The vast majority of children under the age of four in Roscommon's second largest town can't access childcare.

A meeting of the Boyle Community Childcare Committee heard that 77 percent of children in the area can't get places.

The group is highlighting the lack of spaces for children in the town - with just one provider.

Chair of the committee is Christina Egan Marnell - she believes the issue isn't confined to Boyle: