{
  "id": 8022388,
  "title": "Pay rise of 6% agreed for childcare workers but up to €10m in public funding to be lost",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/pay-rise-of-6-agreed-for-childcare-workers-but-up-to-10m-in-public",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-17T11:51:42.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Irish Times",
    "slug": "the-irish-times",
    "url": "https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/social-affairs/2026/09/17/pay-rise-of-6-agreed-for-childcare-workers-but-up-to-10m-in-public-funding-to-be-lost/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Public funding of €10m will be unclaimed due to length of time it took Siptu and employers to agree a deal",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}