Kerrie Flood: Parents are being strangled by crippling childcare costs
Kerrie Flood writes about the stark costs of childcare faced by may in Northern Ireland.
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Kerrie Flood is Development Manager at Fermanagh Women's Aid.
Kerrie Flood is Development Manager at Fermanagh Women's Aid.
Kerrie Flood writes about the stark costs of childcare faced by may in Northern Ireland.
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