‘I couldn’t return to working in the office full time’ – why this mum has no desire to return to ‘rat race’ life

Janice Cawley with her son Oscar, who was recently diagnosed with autism. Photo: James Connolly

Anne-Marie Walsh

Clerical officer Janice Cawley says she has no desire to get back into the “rat race” of her life before Covid.

Since March 2020, she has barely been back at the desk where she processes claims and answers calls in the household benefits section of a Sligo Department of Social Protection office.