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Early Years Education & Care is a professional environment that supports all aspects of children’s early learning, development and care. So how do you “Banish the babysitter image” and “Manage Your Early Years Education & Care Setting as a Professional...

  The Learner Fund, which is currently subsidising thousands of learners who applied in 2014, has re-opened for online applications. This fund, Learner Fund 3, offers a subsidy towards the cost of  training  to support existing Early Years practitioners, who wish to...

Currently, children are entitled to participate in the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) programme for up to 38 weeks - i.e. for the school year.  Children aged between 3 years 2 months and 4 years 7 months on 1stSeptember of the relevant year are eligible to...

Paid leave essential for any move to reconcile work and family life, says women’s council Affordable childcare must be made available if women are to pay a full part in public and civil life, the National Women’s Council of Ireland has said. In a letter sent to...