Back to school blues: Get pupils ready for classroom changes
Beat Covid-19 anxiety and play role in your child’s positive back-to-school transition
Creches reopen: ‘Some of them were cuddling into their mam’s legs’
Majority of childcare facilities open doors but industry warns about viability
Childcare providers wait with ‘bated breath’ for funding announcement
Creches and childcare services facing ‘huge costs’ to open as planned on June 29th
Fears over impact on insurance on childcare scheme for health workers
‘Insurance would be too prohibitive. Nobody has come back to us saying they would be able to take it on’
Childcare providers told they will not be covered for Covid-19 claims
Exclusion applies to providers of childcare under scheme for front-line workers
Coronavirus: Creches under pressure could receive fast-tracked financial support
Potential extra funding for creches still in financial difficulty could come from the Early Learning and Care Sustainability Fund
Some 31 per cent of young people in Tallaght suffer from depression - report
CDI research shows young people face ‘major gap’ in accessing services
Childcare: ‘You try and do your best and you feel attacked all the time’
Childcare centres fear National Childcare Scheme will affect communities they serve
New national childcare scheme: 11 essential points you need to know
New system launches on Wednesday but low-income families on existing programmes will be allowed to remain on them indefinitely
School-age childcare – who foots the bill?
Ireland spends five times less on childcare than the UNICEF target of 1% GDP
Call for more personalised approach to homelessness
Staff and homeless call for better services in south Dublin project
Dolly Parton charity launches free book programme for children in Ireland
Every child in Dublin 24 area to receive one book every month until they are aged five
Leitrim-based film director to give a different perspective on moon landing
‘Creative documentary’ tells of Nazi rocket scientist who played key role in 1969 event
‘The best noodle soup I ever had’: readers’ food travel tips
As part of Irish Times’ Food Month, we asked readers for their top food discoveries
Doodle Den is tackling inequality after school in Limerick
Impact Journalism Day: Addressing education and inequality one afternoon at a time
Investment in early childhood services will save money, says childcare marcher
Government ‘need to recognise sector for the hugely important public service it is’
Childcare professionals march on Dáil to call for more funding
Demonstrators say Government needs to act to address sector’s low wages
Child poverty: ‘This is about Government priorities’
Experts warned that children were bearing the brunt of the crisis, so why did it take this week’s damning Unicef report for us to pay attention?
Targeted health programmes in schools ‘could reduce obesity’
Just 16% of children in pilot programme were obese, compared to 25% of control group
Making economic sense in the classroom
‘Early intervention’ is a buzz word among policy-makers. But what does it mean for families living in a disadvantaged area?
New association for childcare workers launched
Group says sector needs qualified staff, formal registration and defined career paths
Call for major overhaul of childcare profession
Group wants minimum standard of education for all staff and national registration for early years practitioners
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