
Parents are being forced to travel elsewhere to find a place for their children.
A lack of funding from the State is behind the absence of a childcare service in a midlands town.
Social Democrats Councillor Clare Claffey says parents in Banagher are being forced to travel to other towns to find a place for their children.
The town has three pre-schools, but nothing to cater for children under the age of two years and eight months.
Councillor Claffey says Banagher needs funding for a new premises: