State must tighten laws on facilities

THE conviction of a crèche owner, who left a three-year-old child behind after an outing to a public park, highlights the urgent need for radical reform of totally inadequate regulations governing pre-school facilities in Ireland.

It was an incident that sent shivers down the spines of parents everywhere who entrust their child to the care of a local pre-school.

Fortunately, Nathan McGrane came to no harm as he played oblivious to the frightening risks.