'Enough is enough': Hundreds attend protest for special needs education in Cork

The protest followed a similar gathering in Dublin a week earlier, and was addressed by Nicole Hosford, who also attended the Dublin protest.

Banners held high at the protest by parents whose children have no school places. Picture: Larry Cummins

Enough is enough, finding a school for your child shouldn’t be so tough – the words of young rapper Martin Crowley at a protest in Cork about a lack of school places for children with special needs.

Martin, a member of Kabin Krew and from Knocknaheeny, wrote the words as part of a longer rap in recent days, in frustration that the fight to find a place in secondary school for his brother Patrick is already underway, even though Patrick is only in 5th class.