Back-to-school season is well underway, and with school costs continuing to rise, parents are increasingly facing an anxiety-inducing end to summer.
According to a recent survey by the Irish League of Credit Unions, one in three parents are now taking out loans to make ends meet, while children's welfare charity Barnardos found parents have to regularly dip into savings, having to sacrifice elsewhere, all to ensure their children have what they need when returning to school.
We were joined on The Agenda this morning by Ian Gaughran from Olive for Education, and Ian is going to talk to us now about the financial pressures facing Irish families and what affordable alternatives are out there for parents.
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