Parents and teachers welcome retention of speech and language services at Cork school

Deaf and hard of hearing students at a Douglas school faced the loss of on-site speech and language therapy before a u-turn by Disabilities Minister Anne Rabbitte

Taoiseach Micheàl Martin with Triona Fitzgerald, Principal, after his visit to St Columba's Girls National School with Facility for Deaf Children, Douglas, Cork, last December. Picture: Jim Coughlan

Parents and teachers of deaf and hard of hearing students at St Columba’ GNS in Douglas have welcomed official HSE confirmation that their school will not lose its on-site speech and language therapy.

In a letter to St Columba’s principal Triona Fitzgerald, the HSE interim head of primary care services confirmed that "speech and language therapy provision within St Columba’s" will continue, two mornings a week.