This is insane. We’ve been watching Neighbours for years, but we hadn’t a clue that we were watching a gal from just up the road. Jackie Woodburne, AKA Susan, was on This Morning today and gave viewers a shock when she revealed that she’s from Northern Ireland. Chatting to hosts Ruth Langsford and and Eamonn Holmes, […]

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Two young offenders are on the run after escaping from Oberstown Detention Campus last night. Three youths broke out of the facility last night though one was caught by Gardaí. The other two are still at large, Minister for Children Katherine Zappone has confirmed. The three youths reportedly took over a staff office at the facility […]

10 years ago

A change of law could allow parents to cut children out of their will. This would mean they would not be ‘morally obliged’ to leave anything to their kids when they die. The new law has been proposed by the Law Reform Commission, which wants to ensure older people look after themselves first rather than save for the […]

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More than 50 people have become ill due to an outbreak of salmonella at a restaurant in north Dublin, the HSE has confirmed. In a statement, it said people from separate groups have been affected by this outbreak. “The HSE is aware of more than 50 people (including 4 children) ill from a number of separate […]

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An Garda Síochána has appealed for witnesses after a little girl was hit by a car in Dublin. The incident happened on Sallynoggin Road in Dublin between Pearse Street and Thomastown Crescent at around 6.15pm yesterday evening. The girl, 11, is now in a serious condition in Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital in Crumlin. The driver of […]

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She’s glowing. The Made in Chelsea cast have always been known for their glamour, and it looks like star Binky Felstead has taken her signature style right through pregnancy. The mama-to-be posted this update on Instagram yesterday, hinting that her due date is near. One of the last weekends where it’s just the two of us. […]

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Taking the kids away on your own this summer? You could end up spending more than families with two parents. New research has found that single parents could be paying significantly more per person for family trips. Parents travelling on their own with one child could pay up to 28 per cent more for the same […]

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They may be the hit toy of 2017, but some fidget spinners have given cause for concern. Around 200,000 imported fidget spinners have been seized by the the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) and Revenue and Customs since 8 May, reports the Irish Times. The CCPC said it became concerned at the quality of some of […]

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A baby girl in the UK left doctors astounded after surviving despite being unable to breathe for over 20 minutes after she was born. Little Matilda came into the world during a traumatic birth. Her mum Rachel Norey lost six litres of blood when she suffered a placental abruption, where the placenta became detached from the womb […]

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It’s all fun and games until someone gets peed on. Liam Payne was on the Graham Norton Show last night and was asked by the host how fatherhood was treating him. The singer became a dad in March when his girlfriend Cheryl Tweedy (formerly Cole, formerly Fernandez Versini) gave birth to baby Bear in March, […]

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We all know one child who’d be perfect! It might only be May, and the thought of Christmas (and winter weather) might make you shudder, but there’s reason for some to start thinking about the end of the year. The Late Late Show is once again on the hunt for performers for the Toy Show. […]

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It doesn’t rain but it pours! A Nigerian couple recently welcomed six new arrivals into their home, having tried to conceive for 17 years. Ajibola and Adeboye Taiwo from West Nigeria became the proud parents of six when Ajibola gave birth to sextuplets at a hospital in Richmond, Virginia in the US. After 17 years […]

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Gardaí are continuing to investigate the death of a seven-month-old baby in Tipperary yesterday. The little girl was found unresponsive in a car in Dundrum, County Tipperary at around 1.45pm yesterday. She was taken by ambulance to the local GAA pitch before being airlifted to University Hospital Limerick where she died yesterday afternoon. She’s believed […]

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A baby has died in a tragic incident in Tipperary. The seven-month-old infant was found in Dundrum in County Tipperary around 1.45 this afternoon. RTÉ News has reported that she was discovered in a car. She was airlifted to University Hospital Limerick by emergency services. Gardaí confirmed that she was pronounced dead at the hospital this afternoon.

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A student in the US was banned from participating in her high school graduation because she is pregnant. Maddi Runkles attends Heritage Academy, a private Christian high school in Maryland. The school claims that Maddi, who is 25 weeks pregnant, broke the school’s rules by having sex outside of marriage, according to Fox. All students are […]

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We use apps for everything now, from ordering food to finding love, so why  not for baby-making? That’s what the developers of Just A Baby are trying to do – the app has been launched to match strangers who want to have a baby. “It’s easy to use: simply download the app, set up a profile […]

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We’re in for another belter of a day! The spell of good weather is set to continue today, with temperatures forecasted to reach between 19 and 24°C. According to Met Éireann, the day will start out misty but will clear early ahead of a dry, warm day. It may also be cloudy for parts of the […]

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Ariana Grande’s mum escorted fans at her daughter’s Manchester concert to safety after the terrorist attack there on Monday night. Joan Grande was in the front row at Manchester Arena watching her daughter perform when the explosion took place at the end of the gig, TMZ reports. She quickly ushered a number of children backstage […]

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Just one glass of an alcoholic drink per day can increase a woman’s risk of breast cancer, a major new report suggests. The report, published by the American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) and the World Cancer Research Fund, looked at data for over 12 million women and 260,000 cases of breast cancer, according to Mashable. The […]

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Fair enough. The rumour mill went into overdrive last month when it emerged that Vogue Williams would not be attending the wedding of Pippa Middleton and James Matthews. Vogue is currently dating Made In Chelsea’s Spencer Matthews, James’ brother, but thanks to Pippa’s ‘no ring, no bring’ rule, non-married partners were strictly off the guest list. Vogue […]

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We were all watching and waiting this morning as the guests descended on St Mark’s Church in Englefield, Berkshire for Pippa Middleton’s wedding to James Matthews. But one famous face failed to make an appearance – Meghan Markle. The actress had been invited to the nuptials but was nowhere to be seen as her boyfriend Prince […]

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It’s like a scene from a Renaissance painting. There’s plenty going on here, from the children’s bemused faces to Kate with her hands on Princess Charlotte’s shoulders, trying to keep a lid on things. But you have to love the pageboy sending a pointed message to the photographers with a simple gesture. Page boy sticking it […]

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After much anticipation, Pippa Middleton has finally arrived at St Mark’s Church for her wedding ceremony. We finally have a glimpse at the thing we’re most interested in – the dress! Simple stunning! #PippaMiddleton #PippasWedding pic.twitter.com/AqAbdN1URC — Kate’s Closet (@katesclosetau) May 20, 2017 ???#PippaMiddleton pic.twitter.com/Er8T83arCD — Jennifer Peros (@jenperos) May 20, 2017 She’s gone for […]

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King Tubbers. You might know him as the face of the Late Late. You might know him as the voice on the radio. You might even know him as the tall guy who enjoys a stroll around Dún Laoghaire (or is that just me?). But there’s a totally different side to Ryan Tubridy that you […]

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Very sneaky… A mum in the US has been caught stealing another family’s buggy at Disneyworld and putting her own child it to sneak out of the park. Michelle Ashley Craig was caught on camera at the Florida theme park taking her young daughter out of her own buggy and putting her in the Bugaboo buggy, […]

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A woman has expressed her shock at coming across photos with her naked children in them on Google Street View. Laura Haslam from Lancashire in the UK was told by a neighbour that there was a photo of the kids playing naked in the family’s garden on the site. She checked and found that while […]

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Have you heard of Neurofibromatosis? A new nationwide campaign is aiming to raise awareness of the condition. Neurofibromatosis (NF) causes tumours to grow in various types of nerves around the body and can affect the development of tissues such as bones and skin. The condition is genetic – half of NF sufferers inherit it from a parent, while the […]

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They’re quite traditional. The US Department of Social Security has released this year’s list of the top twenty baby girl names in the states and we have to admit, we’re a little surprised. You might expect to find some unusual names here but no, our cousins Stateside have gone for simple and, dare we say […]

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A number Dublin City councillors have called for paid maternity leave for local councillors. People Before Profit’s Hazel de Nortúin, Sinn Féin’s Janice Boylan and the Green Party’s Claire Byrne told the Irish Times how they each had to return to work shortly after giving birth. Cllr de Nortúin said she gave birth to baby Zara on 25 April and was […]

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A young boy from County Clare died as a result of an online choking game, his father has said. Greg Wilmot told reporters that his son Conor died because of a “stupid teenage accident” and maintained that the boy’s death was not a suicide as a result of bullying. “For all we know, it wasn’t […]

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Children should have their first dentist visit before their first birthday, a leading dental surgeon has claimed. Dr Eleanor McGovern, a consultant paediatric dental surgeon in Temple Street University Children’s Hospital, has called on the state to give kids a dental check-up voucher to be redeemed before they turn one, reports the Irish Examiner. She told […]

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This is nuts. Kids can can get upset over the smallest things, but this takes the biscuit. This video shows three year-old Layla having a major tantrum over a hair touching her arm. “I was just about to start the engine and go out with my three children when Layla started screaming,” her mum told Get Surrey. […]

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“It’s like you’ve been hit by a bus.” Every woman’s experience of giving birth is different but one thing is true of all experiences – it’s no walk in the park. A mum blogger has shared a photo of her C-section scar online to prove that despite what some people may believe, having a section is not […]

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“I should have gone to Specsavers!” An Irish mum had unbelievable luck from a scratch card this week. The anonymous lady from Dublin was delighted to discover she had won €20,000 on a €10 All Cash scratch card she bought on the way to collect her children from school. But there was even more good news […]

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This is lovely. Many fellas are a bag of nerves before they propose, leading them to seem a little out of sorts. But spare a thought for Australian man Terry Dougherty, who had to keep a straight face for over a year before he got down on one knee. He gave his partner Anna a […]

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It couldn’t last. Many of us woke up today to a very different morning than the gloriously sunny ones we’ve become accustomed to. Sadly, it seems we can expect a bad weekend weather-wise. Met Éireann is forecasting a cloudy day today with “scattered outbreaks of rain, locally heavy, with a risk of thundery downpours,” though […]

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She may be all over social media thanks to her supermodel mum Chrissy Teigen’s love of Snapchat, but little Luna Legend doesn’t watch TV. Her father John Legend told Entertainment Tonight that he and wife Chrissy haven’t exposed the one year-old to much technology yet. “We actually haven’t given her any entertainment [or] television yet, […]

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Soz hun. We know your Instagram game is strong – you’ve a solid mix of photos from nights out, holiday throwbacks and pouty selfies and you put serious effort into your filter and captions – but you’ve already been beaten by a baby. Little Conor McGregor Junior, son of MMA star Conor McGregor and his […]

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A TD is proposing to introduce fines for parents who let their children have phones with unrestricted internet access. Fine Gael’s Jim Daly also wants retailers to face fines for selling phones with internet access to children under 14. He’s currently drafting legislation on his proposal, which he says would protect kids from inappropriate content. […]

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It’s a big step forward. Australian Senator Larissa Waters has become the first politician to breastfeed in her country’s parliament. The Green Party representative fed her two month old daughter Alia May during a vote in the senate yesterday, according to NDTV. She posted to Twitter to express her pride at the historic moment. So proud […]

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Mums waiting to get their maternity benefit may have to go without it for a month. There is a backlog of 2,850 claims waiting to be processed by the The Department of Social Protection. The delay is due to the implementation of a new system and the training of new staff at the Department, it told RTÉ News in […]

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We’ve had an unusual few months, weather-wise. Up to 27,000 households in Ireland have been urged to be careful with their water usage due to a lack of rainfall. Irish Water has asked people in parts of Donegal, north Galway and Westmeath to conserve water after an what Met Éireann called a ‘exceptionally dry’ April, according […]

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Prince of Wales Charles and his wife Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, will arrive in Dublin today for a three-day state visit. The royal couple will first head to Áras an Uachtaráin to meet with President Michael D Higgins and his wife Sabina. The couples are set to have dinner together at an Áras for what will be Charles’ fourth […]

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You might think that having a celebrity chef for a parent would mean you’d be spoiled when it comes to meal times, but not for Gino D’Acampo’s kids. The TV chef, who is dad to Luciano (15) Rocco (12) and Mia, five, has revealed that he gives his kids anything they don’t finish at dinner for breakfast the next […]

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A British woman who died suddenly in Thailand has been named as parenting blogger Sophie Emma Rose. Rose, 41, was killed after the scooter she was travelling on collided with a truck on the Thai island of Phuket. The blogger was six months pregnant and was mum to five year-old Shaye. She died from head […]

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Your devices won’t cost you, at least for the time being. The TV licence will not be extended to laptops and tablets, it has been announced. Pursuing evaders of a ‘broadcasting licence fee’ would not be worth the money the licence would make, according to Minister for Communications Denis Naughten. “The logistics of trying to […]

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Rental prices have hit an all-time high across the country. The latest Daft.ie rental report has been released and it makes for grim reading for anyone renting around the country. The average monthly rent in Ireland is at €1,131, up €134 or 123.4 per cent on last year. As ever, rent is higher in Dublin – […]

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Our mums have a huge influence on us. From their advice to the example they set, we all look up to them for guidance. Model Ashley Graham has always been a big advocate of self love and body confidence, and recently revealed that she got it from her mama! “I remember my first signs of […]

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“Our little family is complete.” Lucy Kennedy has revealed that she loves being a mum, so much so that she can’t bear to be apart from her kids. “I couldn’t work full-time because I miss them too much. I bring Jack and Holly into TV3. I’ve snuck them into loads of meetings,” she told the […]

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This could lead to a confusing conversation around the dinner table. Sunday week, 14 May, marks Mother’s day in the US. There’s nothing like an upcoming occasion like this day to strike fear into the hearts of many – cue panicked buying of mugs, tea towels and flowers from the corner shop. But not this […]

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