Education authorities are scrambling to set up special classes and special schools for dozens of children with additional needs who do not have a school place for this September. Josepha Madigan, ...

The Minister for Education has warned schools that she will not hesitate to use the legislative powers to compel them to open special classes to ensure there are enough school places for children with ...

A provision brought in for this academic year gives the minister the legislative heft to force schools to open special classes in response to demand. However, it remains the case that some children ...

Legislative powers “can and will be used” to open additional special classes for September 2025 if schools do not agree, the Department of Education has confirmed. This week, Michael Moynihan, the ...

Twenty-five primary schools in the south Dublin area have been ordered to open classes for children with special needs due to an acute shortage of school places in the area. The move is aimed at ...

Fee-paying schools under the control of the Holy Ghost Fathers are to open classes for students with special needs, following a breakthrough agreement with the Department of Education. The pupils will ...

Education Minister Helen McEntee is prepared to compel schools to open special classes, to reach the additional 400 promised classes this September. Minister McEntee told cabinet on Tuesday that 375 ...