Makes sense, yeah. If you were watching Emmerdale last night, you probably would have noticed a few things. The first is that there was significantly less murder, kidnap, and general upset than usual. And the second is that Vanessa legit disappeared off the face of the earth at one point and nobody knew where she […]

8 years ago

‘Should I talk to her?’

8 years ago

A driver’s picture of a toddler crawling across a busy road has sparked outrage online. Cory Cannon was driving in New Jersey earlier this week when he spotted a baby girl crawling on the road. CBS News reports that Cannon took a photo of the toddler and shared the picture to Facebook, writing; “Parenting at […]

8 years ago

Kids are great. Having them is great, bringing them up is great, living with them is great – they’re all pretty much great. However, that doesn’t mean that there are some things that parents miss about life before children – because they’re are. When you start a family, there are certain things that you have […]

8 years ago

A dad’s photo of himself trying to change his son’s nappy in a public bathroom has sparked outrage online. Donte Palmer shared a photo of he and his son in a bathroom stall while Donte was trying to change his son’s nappy – without a changing table. The image showed the dad-of-three crouched in a […]

8 years ago

Rob Delaney is complaining about the amount of homework his seven-year-old son gets. The actor and comedian took to Twitter this morning to ask how to “stop” teachers giving children so much work to do outside of school hours. He said that he wants to see his child “… frolicking and drawing and playing football.” […]

8 years ago

There’ll be heartbreak in the Dale next week after Chas and Paddy welcome their newborn baby daughter who then dies soon after birth. Baby Grace suffers from a rare birth defect, meaning that she is unable to survive outside of the womb. The condition, bilateral renal agenesis, caused Grace’s kidneys to under develop. The defect was […]

8 years ago

A boy has been rescued from a ferris wheel after going on the ride alone led to him hanging from his neck in the air. The five-year-old was going on the ride in Yuhuan Park east China while his mother watched from below when he seemingly slipped through the metal bars. Yahoo News reports that […]

8 years ago

Over 2,600 Irish children are currently on a waiting list for their first mental health assessment. More and more young people across the country and now waiting to see a mental health professional as part of the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS). The Sun reports that 319 more children were waiting to access […]

8 years ago

Christine McGuinness has said she was heartbroken after a mum complained about her children with autism. The mum said that she and her twins, Leo and Penelope, were attending a play centre during the week, and that even though this would usually be a challenging environment for her kids, they were both coping very well. […]

8 years ago

Oh, girl. If there’s one thing soaps are obsessed with doing, it’s bringing back iconic characters. Whether it’s because the plot calls for it, because they want to evoke a sense of nostalgia, or simply because they can’t think up a new and original storyline at the moment, they’re all mad for a bit of […]

8 years ago

Not delighted about it, tbh. The Crown is a good show. It’s so good, in fact, that the Queen herself has been said to be a fan of it – which is good news for all involved really, considering it is legit a show about her life. That being said, there ie one episode of […]

8 years ago

A Monaghan school was evacuated today following the collapse of a mine. The Gypsum mine at a community centre in Carrickmacross collapsed earlier this morning creating a sinkhole in the area. Drumgossatt National School was then evacuated and closed for the day. Parents were urged to collect their children following news of the mine’s collapse […]

8 years ago

This could be really helpful. Breastfeeding is a normal thing, a natural thing, and absolutely nothing to be ashamed of. Ever. Whether you’re doing it in the comfort of your own home, in a cafe, or out and about in the middle of the street, it’s absolutely grand and no one should ever tell you […]

8 years ago

Is this the reason why he’s not involved in long-anticipated Westlife reunion?!  Probably not, apparently he just didn’t want to be a part of it. Or they didn’t ask him to be. Whatever happened, they’ve done a foursome before lads, they can do it again. And either way, it looks like they’ll have to because […]

8 years ago

The Kerry Babies investigation is continuing as Gardaí begin door-to-door inquiries. The inquiries are taking place today on Valentina Island in a bid to acquire more information about the cold case. On 14 April 1984, the body of a newborn baby boy, later named John, washed up on White Strand in Cahersiveen. The infant had been […]

8 years ago

It’s the most wonderful time of the year… Except it’s not. It’s really not because it’s only September, we haven’t even had Halloween yet, and also summer is way better than winter, hate to break it to you. Despite this though, people are still very much obsessed with Christmas so we may as well leave […]

8 years ago

Women seeking sperm donors online have been harassed and “sent photos of miscarriages.” More people hoping to become pregnant through artificial insemination (AI) have been turning to unregulated websites to avoid the high costs of using a clinic’s treatment. An investigation by the BBC has found that women in the UK have become victims of […]

8 years ago

Catherine Tyldesley has shared a hilarious throwback picture to when she was pregnant. The Coronation Street actor posted a photo of herself at eight months pregnant back in 2015, joking that she looked like a “beach ball when with child.” Tyldesley gave birth to her son, Alfie, three years ago. On Instagram, she wrote that […]

8 years ago

Hannah Spearritt is expecting her first child. The S Club 7 singer recently revealed that she and boyfriend Adam Thomas were going to be parents, saying that at the beginning of the pregnancy she worried that she was going to lose the baby. Spearritt experienced two miscarriages with another partner a couple of years ago. […]

8 years ago

More reason to find a dog to pet, so. There are plenty of positives to touching an animal. One of them is that an animal has let you touch it. The other is that you got to touch an animal. A few things that are guaranteed to make your day go a whole lot smoother. […]

8 years ago

C’mon, like. There are other ways to make a show exciting without a load of death, lads. Whatever, we’re still going to be watching it. Cast your mind back a few months or years or whatever it was and you might remember that Moira Dingle pushed Emma Barton off a bridge in a very dramatic […]

8 years ago

Look, we know – it wouldn’t be Coronation Street without a bit of drama. But surely serial killers, multiple deaths, kidnappings, and cases of mistaken identity are enough, no? Do we really need a load of couples to be splitting up, cheating on each other, and essentially having a horrible time? Isn’t there enough heartache […]

8 years ago

Lads. Don’t panic. But Westlife. Are getting. Back together. Deep breaths for all involved, please. It’s been a long time coming but the lads who make up the iconic, the stunning, the unwaveringly glorious Westlife are getting back together for a reunion – and we’re a bit unable for the excitement right now. There’s only […]

8 years ago

V emosh, altogether. If you went on a date with Prince Harry, there’s probably a couple of things you would do. One of those things is not mention the time he got absolutely hammered and stripped in Vegas. And the other is not get absolutely hammered and do the exact same thing yourself. We can only […]

8 years ago

Tissue, anyone? Last week, six-part series The Rotunda kicked off on RTE2 to wide praise across the board for the midwives, doctors, and mothers who have managed to bring life into the world in the world’s oldest maternity hospital. There’s been tears, there’s been joy, and there’s been a load of crying newborns – and […]

8 years ago

Oh my god, what a complete Late Late Show lineup this is, am I right? Look lads, the weather is absolutely chronic outside so realistically you’re not going to be doing much else tomorrow evening other than sitting on the couch. And while you’re sitting on the couch, the Late Late Show might just happen […]

8 years ago

Kirsten Bell has been criticised online for saying she smokes weed at home. The The Good Place actor said that she smokes marijuana on occasion around her husband in their home and that it doesn’t seem to bother him. Bell’s husband, Dax Shepherd, has been sober for 14 years, recently having celebrated the milestone with […]

8 years ago

Ah, stop. If you have a dog and you’ve ever went out to dinner, you’ll be more than well aware as to the guilt associated with such an act. You force yourself to leave the crying pup behind, you watch through the front door as they whimper and whine, you arrive at your destination only […]

8 years ago

“Extensive damage” done to the Luas during Storm Ali means that the Green Line will not resume full service until tomorrow. Power lines in the Beechwood and Ranelagh area experienced “significant pulling” due to the high speed winds of yesterday’s storm.  As a result, the Green Line is only operating between Brides Glen to Cowper […]

8 years ago

It’s been a fairly shocking few months for the good people of Coronation Street recently. They’ve seen Pat Phelan die. Jim McDonald kissed his daughter. A Costa Coffee arrived to the cobbles. It was all going on. And last night something else happened – something so shocking, so harrowing, so utterly unbelievable that you’d be […]

8 years ago

Abortion services will be free in Ireland, Simon Harris has confirmed. The Minister for Health said that abortion will not cost anything in Ireland to ensure that everybody can avail of the services. The Irish Examiner reports that Harris confirmed the news today at the opening of a new primary care centre in Dublin saying […]

8 years ago

Got any long distance holidays planned? You might as well get going on that if you don’t because you can fly all the way to the United States of America for less than one hundred quid now. Stunning enough scenario considering you’d generally expect to shell out a solid €500 airfare Stateside usually. Class. This […]

8 years ago

Jamie Oliver had admitted to tracking his 16-year-old daughter’s location on an app. The celebrity chef said that he uses an app called Life360 to track the whereabouts of 16-year-old Poppy and 15-year-old Daisy. He told Woman magazine: “The older girls, Jools and I are all on an app called Life360, which means we can […]

8 years ago

Needed. So very needed. If you’re a mam or a dad, you’ll be more than well aware as to how tired you are at any given part of the day. And most of the time, it’s probably a lot. Between school runs, big shops, cooking dinner, cleaning rooms, ironing clothes, and washing everything in sight, […]

8 years ago

Finally, now we can all get on with our lives. It seems like almost eighty-seven years ago that Rebecca White was held captive by Mrs Sykes and presumed dead after Lachlan apparently killed her even though he didn’t because she was very much alive and simply waiting to make her escape. And she did that […]

8 years ago

On the hunt for something to do this weekend? Do you like food? Do you like free things? Do you like being able to bring your pet to an event that includes food and is also free? Of course you do, you’d be stupid not to. And if you live in the Dundrum and surrounding […]

8 years ago

A five-year-old boy was allegedly abandoned by his parents in the wood after he wet himself. Lynda Michel and Gregory Wilson left their son alone in the Minnesota woods as punishment for wetting his pants, according to court documents. ABC Action News reports that the boy was found crying by the side of the road […]

8 years ago

Ah, god. There’s no keeping them happy. Last night, the Great British Bake Off was on. It was a very enjoyable affair where lots of lovely people did some baking, Noel Fielding was glorious, and *spoilers*, nobody went home. A decent enough way to spend an hour, in fairness – unless you count the fact […]

8 years ago

Anna Geary announced her engagement to boyfriend Kevin Sexton yesterday sharing a picture of a ring sitting on a bunch of flowers. It was very nice. And earlier today, the former Cork camogie player told Ryan Tubridy on Radio One how her husband-to-be proposed to her – and the story itself was fairly gas. Anna […]

8 years ago

There has been an increase in girls receiving the HPV vaccine. According to the HSE, there has been a 15 percentage point increase in the provisional national uptake of the vaccine in just over a year. This means that two in three girls (65 percent) are now protected against 70 percent of cervical cancers. RTE […]

8 years ago

35 Junior Cert results are being withheld over cheating suspicions. 20 students who sat the exam this year will not receive their results at all with the remaining 15 students’ results still under investigation by the State Examinations Commission. 62,562 students across the country sat the Junior Cert this year. The Irish Mirror reports that […]

8 years ago

Was there ever a more ridiculous thing to get annoyed about? Probably not, to be honest. Everybody knows Conor McGregor Jnr is an extremely cute child. Over the past year or so, there’s been pictures of him in on ferris wheels, pictures of him in MMA rings, and pictures of him on private jets travelling […]

8 years ago

Amazing.

8 years ago

If you’ve got eczema, you’ll know all about the daily (and nightly) struggle of trying to soothe your skin. It can be itchy, it can be red, and it can even be incredibly painful. And while everybody who has eczema probably has their own go-to remedies, it’s never a bad idea to have a few […]

8 years ago

Great. If you’ve been outside at all over the past few days, you’ll know that it has been wet, a bit cold, and just fairly miserable, to be honest. Not the most ideal of weather-situations and apparently it’s only about to get worse because the tail-end of a hurricane is about to hit Ireland and […]

8 years ago

Go on, girl. Vogue Williams has shared some harsh words for so-called “Mummy shamers” following the birth of her baby boy. The presenter and model welcomed her son in a London hospital just over a week ago, and has since shared a couple of photos of herself out and about with her newborn. The pictures […]

8 years ago

A model went into labour just moments after walking in a Rihanna fashion show. Slick Woods was appearing on the runway for New York Fashion Week last night as part of Rihanna’s Savage x Fenty show. The 22-year-old model was heavily pregnant as she walked down the runway wearing some lace lingerie from the collection. E! […]

8 years ago

A British politician has made history by bringing her baby son to a parliament debate. Jo Swinson, a liberal democrat, attended a Commons debate yesterday with her son, Gabriel, because she didn’t want to wake him up before going back to work. Swinson, the first woman to bring a baby into parliament in the UK, […]

8 years ago

Gas. There are few jobs where it’s totally acceptable to have to hide that you’re pregnant. Being an actor who’s playing a character who isn’t pregnant is one of them… And yeah, that’s pretty much it. Not really acceptable to have to keep that information to yourself anywhere else, to be honest. When you’re the […]

8 years ago