Proposal to freeze childcare fees faces pushback from creche owners
Owners tell Minister for Children they have concerns over €200m budget intervention
Childcare providers say changes to vaccine rollout plan are ‘unacceptable’
Federation of Early Childhood Providers says it could be autumn before all staff vaccinated
Childcare providers call for earlier vaccination as children return to creches
Sector also seeking subsidised weekly antigen tests for staff
Covid-19: Surge has childcare workers ‘scared stiff’ about returning to work
Almost half of staff members at one facility test positive ahead of planned reopening
Minister for Children confirms two-thirds of crèches have applied for grants to re-open
O’Gorman says 85 per cent of operators surveyed signalled their intention to re-open
Reopening childcare crucial for parents – but how many will be able to avail of it?
Funding package comes just as most childcare providers prepare to close for summer
Childcare providers wait with ‘bated breath’ for funding announcement
Creches and childcare services facing ‘huge costs’ to open as planned on June 29th
Call for wage subsidies for childcare sector to be extended
Measures would bring down cost of childcare for parents – Early Childhood Ireland
Coronavirus: Calls for Government to bail out childcare sector
Plea follows reports of parents being asked to pay holding fee to ensure place in creche
Tens of thousands protest in Dublin over ‘crisis’ in childcare sector
Up to half of childcare facilities shut for ‘day of protest’ over pay and conditions
Childcare facilities set to close for a day as workers protest over ‘crisis’
Thousands of staff and parents to take part in ‘day of protest’ over pay and conditions in the sector
Hundreds of childcare facilities due to close on February 5th
‘Improved terms and conditions’ needed to support ‘sustainable’ Early Years services
Hundreds of childcare providers may shut for ‘day of protest’
Childcare facilities likely to close for one day in late January or early February
Prisoner who died by suicide said he ‘could not deal’ with the fact that he had killed another man
Shane Rogers confessed to murder, saying: ‘It’s a thin line, and I crossed it tonight’
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