'We have 180 people on our waiting list': childcare sector crisis continues

Can one of the most punitive restrictions of all on the sector — creches opting to refuse access to children who are too young, under one predominantly, under two in some cases — be resolved?

Childcare, along with housing and health, is one of the main pillar problems facing Leo Varadkar’s Government.

For years, the privately-run sector has flirted with oblivion in Ireland, with no one being well served by what’s in place.