Parenting programme that supports north Dublin families gets US approval

Preparing for Life home visitor Aoife O’Hara with toddler Lainie Deegan and mother Amy Deegan at Preparing for Life at the Bell Building, Darndale (Fintan Clarke)

A parenting programme designed to help families in a north Dublin suburb has become the only Irish initiative of its kind endorsed by US authorities.

Preparing for Life is a plan produced by Northside Partnership, a development company working to improve the lives of people in north-east Dublin.