Michael Clifford: Not all of State’s children are being educated equally

Parents breaking down under the strain of ‘educational apartheid’, writes Michael Clifford.

Adam Harris, AsIAm, told last week’s meeting there are particular problems in Dublin and Cork regarding special education. Picture: Mick Quinn

SOME of the parents broke down before they could finish relating what they were going through. Some of the audience looked like they were going to break down on hearing the depth of human suffering.

Adam Harris, AsIAm, told last week’s meeting there are particular problems in Dublin and Cork regarding special education. Picture: Mick Quinn

The packed meeting in St Mary’s rugby club in south Dublin last week was typical of gatherings around the country of parents who despair at how their children are being treated in a form of educational apartheid.