The American social security department publishes the names of all babies born in each year. Baby name resources use these list to collate finding for new baby name trends. For privacy reasons they will only add a “new” baby name if it appears in the population more than five times. “To safeguard privacy, we restrict […]

12 years ago

So, how often did we all get our preggo bellies out and feel fab about them? Not nearly often enough in my opinion. Actress, Jennifer Love Hewitt flashed her bump in these gorgeous shots on Twitter. Jennifer, who is expecting her second child with husband Brian Hallisay in June, was on a shoot for Palmer’s Cocoa […]

12 years ago

I look at my non-parent friends with pity whenever they recount how sick/hungover/f*cked they were last weekend. Not because their lives are not as rich and fulfilled as mine is, now that I’ve generated some loin-fruit, but because I feel genuine pity for their weakling ways. You don’t even know what pain IS until you’ve […]

12 years ago

I always figured I’d choose eating my food over drinking my food any day and couldn’t imagine feeling full from a smoothie. I remained totally resistant to the Nutribullet movement as one by one all my friends become devotees or Nutribitches (as I prefer to call them). That is until I started the #HerFamBodyProject this […]

12 years ago

We love The Hubes’ style and she does dressed down every bit as well as she works a red carpet look. With inclement weather forecast for pretty much the whole bank holiday weekend we’re going to be emulating this subtly 70s influenced, vaguely Jane Birkin reminiscent, off-duty look. Love. Her lightweight trench and scarf are […]

12 years ago

The birth rate has been declining since 2010 and this year is no different according to the Central Statistics Office’s annual Vital Statistics Report just published. Fertility rates: According to the report, the current figures for Irish fertility rates suggest that the Irish may not be reproducing enough to replace our population which stands at […]

12 years ago

Bad news revellers, Met Éireann is quite literally raining on the bank holiday parade. Rain is forecast to hit the west coast by noon today and will be heading on over to the east of the country by late afternoon pretty much just as Grohl and co hit the stage at Slane Castle. Apparently the […]

12 years ago

So we’ve been ‘good’ all week but with the weekend bearing down on us the urge to go off-grid and consume EVERYTHING in sight is starting to threaten all our hard work.  We all know the best way to stay on track is preparation. It is also important to not feel deprived of treats, this is why we’ll […]

12 years ago

All this week we have delicious recipes from Neven Maguire’s Complete Baby & Toddler Cookbook, the latest offering from our favourite TV chef. The book offers over 200 recipes and daily menu planners to take you from first tastes through each stage of weaning. Maguire also weighs in on the organic debate and offers great […]

12 years ago

Looking for a bit of e-distraction? This video has garnered over a million hits on YouTube since it was posted four days ago. The video’s success certainly says something about society currently, basically that we have WAY too much time on our hands. And naturally the comments threw up some absolute gems: I’m also loving […]

12 years ago

On tonight’s Late Late Show season finale, Ryan and some very special guests will be getting jiggy in the name of charity. Celebrity architect, Dermot “Bounce, bounce” Bannon, author, Majella “Ella, ella, ella” O’Donnell, Rose of Tralee, Maria “Walls of Limerick” Walsh and pundit, George “Hula hula” Hook will be dancing their socks off for […]

12 years ago

There is a finite amount of weekends in a Summer and many of us are undoubtedly starting to feel a bit of hostility towards our engaged friends ramming the summer schedule full of their nuptials. Bitter? Yes. Reality? Afraid so. If you are among those poor unfortunates who have wall to wall weddings to attend in […]

12 years ago

This girl’s yearbook quote is spot on and fast becoming legendary on the Internet. Caitlyn Cannon told of how she was tired of the same quotes always appearing in the pages of high school yearbooks and wanted to submit a quote that was entertaining and also profound. She hoped the quote would go some way […]

12 years ago

Neven Maguire is one of Ireland’s best-loved TV chefs. He is also at the helm of the acclaimed McNean House & Restaurant, runs the Neven Maguire Cookery School and has published eight books. He is also father to twins, Connor and Lucia (3) who have inspired his latest book, Neven Maguire’s Complete Baby & Toddler […]

12 years ago

The mother of all Irish Mammies, Deirdre O’Kane, met up with some adorable little fans of the Irish Mammy to chat about what their mums mean to them. These kids were soon pulling on Deirdre’s heartstrings with their devotion to their mums. When asked if they had to put a price on their mammy how […]

12 years ago

WHO: Irene Queally, owner of Pip & Pear, an Irish-produced chilled baby food “the guilt-free alternative to home cooking” and mum to Luca (6) and Tilda (3). Queally studied Business, French and Italian in college before completing further studies in fashion in the London College of Fashion. After meeting her husband she returned home to […]

12 years ago

Dr. Dan the Pancake Man is the world’s first pancake artist. It’s a pretty niche gig but as Dan says: “Any time that I can be cooking pancake art for money instead of working a minimum wage diner gig is time well spent.” Dan started out six years ago pouring faces and designs during his […]

12 years ago

Blogger and mum of three, Joan Flores was dreading her family’s imminent move to Virginia Beach. Along with all the attendant upheaval, to make things even more complicated Joan’s 8-year-old son Michael has Autism and finds change of any kind extremely disturbing. As Joan wrote on her blog, This Ausome Family, even seemingly simple things […]

12 years ago

After spending the first few weeks of her life with hospital staff, Maria is now said to be thriving with a new foster family. The baby girl was found by a couple driving in Rathcoole in the late afternoon of the 8th of May. At the time that she was found she was covered in […]

12 years ago

1. Shelves and ladders: Create a rustic industrial look by mounting an old ladder in the corner of a room to store books. via Etsy 2. Get shirty: Repurpose an old shirts of dad’s for a cute toddler dress. Via Reddit 3. Collapsible shelves: Hang plain folding chairs in the bedroom or hall for a creative storage […]

12 years ago

When Maha Al Musa became the face for Facebook’s enlightened policies around posting images of breastfeeding she was delighted. Al Musa is a devoted mother and committed breastfeeder. She is currently breastfeeding her daughter, Ahmina and holds the distinction of being one of the world’s oldest nursing mothers. At 52 she is one of the […]

12 years ago

Hubes works a red carpet like no one else and her effort at last night’s IFTAs was our favourite mama’s personal best of recent times. We reckon this subtle, 60s-inspired evening look would make a great Summer wedding outfit. It could even work for a high-end Holy Communion – we’ve heard reports of Celtic Tiger-reminiscent […]

12 years ago

1. When it’s 8:45am and you’re already sweating profusely. Getting yourself and the kids out the door in time in the morning means getting a more hi-octane cardio workout in before 9am than most people manage all week. 2. When you get to the office and everyone is really stressed. “What’s wrong with you people? This […]

12 years ago

Today is a day of huge celebration in this country. A day when the people of Ireland spoke up for our fellow citizens, our friends, our mothers, our fathers, our brothers, our sisters, our sons and our daughters and said “We are all equal”. It was a resounding “YES”. YES to equality. YES to love. YES to making history. YES to celebrating […]

12 years ago

Ah the old D-I-Y – Do it yourself. Also meaning … Don’t Injure Yourself. For me DIY also always calls to mind the lesser known acronym DIYSIUA – Damn it you’ve shitted it up again. Whenever The Man embarks on a project around the house my heart sinks. He tries to do some basic task […]

12 years ago

So week 2 of the #HerFamBodyProject is drawing to a close, much like the zipper on my skinny jeans… BaDOOM. Things are going well for the most part. Ish. This week’s transgressions included but were not limited to eating a plate of cured meat that the menu passive aggressively suggested was for two, washing it down […]

12 years ago

Grant Thompson aka The King of Randomness has created a DIY project that has made our day. The amount of time and effort involved in this project means that it is more likely to be a rainy weekend project rather than a rainy day activity. Still though, it is a make ‘n’ do with unprecedented […]

12 years ago

We all have days when we are not thrilled with our bodies but the thing to remember is this: If you are always having fun with your style, you will always look good. There are no rules when it comes to fashion and I hate when we are made to feel excluded from certain styles […]

12 years ago

Would you take part in a clinical trial while pregnant? In the coming years, pregnant women from Ireland, New Zealand, the Netherlands and the UK will be contributing to new ground breaking research in the use of Viagra to treat low foetal growth rate. Louise Kenny, founding Director of INFANT (The Irish Centre for Foetal and […]

12 years ago

The Internet has been panicking in light of recent revelations that the grape used to produce Prosecco, the Glera grape, has suffered a bad harvest this year. Export manager Roberto Cremonese attending London Wine Week told The Drinks Business: “Last year’s harvest was very poor, and down by up to 50 per cent in some […]

12 years ago

As a new parent there’s endless milestones in the early weeks and months. I remember fondly the first time I successfully did the dishes while The Baby snoozed in his sling, I felt proper, like a real, professional parent. And the first time I managed to get The Baby to nap ANYWHERE other than on me. Result. […]

12 years ago

Calling all Pitch Perfect fans this cute video will make your day… Lindsay just thought she was watching some questionable back garden karaoke until her man popped the question. Her deadpan response made us laugh out loud (in an office environment… where nobody else could see what we were laughing at).

12 years ago

This enigma, cloaked in mystery and wrapped up in impossibility was presented to a class of Vietnamese 8-year-olds and subsequently posted to VN Express. To solve the problem one must place a number between 1 and 9 in each box to complete the equation. Easy, right? Eh, wrong. The class teacher, Tran Phuong, told VN […]

12 years ago

The fate of Helen Jones’ children hangs in the balance ahead of tomorrow’s referendum. As the emotive portrait she created along with her sons, Jack and Shane Robertson, proclaims so simply and directly, she loves her sons equally and Ireland should too. The family released this statement to accompany the portrait: “Helen Jones is a […]

12 years ago

When you get to a certain stage in life, you just don’t give a crap anymore. For my beloved granny, this manifested as a total disregard for the safety of pedestrians in her vicinity when backing out of her driveway and a bit of casual racism. For THIS badass old lady, it means that if […]

12 years ago

Deirdre O’Kane is an actress, writer, producer and stand-up comedian. She lives in London with her husband and sometime collaborator, Stephan, and their two children Holly (10) and Daniel (6). If I’ve learned one thing about myself since become a mother it is… that I was not blessed with patience. My mother and father taught […]

12 years ago

Do you babble and talk in virtually incomprehensible rhyming couplets to your baby? I do. Hell, yes I do. It’s fun and for no discernible reason it is exactly what came out of my mouth the first time I met my son. It was post-op. The Man said, “here’s the baby” and kind of held […]

12 years ago

Celebrating the everyday wins of parenthood may seem petty but those of you out there in the parenting trenches know that the sensation of LOSING is a much more common state for downtrodden parents, a bit like the Irish soccer team… Mindfulness is the current cure du jour for the modern malaise and in a […]

12 years ago

18-year-old Madeline Stuart is an aspiring model. She also has Downs Syndrome. Until recently Maddie, as her friends and family call her, was quite overweight but after she made some massive changes to her lifestyle with sport, dance and improved diet, she has been inspired to follow a new career path. “So 18 months ago […]

12 years ago

Every year one of the most hotly anticipated marriages of high street and high end is the H&M designer collaboration. H&M was the global brand that conceived the idea of producing capsule collections by fashion heavyweights that would be attainable for the design enthusiasts who were lacking in funds to nab their main line collections. […]

12 years ago

When the weekend hits so does the urge to eat everything in sight… or maybe this is just me. I can be healthy enough Monday to Friday afternoon, but come Friday evening I always feel the need to reward myself usually with food and booze. This is regardless of whether I’ve had a particularly productive […]

12 years ago

A group of parents of children with disabilities got together and decided to change the landscape of the toy world for good. They launched the Facebook page #ToyLikeMe calling for better representation and greater diversity in children’s toys. A small toy manufacturer answered this call. Less than a week after the campaign went viral, Makies […]

12 years ago

Growing up we all knew our mums were brilliant, but it’s not until you become a mum yourself that you fully realise just how deadly they are. The mums of previous generations raised 20 kids single-handed while marching for the pill, screaming themselves hoarse when you ate their good lipstick and rocking shoulder pads like […]

12 years ago

Okay, no big deal or anything but…I’m going out tonight. BOOM. Here’s my three favourite eye makeup tutorials that thus far I have been doing at home on myself of an evening while binge-watching HBO’s The Jinx. (If you haven’t seen it, watch it. NOW.) At last I have an opportunity to take these looks on […]

12 years ago

This could well be the best news ever: The new Minions flick will hit Irish cinemas on June 26th. Hooray. From the creators of Despicable Me. At last we can learn more about our favourite little yellow creatures in this origins story that uncovers the truth behind the hype of the minions. Minions follows the […]

12 years ago

We’re nearing beach time and while giving birth in  room full of strangers has put stripping down to togs on the beach into perspective, sometimes it’s still nice to rock a chic cover up. Here’s our picks for the beach babe who prefers not to bare. 1. Laser cut cool Kimono, €75 at River Island 2. […]

12 years ago

I look just like one of my parents. I hear it all the time… “You’re the spit!”.  Only problem is that it’s my dad – a 60-year-old man. So I look like a 60-year-old man, an attractive gentleman but a 60-year-old man nonetheless. Lucky for me, androgyny is totally IN. Still being told I looked […]

12 years ago

Irish designer and photographer, Debbie Hickey, has made some brilliant new posters for the YES campaign ahead of next week’s referendum on Friday 22nd May. Hickey states on her website: “If the Referendum passes we will be the first country in the world to legalise same-sex marriage through popular vote. Let’s make history.” Let’s indeed! Hickey has immortalised […]

12 years ago

HelloFlo, an American woman’s health company, founded by mum-of-two Naama Bloom in 2013, which provides monthly subscription care packages to women to coincide with their periods – “like Santa for your Vagina” – has released its latest viral offering. Their brilliant first spoof, Camp Gyno, was released in 2013. The video’s success (10 million views on […]

12 years ago

This is part two of a two-part list because once we got on the trail of seeking out healthier alternatives to the mighty carb we just couldn’t stop. This list has some options for revamping your lunch time salad, a super indulgent weekend breaskfasts that will also make great desserts. 1. Roll with it These […]

12 years ago