Raising a child in Ireland - how is it for you?

Ahead of Father’s Day on Sunday, Jonathan deBurca Butler asks three foreign dads living in Ireland what it’s like to rear children here.

There isn’t a huge difference between being a parent in Ireland and being a parent in England according to Lee Kingcombe. The Plymouth-born radio producer has been living in Dublin for nearly nine years and has a three-year-old daughter named Poppy.

“The only thing that I really miss is having family nearby to take Poppy to now and again,” he says. “It’s hard work being a dad and a parent. We’re in a particular situation where my wife Nicola is from Mayo and so we don’t really have family here in Dublin.”