New York City has launched new city guidelines to protect pregnant women from being discriminated against in public venues, particularly in Big Apple bars.  As most mamas will attest, being pregnant can attract a great deal of unwanted advice, particularly when it comes to drinking alcohol. If a waiter has ever refused you service because […]

11 years ago

Now that the heatwave has finally arrived, a touch of faux tan is in order before we unveil our pasty limbs to the world. Nothing screams ‘FAKE TAN’ like orange knuckles and tangerine palms however, so if you’re new to tanning, this trick will ensure your hands maintain a natural- looking colour. Here’s what you […]

11 years ago

We know, we know: when you’re a parent, every day is laundry day. As soon as the bottom of the basket is in sight, someone dumps a soccer kit and twelve towels in there. That’s why we’ve been storing up little tricks and tips to help make all that washing and drying a little easier. […]

11 years ago

If gluten intolerance is stopping you from taking communion at mass, you no longer have any excuse.  Catholics all over Ireland can now opt for the gluten-free version of the Body of Christ, after priests decided to introduce an alternative wafer. The bread distributed at mass, which Catholics believe is transformed into the Body of Christ, […]

11 years ago

The Irish National Teachers Organisation (INTO) is calling for the introduction of unisex uniforms in Ireland’s primary schools in an effort to make the classroom more inclusive for children who have gender dysphoria. Gender dysphoria or gender identity disorder (GID) is the term used by psychologists to describe people who do not identify as the sex they were […]

11 years ago

Don’t panic folks, the heatwave is officially on the way. Okay, so it’s been an underwhelming start, but as far as the weekend weather is concerned, things are looking up. Met Eireann predict we’re on the home straight towards this mini heatwave we’ve been promised, when the mercury is set to shoot up to a […]

11 years ago

Conjoined twins born to an Indonesian couple will undergo landmark surgery to separate them, doctors have confirmed.  Nadira Alifa Putri and Nadiba Aisyah Putri are two of triplets who arrived by Caesarean section in January, shocking doctors at Tanjungpinang Regional General Hospital. 1. @RealBenCarson The sisters, Nadira Alifa Putri and Nadiba Aisyah Putri, have been conjoined […]

11 years ago

Their relationship is what the ‘complicated’ option on Facebook was invented for, but Robert Kardashian and his new fiancé Blac Chyna are about to have less time to populate the gossip columns: the pair have confirmed they are expecting their first child together. The pair confirmed the news with matching emojiis of a pregnant Blac […]

11 years ago

Ever wondered just how tall your little one will grow? Well, a mathematical formula unearthed by the New York Times claims to be able to predict it fairly accurately.  While environmental factors such as diet and nutrition have an impact on the adult height a child will eventually achieve, a whopping 70 per cent of […]

11 years ago

He made Fine Gael history by being re-elected as Taoiseach on Friday and last night Enda Kenny has announced his Cabinet for the 32nd Dáil. In case you missed it, the big news is that Frances Fitzgerald has replaced Joan Bruton as the Tánaiste, while Leo Varadkar has been moved from Minister of Health to […]

11 years ago

She’ll celebrate a milestone first birthday this weekend, but twelve months on, Gardaí have no significant information on the identity of the abandoned baby who nurses at the Coombe named Maria.  The newborn baby girl was found on the roadside by a couple driving on Steelstown Lane in Rathcoole in the late afternoon of May […]

11 years ago

But (surprise!) it’s the same one we had before. Yep; ten long weeks since the country went to the polls, Enda Kenny has been re-elected as Taoiseach, by a margin of 49 to 59. Mr Kenny makes history as the first Fine Gael leader to be re-elected to the role, after the party set a […]

11 years ago

The sun’s out, which means many of us will be stocking up on some fizz to toast the good weather, but it turns out revellers in the UK are paying a LOT less for their Prosecco.  The price difference came to light on Facebook when Lisa Kiernan travelled home from Scotland, where she lives, to visit friends […]

11 years ago

If your spare room or granny flat is gathering dust, now is the time to turn it into a serious moneymaker. In fact, renting it out to paying guests could net you up to €3,000 extra a year, according to Airbnb. Latest figures from the company show that the thousands of Irish people already sharing their […]

11 years ago

UPDATE: Latest reports from the gardaí say there was nobody in the car that was lifted from the water at the Marina this morning. They have, however, located a second car nearby, an SUV, that may have been in the water for a number of days. A recovery effort is underway.  A dive team is […]

11 years ago

Gardaí have confirmed there is no evidence that a baby found at a Co. Wicklow recycling facility died a violent death. Earlier this week an autopsy revealed that the infant was born weeks earlier than originally thought. Detectives have now widened the net for clues as to the baby girl’s identity. Officers are now working with […]

11 years ago

Police in Britain have admitted a child sex suspect has gone missing and officers have had no idea of his whereabouts for seven months.  Michael Leaberry, 35, was living in Ipswich, Suffolk when he skipped bail while under arrest for suspected child sex offences. While previous appeals have been issued for Leaberry, whose hair was […]

11 years ago

Picture the scene: It’s cheat day and you’re struggling to choose between pizza and cookies. Should you plump for the sweet, sugary goodness of the chocolate chip? Or the savoury meltiness of your favourite pie? Before you do something you’ll regret, stop right there: consider the Pizookie. For something so completely epic, a pizookie is […]

11 years ago

Okay, so I’m slightly biased, but when it comes to weekend getaways, you can’t beat Cork City. While there’s a large chance you’ll want to pack up and move there permanently once you understand what us locals see in the Rebel County, 24 hours is plenty of time for the average blow-in to soak up […]

11 years ago

She recently postponed her latest tour to concentrate on starting a family. Now it looks like pop icon Janet Jackson has got her wish. According to Entertainment Tonight, the 49-year-old is said to be expecting her first child with her husband, Wissam Al-Mana. A photo posted by Janet Jackson (@janetjackson) on Feb 12, 2016 at 12:31pm […]

11 years ago

Gardaí have appealed to the mother of a dead baby girl found at a Wicklow recycling centre yesterday to come forward. The full-term infant, which may have been stillborn, was discovered among recyclable material by an employee of the Greenstar facility in Fassaroe near Bray. It is believed the waste that was being sorted at […]

11 years ago

The body of a newborn baby has reportedly been discovered at a recycling centre in Bray, Co. Wicklow.  Gardaí have confirmed that officers are “investigating all the circumstances surrounding the discovery”. The area has now been sealed off as a forensic examination begins. More on this story as we have it…

11 years ago

Outdoorsy types have been warned to take precautions against tick bites to reduce their risk of contracting Lyme disease. A bacterial infection that is spread to humans by infected ticks, Lyme disease can, in a small number of cases, cause severe debilitating heart and nervous system disease. Warning signs include neurological symptoms, such as temporary paralysis of the […]

11 years ago

Right up there alongside thigh gaps, trout pouts and adorable puppies, the avocado is one of the world’s most Instagrammed items.  These days however, you can’t expect a basic avo’ and eggs or guacamole shot to get you those precious likes. Nope, if you want your lunch to work hard for your brand, you’ve gotta […]

11 years ago

Employees have long been advised to keep work and home life separate. However, new research suggests that blurring the lines a little could have some big benefits. In fact, the latest study finds that employees who use flexible working arrangements, such as “flextime” and “flexplace”, experienced less disruption to job performance when home interruptions spilled […]

11 years ago

An American novelist has become a hot topic at the school gate after she suggested that mothers have an unfair advantage in the workplace and non-parents should be entitled to take ‘me-ternity leave’.  Meghann Foye (who, incidentally, is promoting a book called ‘Meternity‘, the story of a stressed-out editor who fakes a pregnancy to enjoy an […]

11 years ago

A Chinese couple have made a public appeal for financial and medical assistance after their baby son was born with fifteen fingers and sixteen toes. The infant suffers from an extreme case of polydactyly, a condition in which a person has more than five fingers per hand or five toes per foot. During normal embryonic development, […]

11 years ago

The pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson has been ordered to pay $55m (€47.59m) to a woman who claims the brand’s Baby Powder caused her ovarian cancer. South Dakota-based 62-year-old Gloria Ristesund, whose cancer is now in remission following a hysterectomy and related surgeries, was awarded $5m in compensatory damages and $50m in punitive damages at the […]

11 years ago

You know the story: you spring for the pricey TV toy and they spend a week playing with the box. Those crates of building blocks? Ignored in favour of a saucepan and wooden spoon.  Anyone in possession of one knows that toddlers are fickle little creatures. They know what they like and nobody but nobody […]

11 years ago

The investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann could be wound up in the coming months, as detectives pursue their last remaining line of inquiry.  According to Scotland Yard chief Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe, the absence of new evidence is likely to spell the end of the hunt for the eldest child of doctors Kate and […]

11 years ago

Public patients face waits of up to 480 days for important cancer tests, with tests for gynaecological, neurological, urological and head and neck cancers, “particularly problematic”. That’s according to an in-depth survey of GPs carried out by the Irish College of General Practitioners (ICGP) and published this morning. The report, Access to Diagnostics Used to Detect […]

11 years ago

A judge in Ennis has approved Ireland’s first guardianship application for a child to a gay couple. The order by Judge Patrick Durcan means that Angela Cloke-Hayes is finally an official guardian of the four-year-old daughter she is raising together with her civil partner Marie Cloke-Hayes. Marie gave birth to the child after the couple chose […]

11 years ago

A Scottish family has renewed their appeal for information on the disappearance of three-year-old Sandy Davidson on April 23, 1976. Little Sandy was playing in his grandmother’s back garden with his younger sister Donna that spring morning in Irvine, Ayrshire when the garden gate swung open and the family dog escaped. As Donna went inside […]

11 years ago

More than one in five pregnancies in Ireland ends in miscarriage, with around 14,000 women affected each year.  Now a UK charity hopes to drastically reduce those figures by opening a research centre dedicated to finding out why miscarriage occurs and how to prevent it. The National Centre for Miscarriage Research, opened by the Tommy’s […]

11 years ago

It’s been a busy few weeks on the fashion front. First M&S dropped their first collaboration with style maven Alexa Chung, now Penneys have given us a sneak peek at what’s on the way for summer. Fill your suitcase for a song with our pick of the hottest holiday looks… 1. Show off a bronzed back […]

11 years ago

Woman’s struggle to have a family while maintaining her hard-won position on the career ladder is well documented, but new research reveals becoming a father can actually increase rather than reduce your salary.  In fact, research by the think tank IPPR and TUC reveals that working dads can expect to earn up to 21 per cent more […]

11 years ago

One in four Irish people are not taking the medication they’ve been prescribed because the €2.50 prescription charge puts the drugs beyond their budget.  Now pharmacists have voted in favour of a motion calling for the phased abolition of the prescription levy, which has increased fivefold since it was first introduced in June 2010 at […]

11 years ago

There is good news from Derry this morning as a mother and daughter who were reported missing from their home in Limavaddy have been found safe and well. Concern grew for the safety of Rosemary Gregg (48) and her six-year-old daughter Orlaith, who were last seen at the their home in Derry on Friday, April […]

11 years ago

You eat healthily. You exercise regularly. You avoid too much booze and wave away the dessert trolley. Why then, is your waistline refusing to be whittled by your efforts?  If belly fat is your arch enemy, you’ll know that it can be a tricky customer to eradicate. In fact, fat in this area can stick […]

11 years ago

He’s a dad of two young children, but that hasn’t stopped Prince William’s detractors from calling his work ethic into question of late.  The Duke of Cambridge, who works 80 hours a month as an air ambulance pilot, has scaled back his royal engagements a little to make more time for his growing family. Addressing the […]

11 years ago

It’s that time of year again; HerFamily.ie is looking for your views, thoughts and opinions on how this country works (or doesn’t, as the case may be) as part of our annual ‘A Slice of Ireland’ survey. Through surveys across our four Maximum Media sites – HerFamily.ie, Her.ie, JOE.ie and SportsJOE.ie, we’re compiling a picture of […]

11 years ago

It was only a matter of time, but the first pregnancy test you can take using your iPhone has arrived.  A free app developed by First Response not only alerts you to your most fertile days while you’re trying to conceive, it also syncs to your pregnancy test via Bluetooth and offers an action plan based […]

11 years ago

A mother of twin boys has spoken out about her decision to allow one of them to live as a girl.  Gloucester mum Emma Symonds (34) revealed that her four-year-old son Logan has believed he is female since he was 18-months-old. Emma revealed how, at the age of just two-years-old, Logan would become aggressive […]

11 years ago

First they made headlines by offering uniquely perfect baby names for a €28,000 fee, now Erfolgswelle Ltd. are giving away a little of their expertise for free… by listing what they claim are the names that are most likely to set your child up for success. Basing their choices on the research of Professor Albert Mehrabian, […]

11 years ago

We love a royal baby name around these parts so there was much anticipation this week as we awaited an announcement from Prince Carl Philip of Sweden and his model wife Princess Sofia, who gave birth to a baby boy on Tuesday.  Now the big news has finally been revealed, with the royal couple announcing […]

11 years ago

Finding it difficult to choose the perfect name for your baby? Now you can leave the agonising decision to a Swiss firm dedicated to choosing it for you… for a price. Erfolgswelle Ltd. charges (wait for it) €28,000 for each ‘newly-developed first name’, employing the skills of 14 naming experts, four historians and 12 translators to […]

11 years ago

Have you ever opened a box of Cadbury Roses to find the wrapper had twisted off a chocolate and tainted the others inside?  Apparently it’s a problem. A big enough problem that the chocolate makers have overhauled the boxes, making some big changes along the way. Dumping 80 years of tradition, the twist-off foil wrappers […]

11 years ago

Kensington Palace has released three heartwarming family photographs to mark Queen Elizabeth II’s 90th birthday today, and once again the younger royals steal the show. The new photos, taken by American photographer Annie Leibovitz in the Green Drawing Room at Windsor Castle, depict the nonagenarian, known in the family as ‘Gan Gan’, as a doting grandmother, […]

11 years ago

Most mums-of-two say one of the most difficult aspects of bringing home baby number two is making sure the older child gets enough attention… and it seems Kim Kardashian is no different.  Mrs West has spilled the beans on her decision to stop breastfeeding her baby son Saint, with older sister North partly to blame. […]

11 years ago

Okay, so the sun isn’t exactly going to be splitting stones but after the spring wash-out, we’ll take what we can get.  Met Éireann is forecasting dry and sunny conditions this week, with temperatures rising to an incredible 17 degrees tomorrow. While it’ll be showery over Munster on Thursday, the rest of the country will […]

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