Those in their 40s and 50s are the forgotten generation when it comes to the budget
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childcare
Public transport increases, creche overcharging, and Patrick Freyne’s Kardashian analysis
Early Edition with Aideen Finnegan: Ireland is in for a very wet and mild autumn
Increase in number of childcare providers investigated for possible overcharging
Department of Children review team undertakes audits to ensure core funding requirements are honoured
State paying childcare sector wages would be key step in meeting €200 per month pledge
Up to 46,241 children aged under three were on waiting lists for places in services late last year, with number expected to rise further
Our politicians need to engage us with ideas as smart as the one for parents in New York
Criticising the Government isn’t enough: Opposition parties have to convince us they could make our lives better
Childcare workers in Siptu reject pay offers on new minimum rates
Some 98% of voters reject offers that weighted increases heavily in favour of higher grades
What next for Kinahan cartel, lack of creche places and issues with Re-Turn scheme
Early Edition with Andrew McNair
Ireland’s childcare black spots: ‘I have knocked at every creche door. I don’t want to quit my job’
Rachana Nagaraja was told she ‘might have a chance next September’ – ‘and I think that’s because I cried’
France accepts that parents have a right to leisure. We should do the same
I felt guilty for using the kids’ club, but I shouldn’t have
Childcare professionals deserve pay in line with their value to society
The current system demands high professional standards while failing to recognise those who meet them
First ever review of childcare fees to target creches overcharging parents
Department of Children says local authorities will check whether creches are breaching funding deal to freeze fees at 2021 levels
Remote working brings many benefits to the public service
Many workers are more productive when working remotely
Ireland’s ‘free market’ creche model shown up yet again
High quality cannot flourish within a profit-privileging environment
Parents face €400 monthly cost-hike due to creches’ withdrawal from Core Funding scheme
Fonthill Lodge group said requirement to freeze fees threatens the survival of two childcare facilities
Dublin creche raising fees after being ordered to refund more than €100,000 to parents
Charlie’s Childcare had signed up to State funding scheme, agreeing to keep fees at 2021 levels in return
Thousands of creche and early education staff to be balloted on pay proposals
Offers by two main representative bodies ‘unfair and unacceptable’, Siptu says
The Dublin-based chauffeur firm driving great and good around during EU presidency
Irish pessimism on EU rises at wrong time; €5m on offer for Oireachtas creche operator; MEP seeks relief for fleeced farmers
What are parents to do when there are no after-school places for children?
The assumption that mothers can step back from work to fill the gap is entirely out of step with modern Irish family life
Children’s Health Ireland ‘falling short’ of best-in-class care, report finds
HSE publishes audit of governance and equity in patient access and waiting list management at paediatric care provider
Budget 2027: Simon Harris signals focus on tax relief and childcare measures
Government eager to avoid criticism of last year’s budget with a key theme of ensuring work pays
Budget 2027: Tax changes for workers and more affordable childcare set to be priorities
National Economic Dialogue event will hear childcare and tax moves central to next budget
Parents taking ‘fake sick days’ as creches close at short notice
Creches can’t recruit staff amid ‘perpetual circus’ in childcare sector, says Tigers Childcare chief executive
Childcare fees to be capped at €183.70 per week for 45 hours of care
Childcare providers will be required later this year to share more data with the Government about fees
The ‘two good salaries but still broke’ problem: What’s behind it and what can you do?
Tax, children, new mortgage, lifestyle creep or bad planning: the many reasons you can feel the pinch
‘If you batch cook, he will batch-eat the whole lot in one sitting’: The real cost of raising teenagers
School bills, sports and the subsequent medical costs, food and pocket money all mount up to put pressure on household finances
AI chatbots leading children into ‘terrible harm’, Oireachtas committee hears
Fake, AI-generated material poses ‘greater risks for children than adults’, says Children’s Rights Alliance
‘There’s an issue around mindset’: Parents on hybrid working and childcare pressures
With some employers, ‘there’s an issue around mindset’ regarding in-office demands, one couple says
The childminder exodus: ‘I love it ... Leaving was not an easy decision’
Leigh Ann Gilmore (54) said decision, due to introduction of new regulations for sector, ‘came at great personal upset’
Early Edition Podcast: Dublin Central byelection; trouble for Keir Starmer; Trump in Beijing
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Work is broken and it is well past time to fix it for Ireland’s working parents
Rigid workplace structures and increased focus on return to office mandates ignores modern reality that both parents need to work
Public pay talks must address concerns of ordinary workers, says trade union boss
Fórsa general secretary Kevin Callinan says citizens are losing faith on a wide range of issues
Tigers Childcare sells 34-creche business to UK group in deal that could be worth €75m-plus
Founder Karen Clince retains a reduced stake in fast-growing business and will remain in charge of the Irish operation
The State’s childcare affordability scheme is not fit for purpose
What is the point of the scheme if creches increasingly feel compelled to leave it?
Minister gets more authority to object to developers who try to turn creches into housing
Minister for Children will now be designated as a prescribed body under planning laws
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