'Patrick is asking where he’s going to big school... I have no answer for him'

Sheila Casey Jones had already been considering moving to a different county after receiving 29 rejections for a special class placement

Sheila Casey Jones with her sons Adam (right) and 12-year-old Patrick (centre) at their Newmarket, Co Cork, home. Sheila cannot find a place in a special school for Patrick and would consider relocating. Picture: Dan Linehan

A North Cork mother is now searching for special school places for her son as far away as Donegal, Laois and Kilkenny after receiving a string of rejections for a place locally.

Sheila Casey Jones must move from her home in Newmarket, Cork, by the end of August, with her two sons Patrick, 12, and Adam, 9.