Thursday 24 June, 2021
Joan Burton said voters have to ask themselves if they want a kind of Tory government in power in Ireland.
They’re accusing of instigating fights and filming them.
But it’s a balancing act.
It’s time the government made some tough budget choices to ease the financial burden of childcare on mothers for once and for all argues Orla O’Connor.
Recommendations include extending the Early Child Care Education scheme and capping childcare fees.
The Tánaiste’s own comments came back to haunt her today.
Marian Quinn, Chairperson of the Association of Childhood Professionals explains why thousands of childhood professionals are taking to the streets across the country this weekend.
Thousands of childhood professionals are taking to the streets across the country this weekend to protest over a fundamental imbalance in their industry.
A long-term investment plan for childcare is good for children, good for society and good for the economy.
A TD wants to ensure that all childcare staff can deal with such incidents.
Ireland has some fairly progressive childcare measures in place, yet still child-minding businesses are going to the wall.
The Taoiseach stopped by TV3 this morning, but there was no sign of Vincent Browne.
More than 3,000 mothers are leaving the workforce annually due to the excessive costs of childcare.
Whether it’s standards, expectations, or good old-fashioned Irish Catholic guilt, most parents are guilty of putting their kids’ needs ahead of their own.
Thirty new cases have been published.
By pitching different segments of the electorate against each other, the Government can effectively wash its hands of the problem.
Childcare workers are gathered outside Leinster House to protest about a lack of government investment in the sector this afternoon.
Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to the land of working parents – there’s not much of the pay cheque left after crèche fees, commute and (caffeine) subsistence.
One group believes investment needs to be brought up to the EU average.
Early Childhood Ireland says the Irish Government isn’t investing enough in early childhood education.
The ESRI has published a report into the care given to unaccompanied minors.
The charges, heard in court today, relate to allegations of mistreatment of children highlighted in Prime Time’s ‘A Breach of Trust’ programme.
New figures show huge inconsistencies in the number of creche inspectors, with Dublin and the north-east faring worst.
A new study by Trinity College Dublin has also found that migrant parents face a greater risk of poverty.
Crèche fees in Ireland are among the highest in Europe – but that is no guarantee children are being well cared for.
From access to childcare to disposing bank assets, they’ve covered a lot in the Statement of Priorities.
A new report says that Ireland is one of only two countries where there is no minimum level of formal qualification for working with younger children.
I watched last year’s Prime Time documentary in tears, as did many parents around the country. Have the inspection and regulatory changes that followed been enough?
Parents and employees have said they are “devastated” and “shocked” by the news.
The People Before Profit MEP candidate has said she is “as equally in contention” as anyone to take the third seat in Dublin.
Good morning. Here’s everything you need to know before you start your day.
Early Childhood Ireland has said that the funding made available has been a “trickle of the stream” that is needed.
Darndale Belcamp Integrated Childcare Service employs 48 permanent staff, 7 relief staff and 43 Community Employment, Jobs Initiative and TUS employees.
Tomorrow is World Asthma Day.
Early Childhood Ireland is proposing that a separate strand of funding is immediately ringfenced for private childcare providers.
A further €500,000 will go towards parent and toddler groups and childminders.
The removal of the two children from their families in Dublin and Athlone last October led to strong criticism of the HSE and Gardaí.
The HSE is now investigating a number of serious cases.
