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Wednesday, 13th January, 2016. Vol. 9, Issue 2 • 63 Clanbrassil Street, Dundalk, Co. Louth.
Family fights Down Syndrome cutbacks
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By Paul Byrne
A local family has vowed to fight “tooth and nail” against cuts to vital funding which will affect the education of children with Down Syndrome. Conal Kelleher and his wife Deirdre are one of the families in Dundalk who will be affected by these cuts with their daughter Sadhbh currently taking part in the Early Intervention Home Teacher scheme. According to Conal the programme has been invaluable to his daughter and he is prepared to fight tooth and nail against what he calls ‘unjust cuts’. The family is one of 53 in the area which will be affected by the cut of 60% grant cut which goes towards funding an Early Intervention Home
Daegan, Conal, Deirdre and Sadhbh Kelleher
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Students impress at Young Scientist By Paul Byrne
SOME of the county’s brightest and most innovative minds made the trip to BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition last week with students from St Vincent’s, Colaiste Ris, Scoil Ui Mhuiri in Dunleer and Bush Post Primary School taking part. As always the standard of the local entries was very high. Almost 1,200 students from across the island of Ireland covering 550 projects from 29 Counties competed in the RDS for the coveted title of ‘BT Young Scientist(s) & Technologist(s) of the Year’. See Pages 14 & 15