Mothers I know who work full-time and whose children are in primary school have full-time childminders, writes Victoria White

Working mothers earning the average industrial wage who take just five years off to look after their family could lose up to a fifth of their pension pot or up to €70,000, a pensions expert has warned.

It’s time to act so that children cared for by childminders cannot and should not be disadvantaged, writes Heino Schonfeld.