Nothing liberating about ripping away supports for struggling mums

As the Government austerity programme intensifies, its lens is focused on mothers, lone mothers, in particular.

That cohort of women who struggle daily to manage poverty are now being ‘activated’ when their youngest child turns seven, while stay at home and working mums are being targeted by further reductions and changes to Children’s Allowance.

Joan Burton and Frances Fitzgerald are two very powerful women who enjoy their positions, both as Tánaiste and Minister for Justice. Both of these women have turned their gaze on the struggling lone mother and the stay at home mum and the working mother.