Lucy Cronin

Do the relative pay bills in between.

You know, they don't even let you know.

I just find the country has gone very, very dysfunctional.

And I find...

I'm in my mid-50s.

We were fine.

We were able to save a small bit and get on, pay down our mortgage a bit quicker or whatever.

Childcare was attainable.

I don't think childcare is going to be attainable for anyone and mortgages.

They're in their early 20s.

Kind of really in the last seven or eight years.

I find that everything has just kind of gone, you know, more and more expensive.

You know, groceries kind of went mad.

As I say to you, you know, I find that as they got to that age, everything was quite expensive.

You know what I mean?

Everything has just gone so expensive now in this country.

And I hope, I hope, I said they're only going to exist in this country if they stay, whereas they'll live a life if they move to other countries.

Who would like their children to be the other side of the world?

but I think it's the only option for them.

My view is I rear two children and I'm very lucky to have two children and two happy children, but I find that if they're living a life, that will make me happy.