'Recognise my role as a carer': Mother who gets just four hours sleep a night tells govt

A Meath mum who survives on just four hours sleep a night as she provides 24-hour care for her daughter has called for reforms in the next budget to recognise the roles of full-time parent carers.

Tracy Carroll from Bohermeen had to give up her job to give round-the-clock care to her two-year-old daughter Willow who suffers from spastic quadriplegia cerebral palsy and epilepsy.