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# paternity-leave - Last year 2021

# Opinion

Opinion: 12 weeks paternity leave helped me at home - and in work

Jul 25th 2021, 7:30 AM 21,633 Views 14 Comments

Three months paternity leave isn’t the norm – but it’s good for both family and employer, says Shane Doyle

# paternity-leave - All time

'Maternity leave is a human right': TD calls for parental leave for TDs

# New Parents

'Maternity leave is a human right': TD calls for parental leave for TDs

Jul 29th 2020, 7:26 PM 33,689 Views 57 Comments

Social Democrats TD Holly Cairns says it is ‘incredible’ that it does not already exist.

'Parents face stark choices': Three-week extension to parent's leave criticised as too little, too late

# Maternity Leave

'Parents face stark choices': Three-week extension to parent's leave criticised as too little, too late

Jul 14th 2020, 8:00 AM 30,804 Views 24 Comments

Sinn Féin is going to introduce a motion to the Dáil today calling for 12-week extension to paid maternity leave.

Paid maternity and paternity leave to be extended by two weeks

# New Parents

Paid maternity and paternity leave to be extended by two weeks

Oct 7th 2019, 8:33 AM 81,124 Views 33 Comments

New legislation will provide for extra paid leave for each parent of a child who is born, or adopted, from 1 November 2019.

# Paternity Leave

Diageo to offer 26 weeks fully paid paternity leave to male employees in Ireland

May 22nd 2019, 4:52 PM 30,436 Views 24 Comments

Diageo is introducing the paid paternity scheme from 1 July.

# Paternity Leave

More than 51,000 fathers have taken paternity leave since September 2016

Nov 5th 2018, 6:15 AM 12,221 Views 31 Comments

51,409 fathers have been awarded leave since the scheme began.

Why supporting paternity leave makes smart business sense

# Opinion

Why supporting paternity leave makes smart business sense

Oct 12th 2018, 7:00 AM 11,589 Views 9 Comments

The Government needs to legislate for employers to provide a payment top-up to make the additional two weeks paternity leave an option for families, writes Christopher Paye.

Compensation for dad who was sacked just 11 days after birth of new baby

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Compensation for dad who was sacked just 11 days after birth of new baby

May 23rd 2018, 3:05 PM 46,373 Views 31 Comments

The man’s boss congratulated him on the new arrival but then proceeded to tell him that he was being made redundant.

Poll: Should paternity leave be mandatory?

# Your Say

Poll: Should paternity leave be mandatory?

Apr 6th 2018, 9:55 AM 24,480 Views 81 Comments

The Irish Times reports today that the government is planning on introducing both two weeks’ paid parental leave and mandatory paternity leave.

'Having seen how much my wife went through, it felt so wrong to be heading out the door'

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'Having seen how much my wife went through, it felt so wrong to be heading out the door'

Mar 27th 2018, 7:00 AM 167,382 Views 58 Comments

As a father, I’ve found returning to work after a few days very difficult, writes Eric Nolan.

Poll: Should paternity leave be made compulsory in Ireland?

# Your Say

Poll: Should paternity leave be made compulsory in Ireland?

Dec 30th 2017, 8:30 AM 21,667 Views 76 Comments

Campaigners in France want to make it obligatory in order to stop employers bullying fathers back into work.

Poll: Should paternity leave be mandatory for fathers?

# Family Poll

Poll: Should paternity leave be mandatory for fathers?

Nov 8th 2017, 5:27 PM 488 Views 0 Comments

Over 27,000 fathers have availed of paternity leave so far.

More than 27,000 fathers have taken paternity leave so far

# Newborns

More than 27,000 fathers have taken paternity leave so far

Nov 8th 2017, 6:30 AM 12,925 Views 47 Comments

“We have to take a wider societal view and not think of rearing children as something best done in one’s spare time, preferably by women,” Deirdre Clune said.