Government grants to Giraffe Childcare doubled under Core Funding scheme
Ireland’s largest childcare group swung to a small loss in 2023 despite rise in Government funding
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When only wealthy fathers take paternity leave, something is broken
Just a quarter of men take parent’s leave compared with two-thirds of women
Girl settles action over burn injuries at creche for €60,000
Lauren Fennelly was four years of age when the alleged incident happened in September 2022
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown has highest turnover of childcare staff in State, figures show
National average rate of staff leaving the service was 24.5 per cent in 2023
A year on from the failed referendums, has anything changed for carers and families?
Women can participate in the paid workforce if they want to, even if the work is often precarious and 'greedy'. What they often can’t do is afford a home within reasonable distance of family and workplace
Stormont publishes first programme for government in over a decade
Hundred-page document outlines plans to tackle North’s spiralling waiting lists
Why childcare students are walking away from childcare jobs
‘It’s tough to do a four-year professional degree and then face the prospect of earning the minimum wage'
Majority support free access to childcare, research finds
Poll finds support for funding early-years education
Portiuncula University Hospital: Not the first time concerns raised about its maternity services
External reviews of delivery of nine babies come in wake of inquiry set up in 2015 around transfer of four newborns to Dublin for neonatal cooling the previous year, a baby’s death and other ‘significant concern’ cases
Children at Dublin creche given medication without parents’ signed consent
Inspection at Crumlin Childcare Centre found children in cold and dirty conditions
Ireland’s childcare sector is in crisis, but is a State-led model the answer?
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What’s in the programme for government: the main points, from housing and health to transport and trade
Department of Justice will incorporate home affairs and migration
Have your say: Have childcare costs impacted your employment?
Dublin Chamber of Commerce has warned that the high cost of childcare has damaged the ability of companies to recruit staff and is driving employees, especially women, out of the workforce
Childcare crisis driving employees out of workforce
9 in 10 businesses said the childcare crisis limited their ability to recruit and retain staff
Tusla placed children with firm blacklisted over vetting concerns
Agency cut ties with company used to supervise access visits between parents and children in care
Women don’t want a rest on Nollaig na mBan. We want decent childcare, equal pay and access to healthcare
Lack of affordable, accessible, quality childcare means women are often forced into part-time, more precarious work
Labour Party pulls out of talks on forming next government
Ivana Bacik communicates decision to leaders of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael
Childcare placement sector making ‘substantial profits’ amid ‘broken’ system, says judge
Judge places two boys in interim care of Tusla but says the agency had ‘serious and fundamental questions’ to answer
Largest childcare group sees profits slump on reduced Covid grants
UK-headquartered group behind Giraffe Childcare and Park Academy blames ‘minor technical discrepancy’ for removal of Giraffe accounts from CRO
Dublin West constituency candidates list: Fine Gael Senator has decent chance of picking up Varadkar seat
Election 2024: Sinn Féin TD Paul Donnelly should be returned, but it might be a big ask for the party to take two seats
Election 2024 manifestos: the parties’ promises on housing, cost of living and health – and how they differ
Dividing lines emerge as parties outline their general election pledges
Greens and Labour clash over track record as Coalition junior partners
Roderic O’Gorman said his party ‘with 12 TDs has been able to deliver more’ than Labour with 37
Sinn Féin denies planned ‘piggy bank heist’ as major parties clash over spending
Paschal Donohoe accuses party of ‘raid’ – but Pearse Doherty says party would add more money to future funds
Moment ‘where history meets opportunity’ has come, says McDonald as party manifesto launched
Election 2024: Social Democrats pledges €1 offpeak public transport fares and 50,000 affordable purchase homes if in government
Is it accurate to label Fine Gael’s manifesto a ‘McCreevy/Cowen tribute act’?
Simon Harris’s party has promised €7bn-worth of tax cuts, €2.5bn pension increases and a range of public sector spending
The Care Dilemma by David Goodhart: A book about the vital unpaid care work that makes society tick will antagonise many readers
Despite the best of intentions and some strong ideas, Goodhart seems to underestimate the extent to which he pushes readers’ buttons
‘You can see the difference. Definitely’: How the Finnish approach to preschool childcare is paying dividends in Cork
Minna Murphy is happy to see early education becoming a ‘political hot potato’ in the run-up to the election with just about everybody promising more money.
Childcare providers warn scale of electoral commitments causing uncertainty in the sector
All main political parties have committed to capping fees charged to parents, with most saying €200 per child would be the most any family would have to pay
Alleged assault on child at Dublin creche under Garda investigation
Mother of girl says her child’s arm was twisted several times and former staff member asked child not to tell anybody
Fine Gael’s €860m childcare plan promises extra benefit payment and 30,000 new early learning places
Like other parties, Fine Gael has also pledged that parents will pay no more than €200 per month per child
Sharp exchanges between Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil dominate election debates
Fine Gael is expected to pledge to cut inheritance tax substantially when it unveils its manifesto at the weekend
Childcare fees set to increase at 600 Government-funded services
Department of Children has received applications for fee increases from more than 800 childcare providers
Election housing debate should not be about ‘shouting numbers’, Simon Harris says
Election 2024: Fine Gael leader promises more ‘interventionist’ State on child care and ‘firmer’ migration system
Creche place shortage: ‘We are panicking that we won’t find childcare and I need to return to work’
General election countdown: childcare is set to be a significant issue on the campaign trail
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