Hundreds of community creches in disadvantaged areas nationwide “have reached breaking point”, according to a childcare expert.

I WAS appalled by your front page headline “Crèches: abuse, bullying and neglect” and the accompanying unbalanced report (October 30).

ANYONE who avails of the €10,000 tax incentive to mind children in the home should undergo a 10-hour course, advocacy groups said last night.

JUST one-in-five parents with crèche-going children believes a creche is the ideal way for their child to spend their days.

MANAGEMENT at crèches in some of the most disadvantaged parts of the country are fearing service cutbacks as they await the outcome of a funding review being conducted by the Department of Justice.