Early Childhood Ireland's Podcast

About Early Childhood Ireland's Podcast

Early Childhood is the leading national children’s advocacy and membership organisation. We work in partnership with Early Years, School Age Care and Childminding settings to ensure that every child is thriving and learning. We advocate for an effective and inclusive system which values, supports and invests in childhood, children and services. Our Vision is that every child is thriving and learning in quality Early Years and School Age Care in centre-based and Childminding settings. Our Mission is to champion quality for children in Early Years, School Age Care and Childminding settings, through our work with our members and on the system.

Publisher

Early Childhood Ireland

Category

education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

13 Jan 2021

Latest episode

24 Mar 2026

Latest episodes

111 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   24 Mar 2026

   Early Childhood Ireland's Childminding Research, with Frances Byrne and Liz Kerrins

   Send us Fan Mail A core aspect of the work of Early Childhood Ireland over the past number of years has been Childminding. We led the Erasmus programme, Qual FDC in 2023, a European based project which focused on quality in family day care (as Childminding is often referred to). In 2024 we conducted a literature review, with Stranmillis College in Belfast, into the existing research on Childminding and regular listeners may have heard a previous episode discussing that piece of work, linked b...

2. 

   10 Mar 2026

   From Rhetoric to Reality, with Dr Colette Murray

   Send a text Our guest today is Dr. Colette Murray, from Technical University, Dublin who was an advisor on the From Rhetoric to Reality research Early Childhood Ireland conducted in 2025. In this research we wanted to investigate the inclusiveness of Irish ECE settings for members of the Traveller community, focusing on young Traveller children’s perspectives and experiences of inclusion in their preschools. Colette speaks about the importance of this work and how support is needed at systemi...

3. 

   24 Feb 2026

   ARAG Legal, HR and Counselling Services insurance benefits explained, with Brendan Little and Paula Walshe

   Send a text In this episode we are going to look at one of the really significant benefits of the group insurance scheme available to Early Childhood Ireland members, through Arachas Insurance. To explain the benefits available through the group insurance scheme we are really pleased to be joined by Brendan Little and Paula Walshe from ARAG, who work with Arachas to provide a range of Legal, HR and Counselling supports.

Who has been a guest on Early Childhood Ireland's Podcast

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Claire Walsh
• Marsela Vangjeli
• Milica Atanackovic
• Dr Aaron Bradbury
• Dr Christina Egan Marnell

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

41,442

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Spotify

5.0 / 5

5 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 70 / 100

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Quality

61

Social presence

94

YouTube

76

Engagement

76

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