Relief for parents of Cork children with autism after school places secured

The children have each been offered a place in a new special school due to open in the existing Gaelscoil building in Carrigaline in September

Parents Mary Hickey, Claire and Tim Madden and Aisling Henebry joined forces in May and went public over their fears for their children's futures after they were refused a school place. File picture: Dan Linehan

Three sets of parents of children with autism have expressed relief after they were each offered a place in a new secondary school opening in Cork in September.

The parents, who spoke out earlier this year after their children were initially refused a school place, had all lodged section 29 appeals with the Department of Education over the decisions – appeals which were ultimately disallowed.