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110,000 children get free childcare worth €4k

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110,000 children get free childcare worth €4k

More than 110,000 children will be in receipt of free State-sponsored childcare by early next year as part of “radical” reforms introduced by Government last summer — saving each family an average of €4,000 on creche costs.

Government promises almost 20,000 extra free preschool places this month

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Government promises almost 20,000 extra free preschool places this month
€100k for inner-city Dublin youth groups

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€100k for inner-city Dublin youth groups
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Pre-budget tensions, 'lack of trust' and ‘silly’ rows could lead to Cabinet downfall
Mother and baby homes commission granted extension

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Mother and baby homes commission granted extension
‘Frances Fitzgerald has qualities to be taoiseach’

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‘Frances Fitzgerald has qualities to be taoiseach’
Children as young as six are watching porn, says ISPCC
Children as young as six are watching porn, says ISPCC

Children as young as six are watching porn and using sexualised language which they often don’t understand.

Fri, 22 Jul, 2016

No parent can rest easy about Tusla’s unquestionable power
No parent can rest easy about Tusla’s unquestionable power

The apparently arbitrary power vested in the State’s child protection agency to take our children away from us is compounded by its power to review its own decisions, writes Margaret Hickey

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