Families forced to trek across Cork due to shortage of special schools

'Why should a student with additional needs in North Cork be forced to commute for up to three hours a day potentially?'

Minister for Education Norma Foley TD said: 'My department and the National Council for Special Education continue to work very closely in planning for the delivery of new places required to meet forecasted demand'. Picture: Gareth Chaney/Collins Photos

Families are being forced to trek daily from North and East Cork into Carrigaline and Rochestown because there are no special schools in their own locality.

That’s according to Labour TD Seán Sherlock who has called on the Department of Education to be more proactive when it comes to determining the current and future educational needs of children with additional needs.