Dublin parents to hold 24-hour sleep-out over ‘cruel’ lack of special placements

Around 50 parents from Dublin are to hold a 24-hour sleep-out at the Department of Education over difficulty accessing special education school places.

The demonstration is set to start from 1pm on Friday at the department on Marlborough Street in the city.

Organisers said the protest is being held by the parents of children without suitable special education placements after repeated pleas for action had “gone unanswered”.

The protest aims to highlight the lack of special education places, an issue that featured on canvasses during the general election and that has been the subject of protests by parents previously.

In August, a group of parents, children and special needs assistants (SNAs) marched from Cleary’s Clock on O’Connell Street to the Department of Education to demand action.

They outlined their stress and worry for how a lack of a routine or education would affect their child’s development.

Charlotte Cahill, whose five-year-old daughter Cyra is…

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