Schools Open Doors for After-School Care | Cork News

Cork News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Aug 3, 2026 · 1m

Schools across the country are being urged to open their doors after hours for childcare — a move that’s already helping thousands of families and boosting school budgets. With 42% of schools already offering this service, advocates want to make it mandatory, requiring schools to seriously consider requests from providers and only deny them with strong justification. While the Department of Education and Children support the idea as long as it doesn’t disrupt core learning — especially for special needs students — the debate centers on whether every school should be required to participate…