After-school care initiative to help parents remain in full-time work

AN initiative by Limerick childcare workers to encourage more people to provide after-school care will help more parents remain in full-time employment, according to Mary Moloney of the Limerick Childcare Committee.

A manual and video/DVD information package on after-school care, the first of its kind produced in this country, was launched last night by the Limerick Childcare Committee.

Its co-ordinator, Ms Moloney, said the package will help develop existing after-school childcare groups and encourage others to set up new ones around the country.