Election 2024: 'We came to Stockholm for the IVF, we are staying for our child'

Cork native Damien Mullins tells Cianan Brennan about Sweden's model of childcare and their options for parental leave

Damien Mullins (right), his wife Sara (left) and Bo. Damien and Sara pay the equivalent of about €240 per month for Bo’s care in Sweden.

Cork native Damien Mullins makes no bones about what brought him and his Swedish wife to Stockholm to live permanently.

The couple have been back and forth between Ireland and Sweden for 12 years. In 2017 they made it permanent.