Preschool sector facing a major labour crisis in the north west
A preschool provider in Sligo has highlighted the serious labour shortage that the sector is currently battling. Claire Barden runs the ‘Early Montessori Academy and Crèches’ in Ballymote and Collooney. She says the current Covid payments is a factor in a number of those who had worked in…
Preschools services must be kept open to help children develop
Children across the counties of Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal have started back at preschool today for the first time since Christmas. The first phase of the reopening of the childcare sector began this morning with children in the free preschool scheme. Early Childhood Ireland says around a quarter of its…