Parents feel as if they're 'falling off a cliff' over lack of special needs school places 

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Parents and children in Cork feel “as if they’re falling off the edge of a cliff” making the jump from primary to secondary school when it comes to those with special education needs, a local TD has claimed.

Fianna Fáil TD for Cork North Central Pádraig O’Sullivan told the Dáil that figures provided to him by the National Council for Special Education “details comprehensively the issues we are having in Cork city and county, primarily suburban Cork”.