There was an increase of 10% in the number of children taking on extra tuition this summer under the July Provision scheme, according to figures from the Department of Education.

To paraphrase a well-known commercial, ‘every little hurts’.

Ireland’s three largest disability groups have joined forces to urge Health Minister James Reilly to protect funding for the specialist sector.

Has another spring in Division 1B steeled Limerick for the championship?

A Dublin man whose murder conviction was quashed by the Court of Criminal Appeal has been found guilty of the offence for the second time.

A Dublin man whose murder conviction was quashed by the Court of Criminal Appeal has been found guilty of the offence for the second time.

This wonderful atlas has been updated to reflect the madness of the Celtic Tiger decade. William J Smyth is impressed by the results

Keith Duffy, the actor and ex-Boyzone star, has opened a small memorial garden in West Cork to honour a young woman who worked tirelessly for autistic children even though she was terminally ill with leukaemia.

Actor and ex-Boyzone star Keith Duffy is to travel to West Cork next month to unveil a memorial to a teenager who worked tirelessly for autistic children.

The head of a leading autism support group has paid tribute to the remarkable legacy of a fearless teenage autism advocate who lost her battle with leukaemia.

More research is needed into autism, not bringing up wrong theories that were popular decades ago, argues Kevin Whelan

The publication of an article on autism in last Friday’s Feelgood supplement in this newspaper by Dr Tony Humphreys has caused an outpouring of hurt, anger and concern among readers, a selection of whose comments are published today.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has quashed the murder conviction, and ordered a retrial, of a Dublin man who it is alleged drove a gunman who shot dead a father-of-two at a house party almost four years ago.

THE man putting in place a blueprint for the future conservation of the Burren has warned its people will never realise the full potential of the famed landmark unless they become far more proactive.

AFTER 18 months of thinking about it, 12 months of planning and about six months of intense training, two Mullingar men have completed the challenge of a lifetime by running 32 marathons in 32 days.

All two-year-olds should be screened for autism to give children with the condition the best chance in life, it was claimed today.

A man who drove a gunman to the scene of a shooting in Dublin last year has been found guilty of murder and jailed for life at the Central Criminal Court.

A jury at the Central Criminal Court has heard that a Dublin man accused of murder rang another man to say that the brother of a shooting victim was “getting it”.

THE victims of a mistake which left a class of psychology doctors without a recognised degree are expected to be allowed to graduate next spring.

IRISH Autism Action (IAA) will spend €450,000 and screen 300 children this year because it says the Government has failed in its promise to give every autistic child the best shot at education.

WE, the undersigned, wish to register our protest at the imprisonment of our fellow Irish historian, Fintan Lane, and join in the call for his immediate release.