Donna Hartnette had her emotive piece published in the Irish Independent newspaper, after she ranted that long working hours and never-ending taxes and bills meant her children were suffering.
‘We work, breaking our necks and our children’s hearts trying to keep up with tax after tax, with nothing left by the end of the month.’
‘My two very young children are out of their home every day for longer hours than the average industrial worker…as we work to meet another tax on our income.’
Hartnette, who evidently was a working mum at some point before the letter, explains how she has now decided to ‘protect my children’ rather than slave away just to make ends meet.
‘They will be at home, collected from school by me, and enjoy the security of a home life that should be an option afforded to every child.’
‘This will obviously mean a reduction to our income…but that stress will be a holiday compared to the exhausting days we currently endure, dragging the children from their beds at 6.30am, starting and ending the day in a house filled with children’s tears.’