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Community Childcare services in Kilrush and Kilkee are set to resume early next month. Following agreement between and the Clare Local Development Company a target date of the 3rd of May has been set for the re-opening of the creches,

In my opinion… Carmel Brennan Success in life begins in early childhood. The research leaves us in no doubt. That’s why inspectors from the Department of Education (DES) are now going into pre-schools. To the surprise of many, there’s a

Early Childhood Ireland report to highlight cost of childcare in Ireland The report, which will be launched on Saturday, highlights spending by the government in comparison with other countries in Europe It comes on foot of the second free preschool

Parents are facing a scramble for childcare after a warning that there will not be enough places for all children when the second free preschool year starts in less than five months’ time. Childcare providers say it is impossible to

€5.4 million awarded for national higher education programme for inclusion coordinators in early years settings who will champion and co-ordinate better access to early education for children with additional needs A consortium including Mary Immaculate College (MIC), Early Childhood Ireland

Impact union accuses politicians of abandoning childcare issues since the election Professional childcare workers can earn less than €10 per hour with some staff on part-time contracts coming out with as little as €5,130 a year, a new survey claims.

Childcare has fallen off the political agenda, according to trade union IMPACT. A recent survey by ICTU found that despite the high cost of childcare for parents, many of the country’s 30,000 childcare workers are on very low wages.  

Low pay, poor career prospects and long periods off-payroll during the summer months has led to turnover in the childcare sector of up to 22%, it has been claimed. At Impact trade union’s education conference in Dublin yesterday, it unveiled

A lack of affordable childcare in Fingal has become a massive issue for the region and must be tackled, according to councillors who says that working families in the county are effectively paying ‘a second mortgage’ in childcare fees. Cllr

A flawed system of childcare While State funding remains so depressed, and childcare workers are paid so little, the sector will continue to struggle The most effective way out of poverty is through a job and any incoming government must

Casualisation growing in the sector, with staff turnover almost 23%, report reveals Childcare workers in State-funded schemes can earn as little as €5,700 a year , an unpublished report from the Irish Congress of Trade Unions has found. Casualisation is

Families face childcare crisis after au pair wins €10k in ‘employee’ test case Thousands of families are facing a childcare crisis after being warned they must formally register with Revenue as employers and pay full wages if they take an

International study finds Irish men contribute least to childcare Advocacy groups say action needed to address gender inequalities in childcare Just seven per cent of unpaid childcare in Ireland is done by men according to a new report which describes

ChildcareFinder.ie is the place to find childcare jobs in all over Ireland with new jobs in childcare being announced on the website every week. This week the following jobs have been announced: Montessori Teacher required – Glanmire Cork Part-time Childcare

Kitty Holland’s well penned article in this mornings Irish Times says that Childcare closures lay Ireland’s insidious sexism bare Broadside: As five centres closed in Clare, the official response was a shrug of the shoulders A company went into liquidation

Labour candidate Derek Nolan has said that more must be done to make childcare more affordable for parents in Galway. Speaking on a visit to the Glasan crèche in Ballybane with Minister Jan O’Sullivan, Deputy Nolan said, “the cost of

Efforts are under way by communities in west Clare to try to find a way to reopen a number of childcare centres that have been closed recently. The Senior Director of Pobal, the agency which funds the services, has said

400 families left in limbo after childcare centres shut over fraud probe Claims of irregularities at West Clare Early Years Care and Education Services are being investigated. THE TÁNAISTE HAS said the government will do “everything we can” to restore

Gardaí are investigating claims concerning €500,000 in funding at five childcare centres in Co Clare which closed suddenly at the weekend. Up to 400 families in the west of the county were told by text, late on Saturday, that the

There is more wrong with Irish childcare than the cost – writes Peter McGuire in the Irish Times Political parties are trying to woo voters with promises of cheaper childcare but the issue of quality is at risk of being

400 families have ‘nowhere to bring children on Monday’ after five local childcare centres close overnight Up to 400 families in West Clare have been left without childcare from Monday after five childcare centres closed down unexpectedly overnight. Mary O’Donoghue,

With so much talk about the upcoming general election, affordable childcare seems to be almost a “buzz term” for many of the political parties. Here on ChildcareFinder.ie we are keeping you posted on all the latest childcare election news, in