Mothers to be are being advised to seek childcare places as soon as they’re pregnant or face a two-year waiting list. For more on this, we heard from Sinead O'Moore, host of the Everymum podcast, and Regina Bushell Managing Director of Grovelands Childcare and Chairperson of Seas Suas.

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