Who among us doesn’t love a good egg? They’re so versatile – you have them warm, have them cold, have them boiled, scrambled, and whisked into an omelette. The egg is the only food item that will satisfy all of your most intimate food-based desires, and if you disagree with that statement you are pretty […]

9 years ago

Katie Piper has shared an emotive message following news that her acid attacker could be freed from prison next month. The television presenter was attacked in 2008 when Stefan Sylvestre threw sulphuric acid at her leaving Piper’s face badly scarred. Sylvestre was sentenced to life in prison, as was Piper’s ex boyfriend, Daniel Lynch, who orchestrated […]

9 years ago

A politician’s campaign video has gone viral after she decided to breastfeed her daughter during it. Kelda Roys is running for governor in Wisconsin. She’s also a mum of two who recently succeeded in banning toxic chemicals from baby bottles. While Kelda talks about this in her video, she breastfeeds her infant daughter because, like […]

9 years ago

Fair play to her. Pippa O’Connor is some gal for the jeans. Sixteen months ago, we struggled to find a pair that were comfortable, fit super well, and generally looked class. As a nation of women, we searched far and wide for the perfect pair of jeans for years, only for them to finally be […]

9 years ago

A mum has argued that the best time to give your children their dinner is 3pm. Wendy Wisner has said that mid-afternoon is the best time to give her kids their main meal of the day because it’s when they’re most hungry. She explained on Scary Mommy that her children were always asking her for food […]

9 years ago

There’s been a slight bit of bad news if you tried to renew your passport during Storm Emma. The bad weather brought on by the Beast from the East last week has affected the turnaround time for Irish passports. According to the Department of Foreign Affairs, offices in Dublin, Cork, and Limerick were closed last […]

9 years ago

Brendan O’Connor spoke openly last night about being the father of a child with a disability. He said that the resources available for young children with disabilities in Ireland are not adequate and called on Taoiseach Leo Varadkar to do better. Speaking on The Late Late Show, the father of two said: “They (children with […]

9 years ago

Free contraception could become a reality for all women in Ireland. Proposals are being drawn up by the government to consider the cost and scope of introducing free contraception across the country. Minister for Health Simon Harris told the Dáil today that plans are underway to figure out how such a scheme might work. He said: […]

9 years ago

A mum has shared a warning after a popular teething gel left her baby “unresponsive.” US mum Danielle Kapetanovic purchased teething gel, Orajel, for her 15-month-daughter Chloe to alleviate some of her discomfort. In a Facebook post, Danielle said she put less than a pea-size of the gel on her daughter’s gums and within seconds, the […]

9 years ago

The Rock has shared the “scary” experience he had with his two-year-old daughter in the ER. The actor said that his toddler Jasmine had to be rushed to hospital recently, and that he wanted to extend his thanks to first responders, doctors, and nurses who helped him. He did not specific what happened to his […]

9 years ago

OK. These days, people use placenta for a lot of different things. Some people use it to make smoothies with, others keep it to make a placenta-based face mask, and some people use it to throw into the bin because they don’t really want much to do with it after their child is born, which […]

9 years ago

Things are about to get messy af. If you watch EastEnders, you’ll know that Mick Carter (aka Danny Dyer) is in a bit of feud with Aidan Maguire. And he has a right to be too, in fairness to him, seeing as Aidan has been being fairly rude and tormenting Mick’s whole family for months […]

9 years ago

So sweet. Adam Levine has a daughter. Her name is Dusty Rose and she’s super cute. Adam and his wife Behati Prinsloo welcomed Dusty one-year-old and since then, the dad and frontman hasn’t been posting a whole load of pics of her his firstborn. And why should he? He wants to his daughter’s life private […]

9 years ago

A new dad missed the birth of his daughter after fainting and banging his head. Ben Burgwin was waiting for his partner Amy Maddocks to give birth to their child when he got so overwhelmed he collapsed and hit his head. Mum-to-be Amy had been experiencing a nine-hour labour to bring their daughter, Amber Rose, […]

9 years ago

The wording for what will replace the Eighth Amendment if the upcoming referendum passes has been agreed on. Cabinet decided this morning that a yes vote would remove Article 40.3.3 from the Irish constitution and replace it with: “Provision may be made by law for the regulation of termination of pregnancies.” It is not yet known what the […]

9 years ago

Giving birth is a tough experience. You’ve got the pain, the uncertainty, the sensation of pushing a watermelon out of your body – it’s all going on. Birth is essentially stressful enough without there needing to be a load of rules and regulations surrounding it. Just imagine for a second that you showed up to […]

9 years ago

Are there no rules against airing scenes this sad before the watershed? A few months back, Emmerdale ran an acid attack storyline. It featured Ross Barton, a case of mistaken identity, and a life-changing injury that left the father with a possible drug addiction and a struggle to look past the scars on his face. […]

9 years ago

Will it ever end? We’ve barely just recovered from the horrendous few days brought on by the Beast from the East and now it seems as if we’ve got another weather event coming our way. Albeit, a smaller and less hazardous one, but still a hindrance all the same. The aptly named ‘Pest from the […]

9 years ago

RTÉ are looking for “confident and curious” children to take part in a new television programme for RTÉjr. The show will be about science, how the world works, and all of life’s little curiosities. The national broadcaster is looking for children between the ages of five and eight-years-old. They have also said that they are looking […]

9 years ago

Not your average day out then. A lot changes when your appendix bursts. You’re in a lot of pain, you need to go to hospital, everybody tells you that what’s happening to your body is totally normal and that you’ll be fine, you have a large piece of your body removed, and you hop on […]

9 years ago

Many parents have become critical after a video of a toddler being fed wasabi by her mum went viral. The video in question shows a little girl being asked by her mum if she wants to try the spicy, Japanese paste. The girl says “no” twice before her mum places the wasabi into the child’s […]

9 years ago

Stunning. We all had a bit of a rough time there for a bit during the storm. Not only did we, collectively, as a nation, struggle to buy any food that wasn’t bread over the past week, but we also ran out of alcohol, forcing us to spend quality, sober time with our families and […]

9 years ago

A mum has admitted that she thinks her husband “shabby” clothes are a “turn-off.” The woman, known only as ‘BabsPym1’, said that she loves her husband a lot, but that she can’t bear the ‘comfy’ clothes he wears at home. These clothes, she said, consist of: “… an old, faded, shabby, pair of grey comfies […]

9 years ago

This sounds lovely. You’ve heard of afternoon tea for adults, and now you’ve heard of afternoon tea for kids. Last month, the G Hotel in Galway ran a Little Miss and Mr afternoon tea event for children that included everything from rice krispie buns to milkshakes to hot chocolate. It looked swell and we were […]

9 years ago

Parents are divided over this dad’s punishment for his “bully” son who was told he could not ride the school bus anymore due to his behaviour. Bryan Thornhill made his 10-year-old son run to school in the rain for one week after he found out that he had been taunting other students. Thornhill also posted […]

9 years ago

Pregnancy can be a stressful time. It can be an even more stressful time if you’re a first-time mum. Not knowing what to expect when you’re expecting is an issue that most women deal with when they’re pregnant – you can read as many books and scour as many forums as you like, but chances […]

9 years ago

Really? There are plenty of factors that come into naming a child. You might name them after someone. You might have a couple of names chosen depending on whether you have a boy or a girl. You may even pick a totally different name after your baby is born because you’ve decided they don’t look […]

9 years ago

Same, to be honest. As a parent, you take a lot of pictures of your children. Their first steps, the first words, their first day at school – it all needs to be documented meticulously, lest they one day accuse you of never teaching them how to stand up or sending them to be educated […]

9 years ago

A mum has shared an important conversation she had with her daughter who threw her Curvy Barbie away. Allison Kimmey said she discovered her daughter, Cambelle, threw the Barbie away because she thought her legs were “too big” and her arms “weren’t right.” Allison took to Instagram to explain how she told her daughter that […]

9 years ago

A mum is selling her breastmilk to bodybuilding men and she’s already made almost €5,000. Rafaela Lamprou gave birth to her son Anjelo seven months ago and soon realised that she was producing far more milk than she needed. The mum-of-two said she began donating the breastmilk to mothers who needed it. Rafaela told News.com.au: “I […]

9 years ago

Coronation Street‘s Rob Mallard has revealed that he suffers from a neurological condition that causes him to shake constantly. The actor said that he has been living with the essential tremor for almost 10 years and that he is usually able to hide his involuntary shaking on set. Mallard told Holly and Phillip on This […]

9 years ago

Praise the Lord. It’s a been a long five months or eight years spending on whether you’re going by how slowly times seems to have passed since Pat Phelan unleashed his reign of terror onto the cobbles of Weatherfield. During that time, we’ve had deaths, near misses, general gowl behaviour, and a lot of clever pun-based […]

9 years ago

52 babies have been born in Holles Street during this week’s storm, and one of them was even called Emma. The National Maternity Hospital’s master, Dr Rhona Mahony, said that “life goes on” and that staff have been working round the clock to ensure that operations continue as smoothly as possible in the hospital. Speaking […]

9 years ago

An Indian magazine cover featuring a woman breastfeeding is getting a lot of online attention. This month’s issue of Grihalakshmi includes model Gilu Joseph on the cover. Gilu is pictured in the Kerala magazine breastfeeding a baby alongside the headline “Mothers tell Kerala: don’t stare, we need to breastfeed.” "Don't stare, we are #breastfeeding!" Grihalakshmi March 1st […]

9 years ago

Need. If there’s one thing we love on a chilled out, relaxed night in, it’s a Baileys. Not too heavy, not too light, the Irish cream drink has been satisfying our alcohol-fuelled tastebuds for years now. You can’t go wrong with it really… except when it’s absolutely freezing and the last thing you want to be […]

9 years ago

Caprice has explained why she hasn’t told her four-year-old sons that they’re not really twins. The US model gave birth to one of the boys herself, while the other was born via a surrogate three weeks earlier. The 46-year-old had opted to use a surrogate due to fertility issues she and husband Ty were experiencing. […]

9 years ago

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are inviting 2,640 members of the public to their wedding. The pair have said that they want their marriage to be shaped so the public can “… share in the joy and the fun of the day.” A statement from Kensington Palace reads: “Prince Harry and Ms. Meghan Markle have […]

9 years ago

Advice to stay indoors during Storm Emma has officially been withdrawn. The National Emergency Coordination Group said this morning that the worst of the blizzard conditions had passed and that it was now safe to venture outdoors. However, they added a status red warning is still in place for Munster, Leinster and Galway until 6pm. They […]

9 years ago

A Cork teenager is in critical condition after a freak snow accident. The incident occurred yesterday at 3pm when the boy was walking with his father near a sports grounds in the Mayfield area. He suffered a severe neck injury and there are fears that he may be paralysed from the neck down. The Irish […]

9 years ago

Over 20,000 homes and businesses are left without power this power after Storm Emma battered the country last night. The ESB reports that over 23,800 properties suffered power outages throughout the night due to faults caused by the storm. The worst affected area is north Dublin, with major disruptions to Skerries, Swords, and Lusk. The […]

9 years ago

A mum is being criticised for allowing her 11-year-old daughter to get plastic surgery. Bella Harrington had been teased for years about her ears which she thought “stuck out too much.” Her mother, Sabrina, knew that her daughter wanted to change her appearance, so she allowed Bella to undergo an otoplasty surgery to pin her ears […]

9 years ago

Aer Lingus has confirmed that all flights in and out of Ireland after 3pm today are cancelled until Saturday. The airline said that due to the severe weather conditions brought on by the Beast from the East and Storm Emma, no flights will be operating to or from Dublin, Shannon, Cork, or Belfast airports. All operations […]

9 years ago

She answers to no man. We’ve all been there, lads. You receive what should have been a particularly innocuous present as a child, and suddenly, you simply cannot part with it. Whether it be an old, neglected teddy from your cousin, a cardboard box from your dad after he took the new TV out of out, […]

9 years ago

The red snow-ice weather warning has been extended to three more counties. Cork, Waterford, and Wexford are now also covered by the warning, with further disruptive heavy snowfall expected overnight. The warning is valid from tonight at 9pm to Thursday 12pm. Dublin, Kildare, Louth, Wicklow and Meath have already been told to expect significant snow showers, […]

9 years ago

Children are mad into all sorts these days. Memes, having smartphones, going viral – you name it and chances are teens are doing something that we absolutely never did before the age of 18. Another thing that children are into these days is sending and receiving sexts, or sexual texts, as they are also known. […]

9 years ago

Difficult to watch, truly. There’s been a whole lot going on in Coronation Street lately. Bethany’s about to get arrested, someone’s got OCD, Phelan’s still wandering about the place murdering people, probably. See? Loads. Another thing that’s also been going on is the love triangle between Sophie, Kate, and Rana. It’s safe to say things […]

9 years ago

Just, no. There are certain things that you just don’t want to happen when you’re alone with your child. Them having a tantrum is one of those things. The child having an accident is another. And then there’s when you accidentally record what you think is a ghost whispering to your toddler when they’re in […]

9 years ago

What do you consider to be “lazy” parenting? Is it even a thing? Can’t we all just agree that all parents are only doing their best and that no child will benefit from the exact same things as another child will benefit from and that saying somebody is doing a bad job is just harsh […]

9 years ago

If you’re planning on heading out anywhere from Thursday evening to Friday midday, you may have to rethink a few things. The National Emergency Coordination Committee has urged everybody living in Munster and Leinster to be indoors by 4pm tomorrow. The group has also asked that everybody stays indoors until midday on Friday. Minister Eoghan […]

9 years ago

Coronation Street is fairly well known for its handling of contemporary issues. Over the past few years, they’ve tackled things like homophobia, racism, trauma, and abortion. One of the things they also tend to tackle quite regularly is drug addiction. Most recently, the soap has depicted vicar Billy Mayhew’s descent into drug addiction and how […]

9 years ago