dublin since 1960, offering a fun day out every year for children with special needs.
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