Children at Cork special school 'desperately need' the promised reinstatement of therapists

Anne Hartnett, the principal of St Paul's School in Cork, has not yet heard of any school having their therapists reinstated

'There’s still a massive shortage of posts — and they need to recruit and make it attractive for people to apply,' said Anne Hartnett, principal of St Paul's School in Montenotte, Cork. File picture: Jim Coughlan

Special needs schools in Cork are still waiting for much-needed therapists to help children with additional needs learn and progress this term.

It is understood that therapists are to be reinstated in special schools from this month — but one Cork school the Irish Examiner spoke to has not received any therapists yet and is not aware of any school that had.