'She got nothing' — Mother describes six-year journey to help daughter with dyslexia

Leonie Geraghty was repeatedly told by her daughter's school that Paige was not dyslexic or to “wait and see”. Six years after concerns were first raised, a private assessment confirmed that Paige did indeed have dyslexia.

Leonia Geraghty from Virginia, Co Cavan, with her daughters Paige and Nevaeh.

Partially deaf, Leonie Geraghty still remembers how it felt to wait a year for an appointment to assess her hearing while in school, leaving her with no hearing aid.

“For six years, to think my daughter was sitting there feeling what I felt for one year just broke me,” she said.