Child left without school place after broken promises

ONLY an 11th-hour reprieve will mean nine-year- old Casey Naughton starts school with every other primary pupil in the country next week, despite assurances from the Taoiseach that he would find a school place.

The native of Daingean, Co Offaly, has Asperger’s syndrome, a form of autism, and was expelled from his local school last February.

His mum Lisa’s desperation brought them outside an official opening of new social welfare offices by local TD and Taoiseach Brian Cowen, along with former education minister Mary Hanafin a month ago.