As childcare costs continue to surge, parents all over Ireland are facing increasingly unaffordable monthly bills.

All this week, Newstalk is focusing on the childcare crisis – highlighting the impact on struggling families and asking what can be done to help them.

Reporters Mairéad Cleary, Josh Crosbie and Emma Tyrrell will come at the issue from all sides; finding out who is paying the highest costs in the country, how it’s affecting Irish families and what can be done to save struggling businesses.

Stay with Newstalk all this week – one-air and online – to find out more.