Over quarter of 6-year-olds have migrant parent

More than one in four children born here six years ago have at least one migrant parent, with childcare costs among the biggest issues facing their families.

Research by Trinity College Dublin’s sociology department reveals 28% of those born between December 2007 and June 2008 had at least one non-Irish parent.

The parents of only 10% were both migrants, as 13% had an Irish mother or father, and 5% were living in a lone-parent household at the age of nine months.