A WICKLOW family returns to the Four Courts this morning to appeal a 2007 decision against their claim for state support for specialist teaching for their autistic son.

THE parents of Sean Ó Cuanacháin have been dealt the devastating news that they now face massive legal bills (Irish Examiner, January 30).

FINE Gael called on the Government yesterday to introduce a mechanism through which parents who do not feel their children’s educational needs are being met by the State can appeal without going to court.

THE mother of a young autistic boy wept outside the Four Courts yesterday after the High Court issued a ruling that could force her to sell their family home to meet a legal bill estimated at more than €2 million.