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Childcare in Ireland is expensive - but there are grants and subsidies to help ease the burden

Not only are you rewarding yourself after a tough time, but you are supporting the drive for economic recovery

Early Childhood Ireland director warns clear instructions needed by early June

Zappone says 45 hours of childcare per week to be offered

We’re spending more on groceries and cosmetics but less on commuting and childcare

Infant mortality rate is falling and more Traveller children are going to secondary school – report

In 2015 the overall gap in pay stood at 13.9%. It had risen to 14.4% in 2017. But why?

Childcare providers in Dublin 8 and Co Wicklow issued with deregistration notices

Variations in wages under different schemes result in some earning €3 an hour less

Childcare centres fear National Childcare Scheme will affect communities they serve

New system launches on Wednesday but low-income families on existing programmes will be allowed to remain on them indefinitely

The writer’s deploring of ‘etiquette fiends’ started a letters page row that led to the setting-up of what is now Children in Hospital in Ireland

Creche fees exceed €1,000 a month in parts of city for full-time care

Scheme starts in October and puts greater administration burden on parents. Be prepared

Early Childhood Ireland says move would not bode well for trust and quality of care

Aighneas faoin Aifreann i nGaeilge i nDún Laoghaire fós gan réiteach

‘Tá siad tar éis muid a chaitheamh amach ón ár séipéal féin’

Games present a ‘huge growth opportunity’ for the members of Team Ireland

Ballymun Child and Family Resource Centre’s first pop-up Communion-wear shop is big success

‘After 50 years that was that. No consultation, no words of regret, no thanks’ – Dublin choir

Advocacy group says many vital services for deaf people might have to close

Schools with dramatically falling numbers can have grossly inflated progression rates

‘The economic recovery has done little to improve mental health here’

Biggest mismatch between supply and demand is for children under three

Average price of full-time daycare is up by 2.2 per cent, or almost €4 a week, report finds

Report reveals highest level of such abuse since data started being collated in 2013

Three in 10 children not cared for by family and parents have care costs of up to €6.13 an hour

New ESRI study looks at who is most likely to experience five barriers to social inclusion

Jobstown locals welcome new, larger store amid continued shock over digger rampage

‘I know people get pregnant by rape, but there’s a lot of counselling out there for that’

Manager of Tallaght centre says ‘poor now have to compete with the poor for scraps’

Agreement ensures up to two hours of religion tuition for pupils in some State schools

Wallace asks why non-profit group Pobal has charity status

‘Builders are coming in over the bit of green we have left. It’s not safe to let the children out’

Irish cities and towns are getting cleaner but some areas are seeing a spike in littering

Garda technical examination of Rosie Hanrahan’s house completed on Wednesday

Research on the merits of educating boys and girls together or separately is mixed

Student-led project on the War of Independence unearths ancient secrets

St Nathy’s: The school where the tables have turned on the old parent-teacher model

Ireland placed amongst the lower-achieving EU countries with education a stand out concern