James Patrice in drag for a Mother’s Day campaign does not make me angry. I’m angry at men in suits

The declaration by certain men on the political right that James Patrice in a dress is somehow a threat to Irish motherhood would be laughable if it wasn't so stupid, writes Sinéad O'Moore

The Malahide Mammy (James Patrice) launches Dublin Zoo’s All-Things-Irish takeover from the African Plains at Dublin Zoo. Picture: Patrick Bolger

I am an Irish mam and I’m not angry at men in drag, I’m angry at men in suits, usually at podiums announcing decisions that make us less safe.

I’m angry that parents can’t access affordable childcare to make retaining our careers and the two incomes needed for rent or mortgage approval possible and that mothers experience a 27% drop in earnings after childbirth. Yet we are told to have more children.