100 Cork children still without school places ahead of city protest

Mother Gemma O’Sullivan, who is looking for a school place for her daughter Jasmine, has been told she might not know if Jasmine has a place until as late as June

A sign hangs on the fence during the protest over a lack of school places for autistic children at the Department of Education on Marlborough St,  Dublin, last month. A similar protest is due to take place in Cork on Saturday. File Picture: Justin Farrelly./© RollingNews.ie

Approximately 100 children in Cork have yet to be offered a school place for this September, it has emerged, as parents prepare to protest on Saturday over the ongoing issues in special education.

The children are still waiting for an offer of a place either in a special school or in an autism class attached to a mainstream school.