A protest took place earlier on today outside one of the creches featured in an RTÉ Investigates exposé. Undercover footage centered on Hyde & Seek Childcare, which has four creches in Dublin.It revealed how children were roughly handled as well as a series of fire safety breaches at the multimillion-euro family-run business.

Reporter Aideen Finnagan was down at today's protest joined Shane Beatty on this evenings Hard Shoulder. David Quinn Columnist with The Sunday Times and Head of the Iona Institution also joined Shane to discuss his thoughts on the issues raised in the program.