A new report has revealed the challenges relating to technology that Clare parents are grappling with.

Celebrating its 20th anniversary, Schooldays.ie, which is a website that provides resources to parents and teachers, has published a report highlighting the views and experience of parents in Ireland.

The 'Parents Of Ireland Survey 2026' features responses for 1,878 parents nationwide on a range of issues.

These include special educational needs, mental health services, reform of the Junior and Leaving Cert, bullying, mobile phones, the Irish language, parenting styles and family finances.

Owner of SchoolDays.ie, Richard Murphy, says he hopes the report lays bare the challenges faced by parents in a rapidly changing world.

A key finding of the survey is that almost 30% of parents have had to seek an assessment of need for their child and of these, one in four have found the experience to be 'very poor'.

More than a quarter have said their child has had to look for mental health services and 30% of these deemed the process 'terrible', with over 60% forced to wait six months or more.

In addition, just under 30% of respondents said the exam points system is 'not very fair' to those with additional needs.

Deputy Assistant General Secretary of the Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland, and teacher at St Flannan's College in Ennis, John Conneely, claims schools aren't sufficiently equipped to support students who require extra assistance.