Two ex-party leaders make major demand for universal free childcare - The Mirror

‘I started looking when I was three months’ pregnant and was told there’s a two-year waiting list’ – counting the true cost of childcare

For parents like Aoife Whelan, a mother-of-two living in Sallins, Co Kildare, Ireland’s childcare crisis begins before their child is even born. “I had to take a full year off for my first baby, as there was no childcare available after my maternity leave finished.

Two ex-party leaders make major demand for universal free childcare - The Mirror

Green Party MP Siân Berry and Mandu Reid, former leader of the Women’s Equality Party, have joined forces to call for universal free childcare to help struggling parents