Cianan Brennan: What's the point of cutting childcare costs if providers can't afford to stay open?

Childcare professionals protesting at Leinster House were both frustrated and irritated, most notably with Roderic O’Gorman, over the failure of core funding to alleviate cost pressures on services, writes Cianan Brennan

Bright Sparks Montesorri owner Lynsey McCabe during a protest by the Federation of Early Childhood Providers over Government funding at Bright Sparks Montesorri, Malahide, Dublin. Picture: Gareth Chaney/Collins

Who would be a minister for children and integration right now?

Those are just two of Green TD Roderic O’Gorman’s five portfolios, and they generate enough work to keep an entire Government busy.