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# Childcare

All time
Care order extended for child whose mother tested positive for cocaine, cannabis and sedatives
2 Aug 2016
17.0k
18
Child whose foster parent died will be moved so no 'attachments' are formed in temporary home
1 Aug 2016
31.1k
68
There is no easy way to escape poverty as a single parent
Anonymous
18 Jul 2016
8.5k
82
Creche owner starts campaign to make Irish schools 'sweets free zones'
17 Apr 2016
25.8k
64
Why are parents entrusting their child’s wellbeing to someone they are paying buttons to?
Donal O'Keeffe
11 Mar 2016
1.2k
60
Mary Lou criticises Labour's 'insulting' childcare plan, Joan brings up the IRA
14 Jan 2016
26.4k
144
Does sending a kid to childcare or caring for them at home make any difference to their development?
3 Dec 2015
20.3k
28
Debate Room: Should school start earlier to help working parents?
Caitriona O'Neill and William Gallagher
19 Oct 2015
1.3k
50
Won't somebody please think of the childcare?
7 Oct 2015
15.0k
37
Miracle baby born with malformed brain has reached his first birthday
29 Sep 2015
27.9k
47
Joan Burton says people will have more money in their pay packet after the Budget
13 Sep 2015
35.4k
262
Crèche workers charged with sharing baby "Fight Club" video on Snapchat
4 Sep 2015
33.0k
34
Splitting childcare could improve your relationship and sex life
25 Aug 2015
15.8k
10
Equality for women? It won't happen with the Irish childcare system in its current state...
Orla O’Connor
23 Aug 2015
423
106
Here is what the government outline of childcare could mean for you
22 Jul 2015
17.5k
32
Mary Lou says Joan Burton is 'giving two fingers' to the public
25 Jun 2015
20.0k
83
How much do you value the people who take care of your children?
Marian Quinn
6 Jun 2015
398
16
Why do childcare workers earn such low wages while parents pay high fees?
Marian Quinn
5 Jun 2015
6.0k
82
Proper childcare is for the common good – not just something for parents to figure out
Teresa Heeney
4 Jun 2015
266
5
Ambulances are needed for 17 choking incidents every week
21 May 2015
8.7k
8
Why are Irish creches going out of business?
17 May 2015
47.9k
56
Enda Kenny buttered scones on TV - and talked about his same-sex marriage 'journey'
13 May 2015
15.4k
125
Open Thread: Is the cost of childcare preventing you from working?
16 Apr 2015
14.1k
82
Am I alone in Mummy Martyr stakes? (Why are parents so bad at looking after themselves?)
Claire Micks
14 Apr 2015
304
61
Baby 'thrives' in care of father and grandparents after care order refused
1 Apr 2015
15.9k
8
The Government’s reaction to our childcare crisis: divide and conquer
Claire Micks
20 Feb 2015
110
32
Expensive childcare is leading to an increase in underpaid au pairs in Ireland
17 Feb 2015
19.7k
42
Column: Why am I working purely to keep my foot in the door?
Claire Micks
24 Jan 2015
362
73
Efforts to make childcare in Ireland affordable 'must not be pre-election spin'
14 Jan 2015
7.8k
25
Créche crisis: Parents at breaking point while workers call for strike over pay
3 Jan 2015
24.9k
137
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Catch up as you wake up.
3 Jan 2015
10.6k
3
How some teenagers are forced from foster care into direct provision once they turn 18
25 Nov 2014
5.8k
30
Links Creche faces 24 charges after claims of 'disrespectful, degrading and exploitative' treatment
13 Oct 2014
16.5k
There were 6,500 children in care at the end of May
26 Aug 2014
7.7k
17
Is one inspector for 21,000 kids good enough?... Fresh questions raised over Ireland's creches
25 Aug 2014
9.6k
25
One in four children in Ireland are born to a non-Irish mother
1 Aug 2014
16.5k
150
Opinion: We can't afford NOT to invest in childcare and early education
Ciaran Tierney
14 Jul 2014
172
25
These are the six areas Enda and Joan want to prioritise from now until 2016
11 Jul 2014
15.0k
31
Irish parents shell out for some of the highest childcare fees in Europe
6 Jul 2014
17.8k
75
Opinion: One year on from the Prime Time childcare exposé – what have we learned?
Andrea Mara
28 May 2014
535
15
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