Working dads

When Karen O’Reilly returned to Ireland, she expected she would easily find work that would fit around her family life. “I thought finding a flexible role would be easy, until I started looking in earnest and realised that there were very few flexible roles available and no service that could help me find one.” And […]

8 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

I’d by lying if I didn’t admit that we regularly have the side-splitting LOLS here at the HerFamily.ie desk. But it’s not often we come across something as funny as this Twitter account – @manwhohasitall – a gender-bending parody account about working dads. In a nutshell, it rips apart all the advice lifestyle sites like ours give […]

11 years ago

When he couldn’t find sticking plasters to match the colour of his children’s skin, Toby Meisenhamer decided to do something about it. The dad of six founded Tru Colour Bandages and got to work creating skin-tone matched plasters, launching the company on Amazon with three new shades. “I can’t believe I survived 38 years without […]

11 years ago

Working fathers experience greater job satisfaction

12 years ago