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Childcare provider unable to pay herself as thousands protest outside Dáil
Childcare
Childcare providers and those who work in the sector gathered outside Leinster House on Tuesday to protest the Core Funding and ECCE funding models
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Lesser known payment provides financial support to help with childcare costs
Childcare
All children aged between 24 weeks and 15 years of age are eligible for this scheme
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Top tips for parents to cut costs on days out during summer holidays
Childcare
Some families are struggling with a rise in costs during the summer months, from holidays to summer camps with extra costs adding up to €1,000 a week, according to research
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Calls for Government to fund creches opening at weekends to help parents
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Flexible opening of childcare services would help parents who work weekends
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Leo Varadkar vows that childcare costs will be cut in Budget
Childcare
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar was criticised for saying in an interview that he did not know if childcare would be cut by 25 per cent in Budget 2024
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Spark has gone from our marriage and we're broke from supporting his ex wife
Relationships
A reader says her marriage is falling apart under the stress of looking after children with little money as it all goes to her husband's ex
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'I'm worried that having a baby could dry up sex life with my husband'
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Coleen Nolan advises a reader who is feeling overwhelmed by the imminent arrival of her first child
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22 Kids and Counting dad Noel Radford, 52, 'retires' to spend more time with kids
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22 Kids and Counting's Noel Radford told viewers of the Channel 5 show he'd baked his last loaf before 'retiring' to spend more time with Britain's biggest family
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RTE's Liveline with Joe Duffy hears of 'creche crisis' as owners consider closing doors over childcare subsidy scheme
Childcare
Childcare providers across the country described the system as an 'administrative nightmare'
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Study shows wages are 'growing rapidly' in one surprising sector in Ireland
Childcare
Those who are looking to get a new qualification, or who already have experience in childcare are in for a welcome bit of news
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Woman praised as 'super-mum' for sleep trick that sees tots get 12 hours a night
Mothercare
The mother had both her daughters sleeping soundly from as young as 10 weeks
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'My neighbours having noisy sex just highlights the fact that we never make love'
Relationships
Coleen Nolan advises a reader who is embarrassed by the noisy antics of her neighbours while her own sex life with her husband has dried up
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Loose Women stars erupt into bitter row as Brenda fumes over Carol's parenting dig
Carol McGiffin
Things became heated between the Loose Women ladies on Tuesday as the panel discuss childcare and parenting while juggling the workplace at the same time
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Children's Minister Roderic O'Gorman plans new 'Deis style' of childcare to help disadvantaged kids
Childcare
Deis, which is already in place in schools, is a system for identifying and reviewing levels of disadvantage
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Leo Varadkar denies taking childcare portfolio to 'grab good news' ahead of election
Leo Varadkar
'Somebody was suggesting a little bit cynically, that this was about grabbing good news, I don't see it that way at all'
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'My boyfriend is desperate for another baby, but I want to go back to university'
Relationships
Mirror agony aunt Coleen Nolan advises a young woman who wants to focus on her education after having a baby aged 19, but her partner doesn't want a massive age gap between their kids
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Parents juggling work to mind kids and need grandparents' help, study finds
Childcare
The Department of Children has been told that costs remain inaccessible across a wide-range of children’s age groups
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Irish public's Budget 2023 'wishlist' with people split on social welfare increases
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90% of respondents are calling for cuts in taxes on motor and home fuels
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Hard-pressed parents could get extra €120 childcare support in Budget 2023
Budget 2023
The Government pumped €220million into the sector last year that delivered a fees freeze when creches signed up for extra supports to pay for staff and better facilities by promising they wouldn’t increase their rates.
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New funding model will help transform childcare sector, says minister
Childcare
Roderic O’Gorman said that Together for Better will provide a 'sound framework' to improve the quality and affordability of childcare, and pay and conditions for workers
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Childcare providers welcome 'historic' wage increase deal
Childcare
'After years of campaigning, we finally have our first pay deal'
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New wage deal for childcare workers set to be signed off in next few weeks
Childcare
A crisis in the childcare sector has seen many providers struggling to retain staff
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Childcare providers threaten closures over 'unsustainable' funding plan
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'I don’t think there’s any other profession in the country that has such a low salary'
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Budget 2023: Roderic O'Gorman vows to 'substantially cut' childcare costs
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Roderic O’Gorman said parents will see the benefit of frozen childcare fees and the investment in the National Childcare Scheme
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