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	THE father of a child who attends a creche where two toddlers wandered out on to the street has said it is a &quot;kick in the teeth&quot; for parents who placed their trust in the creche operators.</h2>
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		He said many parents had given Giraffe creche in Belarmine, south Dublin, the &quot;benefit of the doubt&quot; after RTE&#39;s &#39;Prime Time&#39; raised allegations of mistreatment.</p>
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		&quot;The creche has confirmed that the children had in effect crossed the road to the grass at the front of the creche, which is obviously very alarming.</p>
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		&quot;This is a kick in the teeth for parents who interacted with Giraffe and gave them the benefit of the doubt before. While I&#39;m sure there have been some changes in the way children are treated and handled, this is even more fundamental &ndash; it&#39;s safety.&quot;</p>
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		He said the road in front of the creche, which is an internal road within the Belarmine residential complex, is where parents park when dropping off and collecting their children.</p>
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		He added that while it is approached by a steep bend meaning motorists cannot drive fast, it is also bordered by some shrubbery which could make spotting a child in time difficult.</p>
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		&quot;You could wheel around and hit a child dead,&quot; said the worried father.</p>
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		The two toddlers left the premises by themselves during a visit by an animal handler who had brought a visiting farm to the creche. A gate had been left open allowing the children to wander outside.</p>
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		Speaking to the Irish Independent, the father said that after the latest incident he and his wife wanted to remove their daughter.</p>
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		&quot;If anything was ever to happen to my daughter in the future we would have no one else to blame but ourselves.&quot;</p>
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		A spokeswoman for the creche denied that the alarm was raised by a local resident who found the two children outside the creche and said staff were already searching for them.</p>
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		<a href="http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/fathers-fury-at-creche-after-tots-walked-out-29447255.html">http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/fathers-fury-at-creche-after-tots-walked-out-29447255.html</a></p>
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