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Irish aid aims to build facilities for orphanage turned refuge

The Business Post gets a warm welcome from the staff and residents of a home for boys with special needs in the west of the country, which charity founder Tom McEneaney is fundraising to renovate

Parents who go private to assess children’s needs could be reimbursed, Dáil told

Opposition parties raised questions about delays for assessments of needs and long waiting lists for services

Special education centres could pair with local school for ‘integration days’

Plan follows backlash against proposed special education centres in Dublin

Senior nurses and midwives to get 3% pay increase

Primary school principals and deputy principals will also get a rise in their allowances, along with special needs assistants, as part of a new deal struck

A child‘s right to learn: the struggle to find a place in school for children with special needs

Demand for school places for children with special needs is rising, but schools say they can't add classes due to lack of space, staffing and funding issues

Colin Murphy: Special needs education falls victim to state‘s scare tactics

An unintended consequence of the government’s ‘hammer and dance’ pandemic strategy is that our educators no longer trust the state to keep them safe