Only mothers who find recognition in professional life seem to be guilty of ‘having it all’
Society considers mums suspected of working by choice to be playing a zero-sum game where career ambition comes at the cost of motherly love
Society considers mums suspected of working by choice to be playing a zero-sum game where career ambition comes at the cost of motherly love
Scheme would cater for 6,000 children across a range of different services intended to be representative of the current sector
Government has established a special unit to investigate what a ‘nationalised’ childcare model might look like
Budget 2025: Increases in funding for early learning and childcare ‘utterly insufficient’, say providers
Labour says budget was ‘all glitter and full of shiny gimmicks’; Minister for Justice Helen McEntee has said she ‘wants to see a full restoration’ of barristers fees
Record interest among readers in wide-ranging live online post-budget question and answer session
Dominic Coyle of The Irish Times and Beryl Power from PwC answered readers’ questions in our post-budget live blog which has now finished. You can read back on all the questions and answers below
The final cost of living package will now come in at just shy of €2 billion, well in excess of the €1.5bn expected
Budget 2025: Government wants Ireland ‘to be one of the best countries in the world in which to be a child’, says Minister
Inside Business podcast with Ciarán Hancock
USC cut to 3%; extra credits for renters; 10,000 new social homes to built and free public transport for under-9s
Extension of the Help to Buy scheme to 2029, and extra tax on vulture funds expected
Judge notes ‘draconian’ law could have seen Padraig O’Connor, operator of Little Puddles Childcare in Glenageary, lose registration if convicted
National Women’s Council and 25 other organisations want pilot programme established
Newly-constructed Carrickmines facility occupies prime location just off M50 motorway
Gardaí and Tusla conducting investigations concerning reported physical, verbal and emotional abuse of toddlers
Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan
Taoiseach signals move away from reliance on private sector care while insisting Coalition Government will last full term
Outside basic welfare payments, there are two schemes specifically focused on easing the financial burden on parents of young children
The increased cost of raising children is one of the main reasons why people are having fewer of them, says the World Economic Forum
Prosecution stemmed from inspection of Little Puddles Childcare in Glenageary two years ago
Overall, some €1.1bn of public money will go into the sector this year but not everyone is happy
Costs down by around 50 per cent for average parent through various programmes now introduced, Minister says
We talk about children’s best interests, but so far, there has not yet been the political will to prioritise them
‘HELP!’ might be the subject line of my next email to the department
In his first big interview as Taoiseach, the Fine Gael leader hints at his ‘big ideas’ on childcare, housing and infrastructural projects
National Women’s Council calls on Government to establish a pilot scheme in the budget with a view to taking direct control of provision over the longer term
Some parents have been told their fees will now increase by almost a third at the start of next month
Some operators have been questioning aspects of the system and claim the effects of fee freezing and staffing and regulation compliance pose challenges
Pre-budget submission by union calls for €100m-plus to facilitate better minimum pay rates and enhanced premiums for qualified childcare workers
About 600 children attend the group’s five facilities in Dublin
Long waiting lists and rising creche fees are just some of the challenges facing parents with young children
A little imagination and a bit of cash could stop a childcare problem turning into a crisis
Skyrocketing rents, house prices and childcare costs have all combined to mean that people can’t afford more than one or two kids
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices