Together for Yes has called today “a moment of profound change” for Ireland. Voting tallies are this afternoon suggesting that Ireland has voted overwhelming in favour of repealing the eighth amendment. Early exit polls released on Friday night from RTE and The Irish Times also predict that almost 70 percent of the Irish public has voted in […]

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Coronation Street‘s Alex Bain is expecting a baby with his girlfriend. The 16-year-old actor and girlfriend Levi Shelby announced the news via social media when Levi shared a photo of her 12-week scan. The Sun reports that Bain has also been spreading the news around his school in Lancashire. A source told the publication:  “Alex […]

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RTE’s exit poll has revealed the factors that influenced the Irish public to vote either ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ in yesterday’s referendum. According to the poll, the main factor influencing those who voted was the women’s right to choose. The poll, which was released just before 11.30pm on last night’s Late Late Show showed that 62 […]

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Votes are now being counted ahead of the results of yesterday’s referendum on the eighth amendment. Ballot boxes across the country were opened for the first time at 9am today allowing votes to be counted to give an official result as to whether Ireland will repeal or retain the eighth amendment. Early indications from both […]

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A 13-year-old boy has been charged with the murder of Ana Kriegel. Gardaí confirmed today that two juvenile males had been arrested in connection with the schoolgirl’s death. They were being held in separate Garda stations. A 13-year-old boy has just been charged with Kriegel’s murder. A 13-year-old boy has been charged with the murder […]

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Ireland has one of the lowest rates of childhood obesity. New data published by the World Health Organisation (WHO) shows that Ireland has one of the lowest rates of childhood obesity in Europe. The childhood obesity surveillance initiative also showed that southern Europe has the highest rates of obesity in children. France, Norway, Ireland, Latvia […]

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Two juvenile males have been arrested in connection with the murder of Ana Kriegel. Gardaí have confirmed the males were arrested yesterday and have remained in custody since. The boys are being held at separate Garda stations. Gardaí said: “Gardai can confirm that two juvenile males arrested yesterday 23rd May as part of the investigation […]

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Bless her. The royal wedding happened over the weekend and while everyone’s eyes were fixed firmly on Meghan Markle for most of the day (and rightly so), the royal kids also garnered a lot of attention. … Mostly from people online because they were being fairly adorable. While Prince George was being all sweet and […]

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Ah, stop. If you don’t know who Dean Gaffney is, you might want to take a long hard look at yourself. He is only one of the most prolific and iconic EastEnders characters to ever roam this beautiful earth. During his time on the London-based soap, Dean played the stunning Robbie Jackson and was involved […]

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Prince Harry rang ex-girlfriend Chelsy Davy just days before his wedding. The prince is said to have called Davy in the lead up to the big day to acknowledge that he was “moving on.” Harry and Chelsy had an on-and-off again relationship after they met when Harry was in South Africa on his gap year. […]

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Sharon Corr has said she felt “honoured” to play the violin for IVF embryos at a fertility clinic in Barcelona. The musician played some melodies for the hundreds of developing embryos at the Institut Marques fertility centre. The Corr sister was joined by Spanish personality, Alex Ubago, who played the guitar for the embryos. Corr said […]

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Connor McIntyre has paid a touching tribute to a Coronation Street superfan who died in the Manchester terror attack. Martyn Hett was one of the 22 people who was killed during the bombing of an Ariana Grande concert last year. The one year anniversary of the attack took place yesterday, May 22. McIntyre, who plays […]

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A mum has been left furious after nursery workers allegedly taped her daughter’s shoes to her feet. Jessica Hayes’s toddler daughter returned home one day from the Pleasant Hill Daycare in North Caroline with her runners taped to her feet. The mum wrote that she believed one of the workers had become “upset” that her […]

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A mum has deleted her Instagram account after she was accused of “exploiting” her children. Clemmie Hooper removed her parenting Instagram page from the social media site after an ongoing controversy around her promotion of products using her children. The blogger frequently shared sponsored posts featuring her children alongside products that she was promoting. The […]

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Gardaí are investigating the death of a baby girl in Waterford. The infant’s body was discovered four weeks ago in the HSE’s Community Care offices. RTE reports that it is believed the baby’s mother attended the out-of-hours ‘Caredoc’ service on Cork Road on April 22. It is then thought that the woman gave birth to […]

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That’s a lot of cash. The royals are worth a lot of money. Everybody knows this. It doesn’t need to be explained. You might assume though that the likes of Prince George and Princess Charlotte – being extremely young and not really having done a whole lot with their lives yet – wouldn’t be worth […]

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Adam Thomas and his wife Caroline have welcomed their second child. The former Emmerdale star announced the news on Instagram. The photo showed Caroline Daly, the pair’s three-year-old son Teddy, their dog, and their newborn baby girl lying on the sofa. Adam captioned the photo: “I owe you everything.” https://www.instagram.com/p/BjDdBP4nu4V/?hl=en&taken-by=adamthomas21 Bless. Adam and Caroline announced […]

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Ah, god. It’s been a while since everything in Coronation Street revolved around Pat Phelan. There was a time there when other things were happening on the cobbles, more important things, less irritating things. But sure look, we’re here now so we may as well get on with it because Phelan’s back on the street […]

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“I’ll be thereeee…” Except she wasn’t because she wasn’t invited. After much speculation as to whether The Spice Girls were going to show up to the royal wedding, our suspicions were confirmed this afternoon as we discovered that they were, in fact, not. Shame. Well, VB was there was husband David and the two of […]

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Ah, stop. Meghan Markle looked beautiful today. Legit stunning. You’d have a hard time looking at her and not being like, yeah she looks incredible, fair play to her, etc. Another person who clearly thought that Meghan looked amazing was one of the pageboys who helped carry her train down the aisle. One of the […]

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Ah, David. When attending a royal wedding, there are a certain number of rules you need to abide by. You can’t arrive after the Queen, you need to be quiet, you should really cover your arms and legs a good bit, you must wear a hat, etc. One of the other rules people must follow […]

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Ah, stop. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have just gotten married – hooray for them! A lot of things went on during their wedding ceremony. They got married, Reverend Michael Curry said a lot of things, and Harry looked like he was going to cry. Another thing that also happened during Meghan and Harry’s wedding […]

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YAAS REVEREND,  MARRY THEM. Harry and Meghan are in the process of getting married. Harry looks great, Meghan looks great, everyone looks great and it’s all very emotional. That being said though, Harry and Meghan aren’t what’s gathering everybody’s attention this afternoon… because Reverend Michael Curry is here and he is absolutely stealing the show. […]

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A goddess. Meghan Markle has just stepped out in her wedding dress today at St George’s Chapel and there is only one word to describe how incredible she looks – very. The dress is a floor length couture gown with a boat neckline, long sleeves, and an incredibly long train. The future Duchess of Sussex […]

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A woman allegedly told her partner that their baby had died while he was deployed as a soldier in South Korea. Arizona woman Marina Garcia is said to have told her husband, Steven, that their baby girl they were expecting had tragically died during childbirth. However, Marina went on to give birth to a baby […]

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Sorry, but look at her. The first glimpse of Meghan Markle on her wedding day has been revealed and she, of course, looks absolutely incredible. Meghan is travelling from Cliveden House Hotel where she spent the night with her mother last night to St George’s Chapel in the grounds of Windsor Castle. She began her […]

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They’re not going contemporary on this one. Well, they are, kind of. But also not. Let us explain. The details about Harry and Meghan’s wedding rings have been revealed by Kensington Palace and their design is very traditional, indeed. Meghan’s wedding ring has been fashioned from a piece of Welsh Gold, which was gifted to her […]

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There’s actually a mistake in Harry and Meghan’s order of service booklet. Details of the full service were published by Kensington Palace early this morning. The 21 pages include the hymns that will be sung, the prayers that will be said, and the wording that will be used throughout the wedding ceremony. The booklet also […]

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Fair play to them. Harry and Meghan are getting married this afternoon and even though it’s still early morning, updates on the wedding itself have been rife. Details about the ceremony were released by Kensington Palace earlier today  – 21 pages of them in total. It’s already pretty common knowledge that Meghan will walk part […]

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Is there no escape? Look, we’re all pretty big fans of the royal wedding here at Her.ie – that much is true. We also enjoy EastEnders a normal amount. The royal wedding is occurring tomorrow, and while we’re all fairly excited to see what Meghan will be wearing, whether Harry cries, and who will wear the […]

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Banning your children from using the internet is like child abuse, a sociologist has claimed. Ellis Cashmore has said that stopping kids from looking at screens is “tantamount to child abuse.” The professor’s new book, Screen Society, looks at the ways that adults and children use the internet and social media. He concluded that the […]

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A popular Smyths toy car has been recalled over risks that the steering wheel could “crack” and cause injury. The Hauck Nerf Battle Racer has been recalled in the UK and Ireland due to the steering wheel that could “detach,” “crack,” or “break.” The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission website states: “The fault involves the steering […]

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Up to 10 people have died after a gunman wielding a bomb opened fire in a high school in Texas. The attacker, who was also a student, opened fire in an art class this morning in the Santa Fe High School. “Eight to ten” people were killed in the attack, with most of them thought […]

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Wow. The female body is incredible – we all know this, we don’t need to be told about it again. However, there is one part of the female body that really doesn’t get the recognition it deserves – the cervix. We know, probably not the body part you were thinking of but the cervix and […]

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Stunning. Remember the May bank holiday? It was pretty warm, like. And the June bank holiday is set to be just as, if not more, warm too. Incredible news, we know. At the beginning of May, temperatures soared to 23 degrees in most parts of the country which was absolutely ideal for those of us […]

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Money to burn, lads. Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are getting married tomorrow. And while the question on everybody’s lips was once ‘who in the name of God is going to walk that woman down the aisle?’ now that that’s all cleared up, we can get onto the really pressing matters. What is her dress […]

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Is it you? Somebody from Cork only has one week left to claim their €1,000,000 EuroMillions prize before the cash expires. And no, we weren’t entirely aware that €1,000,000 could do that either and yet, here we are. The lucky ticket was bought in Eason at the Wilton Shopping Centre in Cork on the day of […]

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Oh, god. Before you give birth, there’s a lot you need to think about. Are you going to get pain relief? Do you have your bag packed? Do you want your partner up the top or down the bottom? Loads to think about. Another thing that lots of expectant mums think about before giving birth […]

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A 13-year-old Meath boy who was misdiagnosed with constipation is now suffering from a rare form of cancer. Slav Vavro attended A&E with his family late last year complaining of stomach and back pain. He was misdiagnosed with constipation and left the hospital on the same day. Later, it was discovered that Slav had a […]

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Maybe we don’t want to be invited after all… If you got an invite to the royal wedding this weekend, good for you. You’ll get to get dressed up, you’ll have some nice food, you’ll be one of the first to witness just who in the name of God is going to walk Meghan Markle […]

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Lea Michelle has said that she worries having a baby would “mess up” her career. The former Glee star said that she would like to start a family in the future, but right now, she feels like her acting career would suffer if she became a mother. She explained to Us Weekly: “I’m still playing […]

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Come ON. Right, if there’s one soap that’s been steadily moving up the ranks as of late in terms of content, it’s been Emmerdale.  Back in the day, they were the soap that no one was bothered about, the one that you only watched if you accidentally switched on TV3 at 7pm. And yet, times […]

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Corrie has its fair share of moments. As of late, there’s been lying, cheating, faking deaths… and that’s just in the last two episodes, probably. Recently, however, Coronation Street has been tackling an issue that is often left unspoken and ignored due to its taboo status – male mental health. Last week, the soap depicted […]

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Only time will tell. Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are getting married this weekend, just in case you didn’t know or something. In the lead up to the wedding, there’s been much speculation about many things. Everything from what Meghan will wear to who among her mates she will invite has been scrutinised, but the one […]

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Dogs abandoned in Chernobyl have been rescued and are set to be rehomed. Following the nuclear disaster in 1986 that forced over 300,000 people to leave their homes, many pets including dogs and cats were abandoned as families had no choice but to flee. 12 dogs have been recently rescued from the fallout zone in […]

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Over 18,000 Irish women travelled to the UK for an abortion over the course of four years. Statistics released today show that 18,112 women travelled from Ireland to Britain for abortion services between 2012 and 2016. The data, released by the Together for Yes campaign from the UK’s Department of Health and Social Care, included […]

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Brilliant. If you can’t really recall Will and Kate’s first kiss after their wedding, let us refresh your memory. They were standing on a balcony, they looked great, they kissed, and the crowd went wild. It was lovely. Aside from all the cheering, celebration, and general delighted-ness from the British public that day though, there […]

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A mum has been angered by an airline’s response when she tried to bring her breast pump in her carry-on luggage. Kelsey Myers was travelling from Los Angeles on an American Airline’s plane with her carry-on luggage, a personal item, some breast milk, and a breast pump. She was stopped before boarding by a flight […]

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Intense. We’d like to think we’re all pretty familiar with how the standard baptism is performed. You go to your local church, the priest holds the baby, and dips the back of the baby’s head into some water. The baby maybe cries a bit while wearing a white dress and everyone is pretty happy about […]

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