Closure of Cork special school must be 'catalyst for necessary change'

The closure of special school in Cork this week, previously highlighted for its "alarming” pattern of suspensions, must be a “watershed moment” and a “catalyst for the necessary change”, local TDs have warned.

Carrigaline Community Special School remains closed this week, with the school’s patron, Cork Education and Training Board (ETB), telling parents that it needs to “work through a number of issues” at the school.

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