TG4 documentary Néara-Éagsúlacht: Dearcadh Difriúil features an Irish-language speaking family as they strive to secure a school place in their local Gaelscoil

Ger Uí Chonghaile and her husband Diarmuid

Ger Uí Chonghaile and her husband Diarmuid

“You have to kill yourself with hours of work to get any help in this country for a child with a disability,” mother Ger Uí Chonghaile says. “In this day and age, how is there not a more streamlined system?”

Bean Uí Chonghaile and her husband Diarmuid have two children: a daughter, Laoise, and six-year-old Ferdia, who is autistic.