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For business owners Tina and Paul Donohoe, childcare is not an option but a necessity.

Tina and Paul Donohue with their sons Daniel, 6, and Nathan, 2. Photo: Maura Hickey

For business owners Tina and Paul Donohoe, childcare is not an option but a necessity.

The Donohoes, based in Newtownmountkennedy in Wicklow, have two children: Daniel, 6, and Nathan, 2. Tina and Paul both work in the family business, Grove Motors commercial garage and tachograph centre.

They are not as fortunate as those parents who have a relative who can care for the children, so they have to bear the burden of steep ...