The Taoiseach has directly intervened to ensure all women impacted by the CervicalCheck scandal receive a €2,000 ex-gratia payment.

WHEN the “Grace” childcare scandal broke, one provoked by allegations of the most serious abuse in a foster care setting, it was as if a stone had been turned over and the darkest episodes in our history had returned to haunt and mock us. 

IT makes me want to tear my hair out when I read reports such as those on this week’s Dublin conference — Scandinavian Childcare: making it happen — because it seems no-one asks: what is childcare?