Archbishop backs Zoe’s plea for SNA help

ARCHBISHOP Dermot Clifford has written to the National Council for Special Education asking them to review a decision to drastically cut the hours of a special needs assistant (SNA) caring for a seven-year-old schoolgirl who has Down syndrome.

More than 60 people protested yesterday in north Cork in support of Annabelle and Andrew Boyle as they arrived at Araglin National School with their daughter, Zoe.

For the past two years an SNA has been looking after Zoe at school for five hours a day.