Expansion of Sligo creche to create 25 new jobs
The CEO of Bridgestock Childcare is looking forward to the expansion project of a creche in Sligo town. A new €1.1m purpose-built childcare facility will open in Sligo this summer with the creation of up to 25 jobs for Early Years Educators. Cre8ive Corner Creche is currently under construction by…
Calls for 5-year plan for early-childhood sector
Early Childhood Ireland, which represents 211 childcare providers throughout the north west, has condemned a one-month extension of the employment wages subsidy as ‘the latest example of piecemeal arrangements’ for the early-years sector. Early Childhood Ireland has 65 childcare members in Sligo, 36 in Leitrim and 110 in Donegal. Frances…
New childcare, after-school facility planned for Ballymote
A major boost is on the way for the south Sligo town of Ballymote. It’s the planned opening of a new childcare and after-school facility in what was Fawlty’s public house on O’Connell Street in the town. Sligo County Council has granted planning permission for the change of use of…
Dail to vote on childcare proposals tomorrow (Thurs) evening
A Sligo/Leitrim TD is calling on the government to back his party’s childcare proposals that include reduced fees, increased funding and better pay and conditions for staff. Sinn Fein Deputy Martin Kenny says that with the cut in the pandemic wage subsidy, higher fees, lower pay and the possible closure…
New plans for childcare are not doing enough for health workers
A leading North West based INMO official has claimed that the reported new plans for childcare for frontline health workers will do nothing for the vast majority of nurses and midwives. The INMO’s Martina Harkin Kelly has strongly criticised the scheme, on the basis that many workers do not…
Childcare workers want Government to make childcare a public service
Local Childcare workers receive little pay and no holiday leave. These are just some of the issues highlighted yesterday when over 30,000 people protested in Dublin calling on the government to give more support for childcare sector workers. Many were calling on the government to make the sector a public…
New regulations could result in higher after-school care costs
Amid fears that aftercare costs for school children are set to rise, there are calls for government subsidies to help hard-pressed parents and childcare providers in the region. New regulations are due to come into force ahead of the new school year that will mean school-age childcare providers must have…