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Leave the washing at the nursery

The parents of children attending a new day nursery in east Belfast can visit a coffee bar, get their dry cleaning and laundry done and even make essential purchases while at the 100-place facility. Rascals Day Nurseries opened its flagship Circular Road site - its fifth setting in Northern Ireland - last week and plans to open another in the city centre in January at Belfast Institute's Millfield campus. There are four more day nurseries in the city and one in Derry.

Rascals Day Nurseries opened its flagship Circular Road site - its fifth setting in Northern Ireland - last week and plans to open another in the city centre in January at Belfast Institute's Millfield campus. There are four more day nurseries in the city and one in Derry.

Rascals co-owner Lynne D'Arcy set up Rascals Day Nurseries with her husband in 1988. She said the one-stop shop concept for the nursery derived from her own experience as a busy mother of three young children. 'Viewing it from a mother's perspective, I always found myself rushing around and wished for more things to be under one roof. Parents can have a light lunch while waiting for their children, and leave their dry cleaning and laundry to be done.

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