A Cork family has won its battle to secure a full-time special needs assistant for their five-year-old daughter.

A Cork mother has admitted she is agonising over how to break the news to her daughter that she won’t be able to start primary school later this week.

A bright little girl who aced her IQ test may be forced to miss out on starting primary school later this month after being denied the full-time SNA (special needs assistant) that experts insist she requires.