Tipperary teen to sleep in a tent during 50 hour protest outside Leinster House
Published 9th May 2025, 15:24 GMT
Cara Darmody will hold a 50 hour protest outside Leinster House to raise the issue of the assessment of needs crisis.
A Tipperary teen will hold a 50 hour long protest outside Leinster House sometime in May.
Cara Darmody, whose two brothers Neil and John have autism, has been campaigning to have the government stop breaking the assessments of needs law.
The teen is hoping that the protest will highlight the Governments requirement to carry out autism assessments of need for children within the legal limit of six months, which is currently not being met.
The 50 hour long protest will see Cara sleeping in a tent outside Leinster House, while trying to study for her Summer exams also.
She will begin her big protest at 10am on May 20 outside the gates of Leinster House.