Sorry, I assumed that article said what it was about, I didn't read it.
Basically, an investigative programme here called "Prime Time Investigates" did an undercover story on creches in Ireland, and found serious flaws in some. Physical and verbal abuse of very young children was reported in three major creches, many of the staff were not trained or qualified, some were "yellow pack", that is to say, minimum-wage/youth style,and the programme shone a spotlight on the fact that the people who were looking after the children were not qualified to do so.
It appears there is no problem setting up a creche/montessori, you just go ahead and do it. No vetting, no qualifications, no standards, and people are up in aems about it. I mean, if you were leaving your children (god forbid you should ever have children!)
in someone's care, wouldn't you want to be 100 percent sure that they were safe and being looked after by someone who knew what they were doing?
Here's the relevant article:
Criminal investigation into alleged creche abuse - RTÉ News