Parents fear legal bill in fight for autism needs

PARENTS of an autistic child forced through the courts to secure her education fear being hit with a huge legal bill.

Martina and Kieran Walsh, from St Lukes, Cork city, have spent two years in the High Court fighting to get the State to pay the cost of four-year-old Sorcha’s education. Legal fees are likely be in the region of €350,000.

According to Martina, the State threatened not to meet the cost of the proceedings during a meeting she had with Department of Education officials last week.