{"id":59612,"date":"2026-02-26T11:38:36","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T11:38:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?p=59612"},"modified":"2026-02-26T11:38:36","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T11:38:36","slug":"sna-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?p=59612","title":{"rendered":"SNA Protest"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9187\"><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/LL-2026-02-26-001.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('9187','http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/LL-2026-02-26-001.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/powerpress\/playbutton-443.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/LL-2026-02-26-001.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?powerpress_pinw=59612-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/LL-2026-02-26-001.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"LL-2026-02-26-001.mp3\">Download<\/a> ()<\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?feed=podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-59617\" src=\"http:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0-6-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0-6-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0-6-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0-6-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0-6-147x110.jpg 147w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0-6-90x67.jpg 90w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0-6-370x277.jpg 370w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0-6-589x442.jpg 589w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0-6.jpg 1215w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-IE\">A Protest took place at locations across the country on Wednesday evening to highlight the ongoing concerns of parents, schools and Special Needs Assistants following controversy over the last week around SNA allocations for schools.<\/span><span lang=\"EN-IE\"><br \/>\nGer Leddin went along to both Buswell&#8217;s Hotel and outside Leinster House and spoke to City Councilor Jesslyn \u00a0Henry (Soc Dem) who is also an SNA \u00a0and Emily, \u00a0mother of a child requiring a SNA<\/span><\/p>\n<p>1st Broadcast 26th Feb<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Protest took place at locations across the country on Wednesday evening to highlight the ongoing concerns of parents, schools and Special Needs Assistants following controversy over the last week around SNA allocations for schools. 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