Tanya Sweeney: In my next life, I want to come back as a dad so someone else can handle the invisible household load

A few weeks ago, I was lucky enough to be invited to a week-long writers’ residency in a period house in the middle of rural Monaghan. The centre is well-known in Ireland’s creative community, and is designed for people to take time out of their daily routines and have enough space – both physical and psychological – to work on new projects.