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Fri 03 Mar 2009Year of the Yummy Daddy
The stay-at-home dad is a growing phenomenon as the recession bites hard and men are losing their jobs in the hundreds each week. ITA O'KELLYreports on a new breed of father
THE BOOM YEARS in Ireland were characterised by work. Men in particular were often invisible to their families, leaving home early and returning late. But today, with hundreds of jobs being lost every week, more and more men are picking up children from school, filling the supermarket trolley, and doing the housework.
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