Childcare providers boosted by €1.15m grants

SEVERAL childcare providers in Cork City and county are to receive grants totalling €1.15m.

The grants are part of the latest round of funding under the Equal Opportunities Childcare Programme administered by the Department of Justice. The biggest recipient is the Macroom Family Resource Centre, which is to receive €836,409.

Senator John Minihan, Progressive Democrats, has welcomed news of the funding, saying “the money will prove invaluable in supporting the development of the childcare throughout Cork.”