Men benefit more from budget tax reforms, National Women’s Council says – The Irish Times
A “huge” number of parents will see no reduction in their childcare costs after the budget, a woman-centred…
SPLITs are the new financial power couple—two incomes, no kids yet and no joint bank account
DINKs have been having a moment. Child-free millennials have spent the last few years flaunting champagne breakfasts and…
Budget 2027 Q&A: Is there any change to the €3,000 tax-free gift amount per year? – The Irish Times
Thank youMinister for Public Expenditure Jack Chambers and Minister for Finance Simon Harris at Government buildings. Photograph: Nick…
The affordability crisis made 37% of parents count on financial help from parents or grandparents
Nearly two in five parents with young children, or 37%, expect to receive some sort of financial help…
Work like you’re not a mother, mother like you don’t work. It’s impossible – The Irish Times
Picture this. It’s 8pm on a Thursday. My two girls, six and eight, are in the sittingroom. The…
Gavan Reilly: Six months by law. 24.3 months in reality. Ireland’s disability numbers don’t add up
Gavan Reilly In Politics by Numbers, broadcaster, author and spreadsheet stan Gavan Reilly takes a data deep dive…
Childcare fees in Ireland could be capped at €200 a month in Budget 2027
The government has previously committed to progressively reduce the cost of early learning and childcare to €200 per…
First ever review of childcare fees to target creches overcharging parents – The Irish Times
The first ever review of childcare providers’ fees is to be conducted targeting creches that are overcharging parents.…
Ireland’s ‘free market’ creche model shown up yet again – The Irish Times
Sir, – Again we see the crises in our early childhood education and care system making headlines, not…
‘I flew my mother in from South America’: How our readers are managing childcare this summer
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Parents face €400 monthly cost-hike due to creches’ withdrawal from Core Funding scheme – The Irish Times
Up to 200 families in Dublin and Meath face substantial increases in childcare costs from September after the…
Thousands of creche and early education staff to be balloted on pay proposals – The Irish Times
Thousands of childcare and early education staff are to be balloted on industrial action after talks intended to…