TWO mothers. Between them they have three children with special needs; two in wheelchairs, one tube-fed - all desperately dependent on their doctor who is about to depart.

HUNDREDS of angry parents are planning to picket the Government’s Cabinet meeting in Cork this morning as paediatric services for thousands of special needs children face collapse.

A CONSULTANT paediatrician has quit his post over a lack of resources, dealing a further blow to the embattled health service.