4+ hour, 33+ min ago  (668+ words) Thousands of childcare and early education staff are to be balloted on industrial action after talks intended to achieve a new minimum rates of pay for the sector broke down without agreement. Siptu, which represents about 6,000 workers in creches and…...

4+ hour, 33+ min ago  (566+ words) Thousands of childcare and early education staff are to be balloted on industrial action after talks intended to achieve a new minimum rates of pay for the sector broke down without agreement. Siptu, which represents about 6,000 workers in creches and…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (802+ words) The Irish Times Children cost a lot, but what really counts? For those who want some kind of reward Sir, – Monday’s Pricewatch column has a long list detailing the huge costs in raising children. However, the rewards can…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (1576+ words) When we calculated the cost over 30 years, we were topping €1 million. But that is only part of the story, and the notional single person we had in mind might well find themselves looking at typical family units, or people who…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (687+ words) Parents at a creche in Meath say rooms in the facility have closed on about 200 occasions since last October. The creche in Enfield, operated by Tigers Childcare, has been forced to regularly close rooms – sometimes for a week at a…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (930+ words) Working parents are being forced to find alternative childcare or take annual leave or “fake sick days” as a result of rooms in creches in Dublin, Kildare and Meath having to close at short notice. Tigers Childcare chief executive Karen…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (348+ words) Most parents who use childcare will benefit from a new maximum cap on fees of €183.70 a week for 45 hours of childcare, according to Minister for Children Norma Foley. On Wednesday, Foley announced new maximum fee caps, which had been flagged…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (157+ words) Malachy Clerkin explains the new GAA Championship format. Video: Alyson Henry Naomi O'Leary reports from Paris, where the French government has introduced a policy of €1 meals for students to help combat rising costs. Video: Naomi O'Leary Why Conor Pope dreads…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago  (494+ words) Tusla hired security guards for special care workers and residents due to critically low staffing levels at one secure care unit for children in the past fortnight. The issue will be raised before Judge John Jordan in the High Court…...

2+ mon, 1+ day ago  (701+ words) Hybrid working has been an essential part of family life for thousands since the pandemic, but as Shane and Audrey Lambert acknowledge, even then “you have to juggle”. Audrey is a staff officer with Dublin City Council, Shane a senior…...