Parents devastated as Cork special school excluded from new therapy pilot project

The pilot will be provided by the HSE’s Children’s Disability Network Teams in 16 special schools across Cork and Dublin

Therapeutic intervention in St. Killian’s Special School in Mayfield was withdrawn in 2020. Since then the parents said the school, with over 100 students, has not had a single therapeutic hour allocated.

Parents connected to a special school in Cork city plan to protest their exclusion from a new therapy pilot project saying they are “devastated” to be left out.

Therapeutic intervention in St. Killian’s Special School in Mayfield was withdrawn in 2020. Since then the parents said the school, with over 100 students, has not had a single therapeutic hour allocated.