Gardaí are appealing for information on 21-year-old Ben Garrett, who went missing in Galway city centre at 2am on Thursday morning. Ben was last seen leaving Carbon nightclub, possibly heading in the direction of Eyre Square. He was wearing a light blue Hollister jumper and dark jeans. A search party will leave Renmore Army Barracks […]

11 years ago

Not content with consuming it by the glass, mixing it into a sauce or freezing it into a slushie, the wine connoisseurs of the Internet have invented yet another way to get that vino into us.  Red wine and pasta have been inextricably linked since the first Italian mama made her first batch of spaghetti, […]

11 years ago

She’s changed her look (and her name) more than a few times since this picture was taken, but she’s still the same brown-eyed beauty. Can you guess who this dimpled cutie is? In case you don’t recognise her, it’s none other than songstress and X-Factor judge Cheryl Fernandez-Versini. #tbt baba ?? A photo posted by Cheryl […]

11 years ago

A Carlow mum who died just hours after giving birth to her third child at a local hospital suffered a massive internal haemorrhage, according to a postmortem. Mother-of-three Tracey Fitzpatrick from Templepeter gave birth to her healthy baby, who the family named Max, at St Luke’s Hospital on Easter Monday. According to reports, the 36-year-old, who also […]

11 years ago

We’re all on the lookout for April Fools gags today, but the state of our health in Ireland is nothing to joke about. The latest statistics show that Irish men will be some of the fattest in Europe within nine years, equaled only by their obese counterparts in Britain and Lithuania. In fact, they’re already […]

11 years ago

If you spent your childhood dreaming of roaming a meadow atop a majestic unicorn (just me?), that very dream could have come true had you been born 29,000 years ago. Almost. Scientists have long confirmed the existence of a unicorn-type creature in the part of the world now known as Kazakhstan. The latest update however, according […]

11 years ago

A Cork mother says her little boy is ’99 per cent seizure free’ after undergoing cannabis oil treatment for his severe epilepsy in the United States. Yvonne Cahalane from Dunmanway, who moved to Colorado to access the treatment for her son Tristan in December, is now calling for marijuana to be legalised for medical use in […]

11 years ago

The idea of a child wandering the school playground at break time with nobody to play with is every parent’s worst nightmare.  Unfortunately it can be tricky to force kids to always include everyone in a game or group, but one Canadian school may have found the answer. Willgrove School in Saskatoon installed a green […]

11 years ago

A passing stranger turned out to be a knight in shining armour for a west Cork couple when their baby was born at the side of the road. Elizabeth McCarthy and her partner Humphrey Kearney hit the road for Cork University Maternity Hospital at around 4am on Easter Sunday after Elizabeth began having contractions. With […]

11 years ago

An investigation is underway after a Carlow mum died just minutes after giving birth to her third child at a local hospital. Mother-of-three Tracey Fitzpatrick from Templepeter gave birth to her healthy baby, who the family have named Max, at St Luke’s Hospital on Easter Monday. According to reports, the 36-year-old was being taken for […]

11 years ago

If you can’t imagine a world without avo-toast and guacamole, a new London pop-up could be right up your street.  Instagrammers and bloggers across Europe will be heading for Shoreditch on April 10 and May 8, when the Meredith Collective opens the doors of The Avo-Brunch Pop-Up, serving an all-avocado five-course brunch menu created in collaboration […]

11 years ago

Giving birth and caring for a newborn baby is challenging enough without worrying about how you’re going to pay your bills. Yet this is the situation many (working) women find themselves in after they become mothers. Now, a new study has made an even stronger case for paid maternity leave to be made a priority, […]

11 years ago

A cute collar featuring a home phone number is no longer an acceptable identification method for the family pet. As of this Friday, April 1, every dog in Ireland is required to be microchipped or their owner could face fines of up to €5,000. Puppies must have a microchip fitted before they are 12 weeks […]

11 years ago

The families of the six students killed in the Berkeley balcony collapse have voiced their disappointment at the news that no criminal charges will be brought. Nine others were severely injured in the incident when, just before 1am on June 16, a fifth-floor apartment balcony filled with birthday party guests gave way, plunging to the ground […]

11 years ago

Discount supermarket Aldi is recalling a batch of its ginger nut biscuits after concerns were raised over the cleanliness of the factory where they are made.  The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) confirmed Baketime Ltd. is recalling the biscuits on a precautionary basis “as they have been manufactured in unhygienic conditions”. The FSAI said point-of-sale […]

11 years ago

Nestlé have assured customers that their new recipe SMA baby formula is safe, after a concerned mum called for the product to be banned.  Catt Taylor started an online campaign against the formula manufacturers after her 10-month-old daughter Alayah allegedly became ill when the ingredients were changed. The mum (20) said she had been using […]

11 years ago

The EgyptAir hostage situation has now ended, with the arrest of an Egyptian national who terrified passengers on board a flight from Burj El Arab airport in the northern Egyptian city of Alexandria this morning. Cyprus’ foreign minister tweeted: “It’s over. The #hijacker arrested.” while EgyptAir also confirmed the news on their account: Official sources at […]

11 years ago

The latest reports suggest that one of the hostages on hijacked EgyptAir flight MS 181 may be an Irish citizen.  According to German newspaper Bild and Cyprus News, there is one Irish person, one Italian and three Americans on board the Airbus A320, which remains on the tarmac at Larnaca as negotiations with a hijacker wearing […]

11 years ago

EgyptAir has confirmed that most passengers have now been allowed to leave their hijacked aircraft, which landed at Larnaca Airport this morning after a terrorist threatened the pilot. Five foreigners and the crew remain inside the Airbus A320, which landed in Cyprus at 8.50am local time, as a suicide bomber, who has reportedly been identified by authorities, […]

11 years ago

A number of women and children are reportedly being allowed to leave a hijacked plane that has landed at Larnaca airport.  The latest reports confirm a man wearing a suicide belt is threatening to detonate it on board the Airbus A320, which left Burj El Arab airport in the northern Egyptian city of Alexandria this […]

11 years ago

Spring has finally sprung and with summer 2016 on the way, now is the time to snap up the best of the new kids’ collections.  As usual Penneys have some super cute stock on the way – and at prices that won’t make you wince when you consider that little ones seem to grow out […]

11 years ago

Melissa Keane and Gareth Mc Donald had been together since they were teenagers. When they welcomed their baby boy Joshua in May, 2015, their family was complete and life was an adventure stretched out before them. Nobody could have predicted the tragedy to come. Last Christmas their carefully laid plans imploded when Gareth died suddenly on […]

11 years ago

Traditionally baked to be enjoyed during Lent, hot cross buns have been a sweet signal that spring has sprung since the 12th century. They’re said to have various mythical properties (some used to keep one hanging from the kitchen ceiling all year ’round to ward off evil spirits) but it is believed the cross first appeared […]

11 years ago

Cork-born, Surrey-based fashion blogger and model Eimear Varian Barry has given birth to her second child, a baby daughter named Harper. The avid photographer, who was recently signed by Models1 in their Social Talent category, shared a short silent video of the new arrival sleeping peacefully in her crib soon after her birth with her […]

11 years ago

You might remember the pot noodle from your college hangover days (we’re well aware the original is still incredibly popular among men of a certain age) but now Marks & Spencer is giving the humble snack a sexy makeover.  The brand is on a mission to make the noodle pot attractive to health-conscious foodies and […]

11 years ago

A twelve-year-old girl was read her rights, arrested and taken away in a police car after allegedly pinching a classmate’s bum at her Orlando school. Breana Evans is facing a charge of misdemeanour battery after a game she played with her friends at Milwee Middle School, which saw them pinching bums between classes, got her […]

11 years ago

Easter is almost upon us, but how many of us have earned the chocolate feast to come by abstaining from treats for Lent? Surprisingly, quite a few of us are still keeping with the old Catholic tradition. A survey by discount store Dealz revealed that 46 per cent of people had pledged to take on […]

11 years ago

We’ve heard a few unique choices in our time, but the latest list of downright odd baby names takes the biscuit.  Reddit users volunteered the strangest names they’d heard so far this year and almost all of them are completely cringeworthy, from the tongue-twisting ‘Elizabreth’ to the awe-inspiring ‘Little Sweetmeat’. This list, here in alphabetical […]

11 years ago

In a world where everything trendy is handmade, personalised or monogrammed, it turns out there might still be such a thing as too bespoke.  Atlanta-based woodworker Garrick Andrus was commissioned by a pair of very creative expectant parents to create this towering hand-carved tentacled ‘Eldritch’ crib. Both side panels are intricately carved, while the tentacle […]

11 years ago

With her baby daughter about to turn one, Francie was reminiscing about the day her baby was born.  Having posted about her personal birth experience (a fast labour before her little girl arrived, without any assistance, in bed) Francie re-shared a photo of the magic moment to a private, 900-member Facebook group called NYC Birth. […]

11 years ago

If you’re staring, bleary-eyed, at your screen while slurping your fifth coffee right now, this news is unlikely to surprise you, but it’s official: Irish people aren’t getting enough sleep. In fact, a whopping 64 per cent of Irish adults get less than the seven hours recommended sleep, which can have huge implications on overall […]

11 years ago

Collage artist Claire Siobhan Walsh quit the London smog (and her job as a fashion designer for Zandra Rhodes and Burberry) for life in rural Mayo with her husband Tommy, a furniture designer, and her youngest children Rufus (8) and Maebh (6). Her eldest daughter Robyn (23), a fine artist, lives in Glasgow. “When I worked […]

11 years ago

Here’s a story that’s almost guaranteed to take all our IQs down a notch just by paying it any attention, but here we go… An Ohio State University study claims to have proven that blonde women are more intelligent than brunettes or red-heads. Yep, in a slap in the face for writers of ‘dumb blonde’ jokes […]

11 years ago

Brussels Zaventem Airport is closed until 6am on Wednesday following a suspected terrorist attack this morning.  As the death roll continues to rise, extra security is in place at most airports and all passengers planning to travel in the coming 24 hours have been advised to check with their carriers to ensure their flight is […]

11 years ago

Belgian media is reporting further explosions at a metro station in near the European Union headquarters in Brussels. Less than an hour after twin explosions killed a number of people at Brussels Zavantem Airport, all Metro stations have now been closed as thousands of people are evacuated from the area surrounding the Maelbeek Metro station. Unconfirmed […]

11 years ago

Brussels Zavantem Airport has been evacuated after two explosions rocked the building just before 8am.  Up to eleven people are feared dead and more than 30 are injured after the explosion ripped through an area near the American Airlines check-in desk, with Belgian state media describing it as a ‘suicide attack’. A video posted on […]

11 years ago

A new strain of scarlet fever is causing concern among parents and medical professionals in the United Kingdom.  There has been 6, 157 cases of the Victorian disease, a bacterial illness which causes a distinctive pink-red rash, since September Anybody can catch scarlet fever, but it usually affects children aged between four and eight. Most children over 10 […]

11 years ago

A Tennessee mum has found herself in very hot water after she posted a disturbing image of two children with duct tape over their hands and mouths to Facebook.  Jaton Justsilly Jaibabi, who claims the image was an ill-thought-out joke, had added the caption: ‘Kids for sale, 45 per cent because they bad.’ The woman, […]

11 years ago

A baby girl is in a stable condition in hospital after five members of her family drowned in a tragic accident on the pier at Lough Swilly Harbour in Buncrana, Co. Donegal.  Witnesses say the Audi Q7 containing Sean McGrotty (46) and his two young sons Mark and Evan (aged eight and 12), his baby […]

11 years ago

Apologies in advance to all the Sandras, Sharons and Sallys of the world… the list of once-popular but no longer trendy baby names has been released. When BabyCentre analysed the registration data for 2016, certain names had absolutely zero registrations. To add insult to injury, many of them were incredibly popular in the 1970s and […]

11 years ago

As if we needed another excuse to decamp to Ballymun for the day, we’ve become obsessed with the latest limited edition collection to land at IKEA. Perfect for summer, TILLFÄLLE is Brazilian-inspired but mixed with Scandinavian simplicity. From larger furniture to smaller accessories, this exclusive selection is easy, fun and full of energy – and fashion forward […]

11 years ago

Here at HerFamily HQ, we’re always after that one cake recipe that takes seconds to make but could very easily win you a red ribbon at a village fair.  Now we believe we’ve finally found the sneakiest one of all; a tart so perfect and delicious it could have been made by Mary Berry herself, […]

11 years ago

A grandaughter’s Tweet about her grandfather has made him an overnight star the world over. Kelsey Harmon from Oklahoma took to Twitter to voice her disappointment after her cousins didn’t show up for a planned dinner with their ‘Pawpaw’. Kelsey wrote: ‘Dinner with papaw tonight… He made 12 burgers for all six grandkids and I’m […]

11 years ago

Consumers have been warned to be extra careful about where they keep their debit and bank cards; tech-savvy thieves have found a new way to get their hands on your cash, without even touching it. Apparently, criminals may be using point-of-sale devices to charge the debit cards of unsuspecting shoppers and commuters. After entering a […]

11 years ago

Where’s me shillelagh, Laddy?

11 years ago

We’ll admit to being fans of practically anything Caitlin Moran has to say, but an open letter the writer and feminist activist read out at a live literary event this week got us right in the feels.  Moran decided to use the opportunity to reach out to the troubled teenage girls she meets during her […]

11 years ago

The odds of identical twins being born with Down Syndrome are less than two in a million, so photographer Laura Duggleby knew she was about to meet two very special little girls when mum Nicole Taylor invited her to meet her new arrivals.  The Kansas-based photographer wrote about her portrait photo shoot with the family on […]

11 years ago

Thousands of children in Britain will see their school day extended by one hour as part of radical new plans to make life easier for parents.  Unveiling his budget today, Chancellor George Osborne said the shake up of the education system will end the ‘Victorian tradition’ of the 3.30pm finish in the United Kingdom. Starting […]

11 years ago

Word has it Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton will break a 115-year-old tradition this St Patrick’s Day, by deciding not to join her husband in presenting shamrock to soldiers from the Irish Guards. The Duke of Cambridge is Colonel of the Regiment (Wills wore his Irish Guards uniform when he wed Kate at Westminster Abbey in 2011) and […]

11 years ago

The instructions on the bag usually advise storing in a ‘cool dark place’, but many of us pop our potatoes in the refrigerator with the rest of the vegetables. Now however, experts are warning that this could be a dangerous mistake. According to the Food Standards Agency, keeping potatoes very cold causes the starch they […]

11 years ago