From €10.50 to €15.50 overnight. This is what our pay deal means for some Early Years Professionals. #WeDidIt #OurSIPTU

A welcome announcement that parents will see a reduction in childcare fees in January. It's unfortunate that this reduction only applies to the universal subsidy and that lower income families on targeted subsidies will not see any reduction in their fees. #endchildpoverty

Today, is a landmark day for ECEC & SAC professionals, as PEMI opens for membership. PEMI is a voluntary professional body, that focuses on professional standards and professional practice in the Early Childhood and School Age sector Membership Form below: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Today marks the launch of the Shared Education Week 2022 🎉 This week we will celebrate the success of the #PEACEIV #SharedEducation initiative which is delivered by SharingFromTheStart and CASE Shared Education 🎥 Early Years CEO Pauline Walmsley on the benefits Shared Education 🤝

Delighted to be part of a very lively discussion as part of the Equal Participation Model @dcediy . The need for a model underpinned by a cohesive approach to services ,children &families is palpable National Childhood Network Crann Support Group Lelia Murphy Annette Coyle Mick Kenny Northside FRC

👋🏻 Meet Annette Coyle - Service manager of Krafty Kids Community Childcare in Ballyconnell. They’ve been been participating in SharingFromTheStart Shared Education for this last 6 years. Building positive relationships with children from varying backgrounds and abilities.

People Before Profit Cllr Maeve O'Neill speaking for us today. Institutionalised misogyny has shaped the response of sporting bodies to violence against women for too long and the GAA is no exception. #BanCharacterReferences #Ibelieveher #DoBetterDoire

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Great article in The Irish Times on how the current ECEC SAC system is failing disadvantage & marginalised children, leaving them in a more vulnerable position. We need the government to ensure that policy adheres to children's rights, welfare and wellbeing irishtimes.com/ireland/social…

"It has been shown, time and again, that a public model is good for women, good for children, and good for society." Orla O'Connor 👏 #Budget2024 must deliver more affordable, accessible childcare and take steps toward a public model #PurpleForPublic irishexaminer.com/news/arid-4122…

Productive meeting today with Roderic O’Gorman TD at the Dail to highlight grassroots needs of disadvantaged children/ families & the need for more meaningful resources for ECEC/SAC services to meet the complex needs we encounter on a daily basis. Thanks Kathleen Funchion SF for facilitating

Delighted to bring forward the issues facing community childcare to our meeting with the minister Roderic O’Gorman TD today. Discussing how to best support the work by all who deal with the most vulnerable in our communities. Many thanks Kathleen Funchion SF with Mick Kenny

This Christmas ad for a pub in Enniskillen is better than anything John Lewis has ever put out

The irony of the referendum being held on International Women's Day meaning schools that are polling stations will have to close and women will have to juggle that on top of everything else.

2 years on and unfortunately the situation is worse, with over 200 children now on the waiting list.... ‘Parents say the first person they tell they’re pregnant is me, so they can get their name on to the list for a childcare place,’ says creche manager independent.ie/irish-news/par…

RTÉ says that there was "More than 1,000 protesters" out today. I believe there was slightly more people. Judge by yourself.

💬"There are kids rotting on the HSE waiting lists and what's going on in Ireland is a national disgrace". 13-year-old autism campaigner Cara Darmody has said she can "no longer wait for the adults in the room to fix" autism services in the country.

@dcediy Roderic O’Gorman TD It's such a pity that the increased funding does not apply to low income families, many of whom are struggling to get by...@dcediy Children's Rights Alliance National Childhood Network National Community Childcare Forum Early Childhood Ireland Tanya Ward Mick Kenny SIPTU - The Early Years Union

Sadly, this story isn’t fiction for many women and children. But with your help we can rewrite it. Sign our open letter to the Prime Minister TODAY: bit.ly/TakeActionWome…