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Sinn Féin President and TD for Dublin Central Mary Lou McDonald has given a cautious welcome to the news that the HSE has paused the decision to remove in-school Speech and Language Services from special schools. The decision had created huge distress for students, parents and staff at the Holy Family School for the Deaf on the Navan Road, and for special school communities across the state. Teachta McDonald said: “While I welcome the confirmation that the HSE have paused this decision, the ...

Newstalk’s Kacey O’Riordan reported about how the Holy Family School for the Deaf in Dublin was on the verge of losing their on-site speech and language therapist. This week, the principal and parents of St Columbas National School in Douglas - which has a deaf unit with 34 children - have been speaking about how they suddenly lost their speech and language therapist who came to the school two mornings a week. Triona Fitzgerald, the principal of St Columbas, said: “I don’t think they se...