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The €54 million announced for childcare in Budget 2020 is a "severe underinvestment" that will keep childcare services "grossly unaffordable".

Athlone entrepreneur, Regina Bushell, was a keynote speaker as Seas Suas, the representative body for early learning and care providers, held its annual conference in the Sheraton Athlone Hotel on Saturday last.

Government consultations about providing subsidies for those using childminders are concerned with the needs of families, but "purely concerned with the tax take" this could yield.

A new funding scheme for childcare is in danger of "disproportionately going to those who are better off", while at the same time "hurting families" who live in "the areas of highest deprivation".

Carepath Training offers learners and care providers quality-assured, accredited, training in health and social care for nursing homes, community care, and registered healthcare settings.

A modern and friendly purpose built childcare facility located in Cloghanboy Estate on the Ballymahon Road, Athlone, Busy Kids Athlone offers early years care and education for children from six months to 12 years.

Despite investment aimed at reducing the cost of crèches for parents, there has been a €4 rise in fees per week, according to a new report which was developed and published by Pobal for the Department of Children and Youth Affairs.

This is an excellent opportunity to acquire a luxury four/five bed detached family home within commuting distance of Galway city at a very affordable price. This fabulous family home is in a small exclusive development of 12 detached properties in prime village location adjacent to excellent national school, Montessori school, large childcare facility with school drop/pick up, shop, credit union, post office, and pub, with a secondary school bus stop outside the development.

A noted fourteen percent increase in childcare costs in Westmeath in the past five years has accelerated the county’s creche charges above the national average.

Sometimes, it is just the simplest of gestures that makes all the difference in the world. When Claregalway farmer Mattie Cormican’s wife Bridie passed away after suffering from Alzheimer’s disease, he made a decision that will honour her memory and make a contribution to the future of the community that will serve generations.