'Without this open there are no other places' Cobh families stage protest as pre-school service pulled

It is understood 54 children and their families have been affected by the closure of Cobh Family Resource Centre

Lorraine O'Regan and her son Troy Costelloe, Pearse Ward and his son Matthew and Kathleen O'Leary and her daughter Aoife O'Neill, attending a protest following the sudden closure of the Cobh Family Resource Centre. Pictures: David Keane

A mother of three children with autism is among dozens of families in an East Cork town left reeling by the unexpected closure of pre-school and after-school services.

Cobh Family Resource Centre notified parents last Thursday it would not be in a position to provide these services in September after the summer break.