The love languages can effectively be used as a communication hack. The concept of the five love languages has been around since the early 90s, but has recently become popular. Like astrology, the love languages have sort of established a cult following through social media. And like the star signs, each language has been the […]

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There are reportedly over 5,800 children in care. New figures show that nearly half of the children and young people who died in State care within the last 10 years died of suicide or drug overdoses. According to the Irish Times, 42 children and young people died in the care system between 2010 and 2019, […]

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Police made the horrific discovery over the weekend. The bodies of a missing three-year-old and his father were found in Portugal on Sunday. Police found the charred body of the toddler in a burnt-out car, while his father’s body was found nearby with a gunshot wound to the head. The remains were discovered in a […]

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Haunted. A woman in the US and her toddler have survived a fall of what emergency responders believe to be over 100ft. The pair had been on a trail at Multnomah Falls, near Portland, Oregon when the two-year-old began to slip. When the child’s mother tried to pull her to safety, both slipped and fell […]

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“I don’t think that was a good answer.” Nick Cannon has been making headlines all year since welcoming four babies in the space of seven months. It doesn’t look like talk about his fathering of seven kids by four different women is going to die down anytime soon, either. In a clip from Wednesday’s episode […]

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To be fair, the fact that she even has an Instagram is a bit legendary. Diane Keaton dedicated a recent social media post to the wonders of “male beauty” – but mistook a photo of her pal Reese Witherspoon’s son for Leonardo DiCaprio. The 75-year-old actor posted a slideshow video of (mostly famous) men to […]

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We well and truly love to see it. A baby born prematurely in 2020 has officially been named the world’s most premature infant to survive by Guinness World Records. Curtis Means and his twin sister C’Asya were born just 21 weeks into gestation on July 5, 2020 at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital […]

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“Without Covid, I definitely think Ivy-Rose would still be here.” A premature baby born in the UK to a woman who contracted Covid-19 in late pregnancy has died at 9 days old, according to reports. Katie Leeming, 22, tested positive for the virus whilst heavily pregnant last month after suffering cold-like symptoms. Within a week, […]

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The impact of the pandemic on infants is starting to show as they become toddlers. A mum whose baby was born in late 2019 and spent her early months in lockdown has said her child’s first word was “mask.” Leanne Howlett’s daughter Miley was five months old when the UK entered its first Covid-19 lockdown […]

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We don’t wanna hear it’s “too early” anymore. Spooky season is officially over, so we are simply itching to get all cosied up in the festive spirit with this year’s offerings of Christmas movies. And with a selection that ranges from big budget must-sees, cheesy Hallmark-esque rom-coms, and sequels to the hits of Christmas past, […]

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“He’s a small, innocent child, he didn’t deserve that.” A nine-year-old boy is in a medically-induced coma after being injured in a mass casualty event that took place at Travis Scott’s concert in Houston, Texas over the weekend. Ezra Blount is fighting for his life at Texas Children’s Hospital following the crowd surge that killed […]

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“Our focus this week is for us to ascertain whether there was anyone else involved.” Police in Australia are reportedly looking into the possibility that another person may have been involved in the abduction of four-year-old Cleo Smith, who was rescued last week. Forensic officers were spotted in the driveway of her accused abductor’s home […]

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“I was robbed of the ability to carry my own child.” A couple in California are suing their fertility clinic after their embryo was accidentally swapped with another couple’s. The mix-up saw each mother carry and deliver the other’s baby, and each couple spent several months raising the other couple’s child before swapping the infants, […]

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Apparently, he’s “a communist” now… Big Bird is facing backlash from anti-vaxers and conservatives after he and other Sesame Street residents received the Covid-19 vaccine. Collaborating with CNN as part of Sesame Workshop’s Caring for Each Other initiative, the street hosted a vaccine-oriented town hall special called The ABCs of Covid Vaccines on Saturday, November […]

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The gestures on the social media app are understood to represent “I need help,” police said. A teenage girl who had been kidnapped was rescued after she used emergency hand gestures circulated on TikTok to alert other motorists. Authorities arrested 61-year-old James Herbert Brick, from North Carolina in the US, on Thursday after receiving an […]

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It has since been removed. A baby boy in Brazil was born with a real human tail that was successfully removed in surgery. The case was reported in the the Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports, which described the boy’s mother as healthy who didn’t drink alcohol or do drugs but smoked 10 cigarettes per […]

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Concertgoers were trapped and trampled on during the tragic incident. An injured concertgoer has named Travis Scott in one of what is predicted to be several lawsuits regarding his concert which left 8 people dead and many more injured. Manuel Souza filed a petition on Saturday against Scott, 30, over the “predictable and preventable” tragedy […]

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“This is a sexual assault case.” A mother in the US was horrified to find bruising on her daughter’s neck after school as the result of extreme bullying. Brittany Herrera’s 6-year-old daughter, Mia, has allegedly been bullied since the first day of school. Officers investigating the bullying say they consider one of the incidents to be sexual […]

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“We tell them at the outset that we are underage.” A 38-year-old mum of three, who started a non-profit working to reduce grooming and sexual exploitation online, transforms herself into teenage girls in order to catch predators in the US. Roo Powell founded SOSA (Safe from Online Sex Abuse) in 2020 to “reduce the amount […]

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“To be clear, this is a man in his 40s, seeking financial support from his elderly parents…” A 41-year-old man whose lavish lifestyle has been entirely funded by his parents for years has lost a court bid attempting to force them to continue to financially support him. Faiz Siddiqui claimed his Dubai-based parents are violating […]

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A safety notice was issued on Wednesday. Supermarket chain Aldi has issued a recall of a baby product sold in Irish stores over safety concerns. A statement from the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission says that the retailer issued a voluntary recall of a baby carrier after a fault was identified. The manufacturer of the Adverturidge […]

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“I saw her spit blood.” Will Smith has revealed he once contemplated killing his father in retaliation for the brutal abuse he witnessed his mother endure during his childhood. In his upcoming memoir Will, excerpted in People magazine, the actor explains the complicated relationship he had with his father, William Carroll Smith Sr. On one […]

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…but try, we shall. Ahh, reality TV. The genre of television that gifted us an insight into the family lives of celebs or socialites (à la the Osbournes or Keeping Up With the Kardashians), a reassurance that we’re not as bad at love and dating as we thought (à la Love Island, First Dates, or 90 […]

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The former couple split last month after an explosive argument between Gigi’s mother and the singer. Gigi Hadid has reportedly made it clear she’s not planning to cut off her ex Zayn Malik after an alleged altercation between him and her mother, Yolanda Hadid. The model, 26, and the singer, 28, split last month following an […]

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He is from an area where testing has become part of daily life. A 22-month-old in China has been tested for Covid-19 a whopping 74 times since he was born, his father claims. The boy is from a town called Ruili (in the west of Yunnan province), which shares a border with Myanmar, a country […]

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Could a future baby be on the cards? There’s been lots of rumours surrounding the Hollywood ‘it’ couple of the year, Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker – or as they’ve been dubbed, #Kravis. The pair recently announced their engagement and are said to be absolutely head over heels for each other, with pregnancy rumours following […]

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Prosecutors said she did it to avoid having to tend to the child during the night. A woman in Singapore has been jailed for spiking her employer’s 13-month-old baby with a medicine known to cause drowsiness. The woman, who worked as a housekeeper, put a tablet of the muscle relaxant Anarex into the child’s milk bottle […]

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The increase comes after a review of their payment was commissioned last year. Student nurses who are on their fourth-year internship are to receive a pay increase of around 12.5 per cent. The increase, proposed by Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly, aims to allow students on the 36-week internship to earn around 80 per cent […]

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“We don’t really want to dwell, because we have so much to celebrate as a three.” Between rebranding as a trio, two members giving birth, a ten-year anniversary and a one-sided ‘feud’ with their ex-bandmate, Little Mix have had one busy year. Ahead of the release of their new album – Between Us, a selection […]

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That’s some big news. A woman has given birth to what is believed to be the third biggest ever baby in the UK, weighing in at 14lbs 15oz. Cherral Mitchell was diagnosed late with gestational diabetes while pregnant on her fourth child. Yet baby Alpha still shocked staff when he was born on Thursday, weighing […]

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So sweet. Be they sexy, silly, or extravagantly committed, celebs were uploading pics of their Halloween get-up all weekend. Our favourites were, unsurprisingly, seeing family group costumes, because the only thing cuter than little ones all decked out is seeing their parents co-ordinate with them. One such example was Stacey Solomon and Joe Swash’s family, […]

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One strong mama. The labour process can sort of feel like an extreme weather event in its own right: it’s scary, it’s pressured, and it’s unpredictable no matter how much pre-planning you do in advance. For one woman in the US though, the two events collided when she went into labour during a nor’easter – […]

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Priorities. A video of a toddler trying to choose between his newborn baby sister and an ambulance has gone viral. Three-year-old Benjamin Swanson was in the middle of meeting his newborn sister for the first time when he heard oncoming sirens. Mum Brittany, 26, had just brought the newborn home from hospital and wanted to […]

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She was reportedly only concerned for her children. Last night, reports emerged that Real Housewives of Beverly Hills cast member Dorit Kemsley had been robbed at gunpoint as her children were in bed. Three home invaders reportedly entered her Encino home Wednesday night (just before 11pm local time) by breaking in through her children’s classroom as […]

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Police said the case “seemed too horrific to be real.” The child whose skeletal remains were discovered in an apartment alongside his three abandoned brothers was killed by “homicidal violence with multiple blunt force injuries”, a medical examiner has ruled. Officers made the horrific discovery of three children, aged 15, 9 and 7, abandoned along […]

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Have you switched it on yet? Unless you’re raising kids in a cave, if you’re a parent, you probably know how massively popular CoComelon is. The animation that kick-started as a YouTube channel has become a household name globally, with a solidified slot on the Netflix top 10, a range of toys, and even an […]

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It’s a girl! Kathryn Thomas has revealed that she and her partner Pádraig welcomed their second child together, a baby girl, on Tuesday. The presenter took to Instagram to announce the birth of her “gorgeous girl”, named Grace Anne McLoughlin. Little Grace was born at 11.35am, weighing in at 8lbs 3oz. “Everyone is great. Baby […]

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Mum, baby and firemen are all well! Dublin Fire Brigade shared some adorable news yesterday as they revealed two of their firefighters helped deliver a baby girl who “couldn’t wait” to arrive. Sharing the news on Twitter, they said that baby Hayley was born at home as she was just too excited to make her […]

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Her documentary last year showed the complexities behind her party girl persona. Paris Hilton has said she still has some “healing to do” with her parents following last year’s revelation that she was allegedly abused at a behavioural camp they sent her to in order to quash her teenage rebelliousness. In a documentary that began […]

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Neighbours are now speaking out. Further details have emerged in the case of three children found abandoned in a Texas apartment alongside their brother’s skeletal remains. The three boys, one aged 15 and the other two both under 10, were found in an apartment in Houston on Sunday alongside their 9-year-old brother’s remains. The boys’ […]

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Authorities described the discovery as a “horrific situation.” Three abandoned children were found at a home in Houston, Texas along with the remains of a 9-year-old boy. Authorities said the eldest of the children, a 15-year-old boy, told police his 9-year-old brother died a year ago and his body was in the room next to […]

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“My heart is with Halyna.” Alec Baldwin’s wife Hilaria is the latest family member to address his accidental shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on set of the movie Rust. Hutchins, the movie’s Director of Photography, died on Thursday after Alec discharged a prop gun that contained a live round. Court documents state that an assistant […]

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Too cute. Babies in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of a US hospital are still getting to celebrate their first Halloween thanks to one incredibly kind nurse. NICU nurse JoAnn Gorsline is bringing Halloween to the tiniest patients of Mercyhealth’s Javon Bea Hospital in Rockford, Illinois. According to WMTV, the nurse has made over 52 […]

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Serial killers, stalkers and creeps, oh my! Last week, Netflix finally released the highly-anticipated third season of You. The show has become a major hit for the streaming service as it follows serial killer Joe Goldberg and his stalking of the women he becomes obsessed with. Season one had us on the edge of our […]

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Modern Halloween as we know it comes from the traditions of our Celtic ancestors. I know a good few people who are Christmas-ready from… basically the minute summer ends. Others, like me, live for the autumnal season beforehand. From the minute I see a brown leaf at around the end of August, I’m thinking about […]

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We’re drooling… Chocolate lovers rejoice: Lindt & Sprüngli has opened its first ever permanent store in Ireland. The new shop opened in Kildare Village on Friday, right ahead of midterm break. It looks like a chocolate wonderland the kids (and you) would get such a kick out of visiting while off school. And if you’re […]

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If you need us, we’ll be hiding under the bed. A mother has gone viral for showing the creepy moment she discovered someone walk past her baby daughter’s crib on the baby monitor. Laura Honican, from Lexington, Kentucky said nobody else was in the house apart from herself, her fiancé and their dog – who […]

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“They will remain with us wherever we are and whatever we do.” The cause of death of a young family found dead on a Californian hiking trail has been established. John Gerrish, his wife, Ellen Chung, their 1-year-old daughter, Miju, and their dog, Oski, were all found dead on a trail in Sierra National Forest […]

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The mother of the child is said to have been “in complete shock and tears.” Two teenage boys have been charged by Police Scotland over an incident in which a lit firework was allegedly launched at a baby in a pram. Onlookers claim the boys had been loitering around and “looking quite dodgy” before letting […]

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A heart-stopping moment. Terrifying footage circulating online shows a toddler hanging outside a window of his family’s fourth-storey apartment in Hing Tin Estate, Hong Kong. The video shows the three-year-old boy dangling outside the window under a clothesline as he tries to climb back inside before being pulled to safety. In the clip, the tot […]

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