Kate to start school as parents win fight for SNA

A Cork family has won its battle to secure a full-time special needs assistant for their five-year-old daughter.

Kate Crowley’s parents had almost given up hope of fulfilling their dreams to enrol the bright youngster into St Columbus Girls’ School in Douglas after education chiefs allocated just one assistant to look after Kate and five other children with special needs.

But last-minute negotiations late last week ended with an unexpected and successful resolution, meaning Kate, from Dunkettle, will finally be able to start ‘big school’ today after a full-time assistant was assigned to cater for her needs.