Thanks for the replies, Irishlawgirl, thats rough ,your sort of damned if you do and damned it you dont.
I had been working in business and encountered that problem, too much experience for small firms but just not quite enough for the bigger ones.
I dont mind working unpaid and paying for a childminder its only about €35 so affordable.
lawgrad - congrats on passing, i sat 4 2 years ago, passed contract and tort and but got 47% in constitutional so no exemptions. I think as im not working at the moment im better off doing as many as possible as i may be back sometime during the year so would have less time to study. Also going to try and fit in another baby this year !!!
I remember a fair bit from that sitting so im not under too much pressure.