Family to leave country as school turns away son

THE parents of a boy with Down Syndrome say they will have to leave the country after their daughter’s school refused to enrol their son, saying it can not cater for his needs.

Christian Medina Finsen will be six in July and loves playing with other children when his mother Monica collects his sister Emily, aged seven, from first class at Lucan Educate Together National School in Dublin.

But because the school does not believe his educational needs can be met, it has said it will not accept him into junior infants next September.