Disability groups seek answers to school closure concerns

Education minister Norma Foley is to meet advocay groups Down Syndrome Ireland, Inclusion Ireland, and AsIAm today. Picture: Sasko Lazarov/Rollingnews.ie

Three disability advocacy groups are meeting with education minister Norma Foley today to discuss the closure of special schools and classes.

Down Syndrome Ireland, Inclusion Ireland, and AsIAm will tell Ms Foley that urgent progress is needed to protect some of the country’s most vulnerable students.