Have we all fallen in love with Encanto yet? In our house, I think we must have watched Disney’s latest hit at least 10 times already since it dropped on Disney+ on Christmas Eve – and that is not counting all the gazillion times we have just looked up all the songs on YouTube and […]

4 years ago

“With the knowledge we have today, with a low risk for serious disease for kids, we don’t see any clear benefit with vaccinating them.” Sweden has decided against recommending COVID vaccines for kids aged 5-11, their Health Agency said in a statement yesterday afternoon. Health Agency official Britta Bjorkholm told a news conference in Stockholm […]

4 years ago

In 2001, the Central Statistics Office (CSO) recorded 3,116 births to teenage mothers in Ireland. In 2020, this figure was fallen to just 830. In terms of percentage, teenage births represented 5.7 percent of the 54,789 births in the country in the year2000, whilst in 2020, they accounted for just 1.5 percent of the 55,959 […]

4 years ago

A tragic accident. A toddler was killed in West Cork yesterday afternoon after being struck by a car in the driveway of his home in Skibbereen. According to the Independent, the incident happened shortly after 5pm yesterday, in Tralispean in Skibbereen, West Cork. Within minutes of the accident, local Gardaí and the fire brigade attended […]

4 years ago

Needless to say, the comments were coming in hard and fast. Can we all agree that when it comes to women’s bodies – mens’ opinions does simply not matter – at all? In general – and especially so when it comes to our bodies following childbirth – where we have just spent almost a year […]

4 years ago

Many of the images featured young children being submitted to sexual assault. A 31-year-old Wexford man was just handed a two year suspended prison sentence after being caught with hundreds of graphic child abuse on his computer. According to The Independent, the accused man’s computer was seized after a warrant to search his home was […]

4 years ago

Thanks to TikTok, we always seem to have a new foodie fad to test out. From whipped coffees to baked feta cheese pasta, these past couple of years has seen a lot of food hacks go viral on social media platform. But this latest one might just be more delicious – and easy to make […]

4 years ago

Reading improves the quality of relationships between parents and children and even seems to reduce parental stress and depression.

4 years ago

Your old Pandora bracelets are about to get a new lease of life. Got some silver jewellery that has become dirty and tarnished with wear? Then you are going to love this simple trick one TikToker shared which promises to make your silver jewellery look brand new again – all with the help of just […]

4 years ago

Who doesn’t love a nice soak – especially on cold winter nights? Seriously – give me half a chance, and I will fill my tub, light some candles, pop on a face mask and literally soak away until my tows start to crinkle and the water starts to freeze over. Baths are the ultimate self-care […]

4 years ago

See you later, Elsa. (Just kidding – we are still crazy obsessed with Frozen!) However – far from being stuck on names that have already skyrocketed in popularity, 2022 parents are looking ahead to the next big trend when selecting names for their little ones – and lucky for them, Disney is, as always, a […]

4 years ago

Isn’t Sunday just the perfect day to try and pull your whole life together again…? You know – getting you ready for the new week and feeling like you are on top of things? I love nothing more than a few organisation projects to get stuck into over the weekend, knowing I’ll thank myself for […]

4 years ago

According to new figures by the HSE, more than 11,700 children and teenagers in Ireland accessed child and adolescent mental health services (Camhs) last year. And this number is, according to officials, 20 percent above the demand that was expected for the year. A total of 11,703 children and teenagers were re-referred or newly referred […]

4 years ago

Like Micheál Martin, we are all excited for spring now. And especially this one. Now that the Covid-19 pandemic is more or less behind us – can you believe it – we are so ready to embrace everything we love about the season ahead. We want to invite family over for dinner and host parties […]

4 years ago

If you have young children in your house – and a Disney+ subscription – chances are you are already humming this song to yourself on a daily basis. Or hourly, in fact. Or, in my case, every second or every day it seems. Disney’s new movie Encanto has taken the world by storm, and children […]

4 years ago

The go-to WFH hairstyle for so, so many of us. If you have been trying – and failing – to manage the perfect messy bun, this trick is for you (and me – seriously; how do people manage it??) Hairstylist Chris Appleton knows how to do great hair, a fact his client list can attest […]

4 years ago

These are what Sundays were made for.

4 years ago

Following the killing of her three children, nurse Deirdre Morley was committed to a psychiatric hospital after the courts found her not guilty of the triple-murder by reason of insanity. Morley, who killed her children Conor (9), Darragh (7) and Carla (3) at their home in Newcastle, Co Dublin back in January of 2020, is […]

4 years ago

Playdates are back. Thanks to Covid, visiting other kids’ houses to play hasn’t been part of most children’s lives for a long time. However, now that we are – finally – starting to see normal life reassume more and more, and the pandemic restrictions fade away (good riddance!), there will once more be room for […]

4 years ago

Roll on 2023. The giant Penneys in Dundrum Town Centre is already a massive draw for shoppers who visit the South Dublin shopping mecca – and it looks like we are all going to have even more reason to make our way to Dundrum come next year. Earlier today, Penneys announced it will bring a […]

4 years ago

It’s here – and it is literally everywhere. The Omicron variant of the Covid-19 virus is proving to be far more contagious than previous variants – but, luckily, so far seems less likely to cause severe illness in those who catch it. According to the HSE, the list of symptoms to be on the lookout […]

4 years ago

About to welcome a little Aquarius baby? Congrats, mama! If your baby is due between January 20th and February 18th, you are about to have a little Aquarius on your hands. Represented by the water-bearer, with fountain and cascade associations, people born under this star sign are known to be free-spirited, warm and wise. They […]

4 years ago

A calming sanctuary. The start of a new year is the perfect time for a home refresh. But never mind a full redecorating project – because who has the time and money for that – we just want a bit of a revamp for our homes – a fresh, new spring feel. These days, when […]

4 years ago

Less than a week after she was found murdered, Ashling Murphy will be laid to rest this comingTuesday morning. The 23-year-old primary school teacher was killed while out jogging after work on Wednesday afternoon, and while no formal arrests have been made in connection to her murder, the Gardaí has confirmed they are waiting to […]

4 years ago

“I hope that I am instilling in them a sense that the real world is far more important, real friends, real chats, real experiences.”

4 years ago

Perfect for apartment living. Sostrene Grene has quickly become our go-to for beautiful, affordable homeware and interiors. From smart storage and small furniture items, to cute table decor and arts and crafts bits, we love popping in whenever we are near one of their stores across the country. And now the Danish interiors mecca has […]

4 years ago

Have people nothing better to do? If you ask me, there is nothing more lovely than seeing parents and children show their love by hugging and kissing. I mean – can you get any more pure and real and heartfelt? However, there are clearly some people who have issues when it comes to parents kissing […]

4 years ago

Having grown up in Norway, you would think that my skin was well used to cold weather. However, no such luck. Every winter, without fail, my skin starts feeling itchy, sensitive and dry, and up until now, very few things have helped fix it. Being a beauty writer, it hasn’t been for the lack of […]

4 years ago

We’ve been waiting for this. For those of us following a plant-based diet – or even just those who have signed up to do Veganuary this year – we have been patiently waiting for Krispy Kreme to bring out a vegan version of their delicious doughnuts. And now, it seems our prayers have been answered. […]

4 years ago

Can we all agree that when it comes to self-care, very few things can measure up to a long, hot bath…? Add some bath salts – or maybe bubbles, a few candles, a book, a loofah – and man, we are in heaven. It is the perfect way to end a cold winter’s day if […]

4 years ago

It has been hailed by celebrities like Kim Kardashian, January Jones and Alicia Silverstone for helping ward off postpartum depression, ease insomnia, boost energy levels and even stimulate breast milk production. And now more and more women are following suit by ingesting their placenta after giving birth. However, science has always warned there is little evidence […]

4 years ago

New year – same old work situation. For the vast majority of us, we are still working from our dining tables or spare bedrooms. And while we might be longing to get back to our offices and be able to grab a coffee or head for lunch with our colleagues, there are some upsides to […]

4 years ago

Please make it happen. If you, like me, spent years following the ups and downs of the glamourous housewives on Wisteria Lane, you might be just as excited as I was at the news that 2022 *might* just be the year when we get to see a reboot of Desperate Housewives. Ten years have passed […]

4 years ago

Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo…. If you have kids in your life – and house – you are no doubt well familiar with the absolute smash hit that is Baby Shark. In the video, just in case you have somehow managed to not see it, two kids perform Baby Shark while the animated shark and his family, which includes […]

4 years ago

She welcomed her son, Wolf, last summer. And we love seeing snippets of the little dote on Lottie Ryan’s social media. Ryan recently revealed that she has given little Wolf, whom she shares with husband Fabio Aprile, the name ‘Ryan’ as a middle name – in honour of her dad. However, when it comes to […]

4 years ago

For the absolute vast majority of couples, making the decision to start a family is something you do because you assume – and hope – that you are in this for the long run. That you are going to raise those children together, see them through school, spend every Christmas and summer holiday with them […]

4 years ago

Practical for baby, super-chic for mum. Preparing for the arrival of your baby? There are just so many things to stock up on – from babygros to buggies, nappies, wipes and nipple creams – the list can seem endless – and also very expensive. One thing most parents invest in before baby arrives is a […]

4 years ago

Yikes. Usually, when someone announces to their family they are expecting a baby, this is great news and a joyful occasion to be celebrated. However, one woman recently took to Reddit to complain that her brother and sister-in-law’s recent pregnancy announcement was anything but. The reason? They used the family’s annual gift exchange as an […]

5 years ago

Goodbye (and good riddance) to 2021. 2022 is here, and I think I speak for all of us when I say we are so ready for a new year, and what will – hopefully – be the beginning of the end of the whole Covid-19 saga – and the pandemic restrictions we have been living […]

5 years ago

When it comes to parenting, I try to live by the words of famous Swedish children’s books author Astrid Lindgren (Pippi Longstocking, anyone?). Lindgren, who was a keen champion of children’s rights and the importance of a good, happy childhood, said the following about how to raise children: “Give children love, love and more love. […]

5 years ago

For the very first time in 70 years, there will be no IKEA catalogue this year. No print version to casually browse, no digital version to drool over. For true IKEA fans, the end of the catalogue and the annual photo-filled design inspo fest that it provided, well, it feels a little bit sad, I […]

5 years ago

Straight out of a fairytale. The Duchess of Cambridge turns 40 today, on January 9, and to commemorate the royal’s milestone birthday, Kensington Palace released three special new portraits of the princess yesterday. The photos were taken in November at London’s Kew Gardens by photographer Paolo Roversi, and can we all agree they are all […]

5 years ago

There is no denying that the pandemic has upended normal life for most people across the globe. People have died, been ill, lost their jobs, missed their loved ones, missed school, longed for time with friends, felt isolated and had their lives changed in so many ways. And now scientists have discovered that even babies […]

5 years ago

Between the work-from-home order and the having zero social life outside the home, these past couple of years has yielded us lots of time on our collective hands. Suddenly, with nothing else going on in our lives, we had time to actually try out all those delicious recipes we kept coming across on Pinterest or […]

5 years ago

I could not agree more. So often, when we hear about birth, it is presented as some kind of horror story. There are tales about uncomfortable contractions, painful tears and dramatic incidents, and rarely do we get to hear the other side of it – women talking about the sheer magic of giving birth, of […]

5 years ago

Food for thought. And then some. We all know that eating more plant foods, and especially fruit and vegetables are beneficial to our physical health. However, recent studies have shown that it might not just be our physical health that can improve by upping our intake of greens. A recent report in BMJ Nutrition linked […]

5 years ago

For many of us, our efforts when it comes to trying to eat healthily is often hampered by a lack of time – or simply not having what we need at hand when hunger strikes. Enter a little bit of clever meal planning – a trick that has turned out to be a total time- […]

5 years ago

Honestly, how is this a thing?! We are all well aware of the concept of ‘mum shaming.’ Bizarre as it is, mums have been known to shame each other over different parenting methods, whether or not you go out to work once you are a mother or even when it comes to what type of […]

5 years ago

“I love my job so so much but oh my gosh I’m sad that my maternity leave is almost over.” She welcomes little baby Rose back in autumn of last year, but for Stacey Soloman, time is just moving way too fast these days. The Loose Women presenter took to social media yesterday and revealed […]

5 years ago

You just haven’t felt stress, I reckon, until you have dealt with a toddler having their first complete and utter meltdown while out and about in public. Trust me. Until you have stood there, in the food hall of M&S, with other shoppers having to step over or around your howling toddler as she thrashes […]

5 years ago