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‘Irish working mothers are at a significant financial disadvantage’ – unions back calls for full year’s maternity leave
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Government urged to cap creche administration fees as parents pay up to €100 just to go on waiting list
Irish News
Revealed: How where you live could see you having to pay out €5,200 more for your childcare
Health
‘Sophia will do Irish dancing or football but afterwards it’s like her feet are burning’ – parents of ‘butterfly skin’ sufferer tell of brave daughter’s struggle
‘My mum’s postnatal depression was so severe it tore our family apart – then the same thing happened to me’
Tue 10 Jun 2025 at 03:30
Catherine Prasifka: If I told you the latest online threat to children was a ballerina with a cappuccino as a head, you might laugh – but it’s serious
Thu 29 May 2025 at 03:30
Mary Regan: Government has ruled out cost-of-living help – no surprise, given there is no election to win
Wed 14 May 2025 at 03:30
RSV shot linked to a dramatic decline in babies falling seriously ill with virus
Fri 02 May 2025 at 03:30
Naoise Dolan: Please don’t apologise to me for talking about the challenges of raising your children – we all need to vent
Sun 13 Apr 2025 at 03:30
Children who eat fish regularly ‘more sociable’, study says
Tue 11 Mar 2025 at 03:30
The Irish sisters using body scanners and 3D printing to make beautiful sculptures that celebrate women’s bodies
Fri 07 Mar 2025 at 03:30
Louise Thompson: ‘I lost 12-and-a-half litres of blood over a one-year period, and have since had six emergency surgeries’
Fri 07 Mar 2025 at 03:30
Construction on new national maternity hospital ‘may begin by the end of the year’
Sat 01 Mar 2025 at 03:30
Family with two babies facing eviction from mum’s back garden say new government rules ‘must include mobile homes’
Mon 24 Feb 2025 at 03:30
Sarah O’Neill: No country for new mums — why motherhood shatters the illusion of gender equality in Ireland
Sun 09 Feb 2025 at 03:30
‘I don’t understand why the State would make it harder’ – childcare bills to rise for thousands as 660 providers approved to hike fees
Sat 18 Jan 2025 at 03:30
Six ways to get medical care if you don’t have access to a full-time GP
Sat 11 Jan 2025 at 03:30
What is a ‘Beta Baby’ – and what generation are you?
Wed 01 Jan 2025 at 20:50
Máire Treasa Ní Cheallaigh: As I packed away my baby’s first clothes, a strong wave of emotion came over me
Thu 26 Dec 2024 at 03:30
Louise McSharry: Despite the macho signals from the manosphere, men are not OK – they need help
Sat 14 Dec 2024 at 03:30
‘We are failing to protect the most vulnerable’ – pregnant women and babies at risk from climate change, researchers warn
Mon 02 Dec 2024 at 03:30
Study finds new mothers need increased health supports, especially in the first two years
Sun 01 Dec 2024 at 03:30
Is it the ‘worst cold’ or something more sinister? What to keep an eye out for this virus season
Sat 30 Nov 2024 at 03:30
Shein removes dangerous baby feeding pillow from its website
Sun 17 Nov 2024 at 03:30
‘I had my child in a mother and baby home. This is why I would feel guilty about applying for the redress payment’
Sun 10 Nov 2024 at 03:30
‘It was devastating’ – grieving families urge awareness of condition that can cause death in epilepsy
Wed 16 Oct 2024 at 03:30
‘A familiar face to women who were vulnerable’ – new exhibition to celebrate life of acclaimed midwife Mary Anne Fanning
Fri 04 Oct 2024 at 03:30
Budget 2025: social welfare hikes, ‘mansion tax’ and cheaper car insurance, here’s everything you need to know
Tue 01 Oct 2024 at 16:00
This Working Life: ‘Today we forget with motherhood that you have a special role in society’
Thu 19 Sep 2024 at 03:30
Expert advice on how to prepare financially for your maternity leave
Wed 18 Sep 2024 at 03:30
New parents in line for budget boost as minister pushes for benefit increases
Sun 15 Sep 2024 at 03:30
Modern Morals: I gave my baby daughter such a unique name – then my colleague used it too. Am I right to be annoyed?
Fri 13 Sep 2024 at 03:30
Large take-up of RSV jab for babies in Rotunda Hospital on first day of roll-out
Sat 07 Sep 2024 at 03:30
Stefanie Preissner: Hair falling out, mood swings, night sweats… Motherhood feels like a cosmic joke with me as the punchline
Sat 10 Aug 2024 at 13:00
Judith Woods: Men chasing perpetual boyhood are leaving it far too late to become fathers
Motherhood and friendships: ‘You really find out who your friends are when you have a baby’
The dark side of natalism: why right-wingers want your babies
Dear Mary: I never thought my new husband and I would have fertility issues — how can we ever accept a childless future?
‘Every mam in Ireland should get one’ – baby boxes a hit with parents as exclusive lullaby welcomes 500 newborns
‘It’s always a struggle to try to make sure you get the right work-life balance’ – Minister Helen McEntee on juggling politics and two small babies
Half a million births every year take place among girls aged 10 to 14, new UN report shows
‘I feel like I failed in being a woman. Motherhood felt like my destiny.’ The agony of the women who can’t be mothers
‘Unprecedented’ high rates of breastfeeding during lockdown linked to fewer allergies in infants
Missed miscarriage: ‘I couldn’t escape the feeling that I was a mother without a baby’
'I was told to take a Panadol and go to bed, but I knew my baby was coming' — what it’s like giving birth in emergency circumstances
It’s time to stop judging women based on how ‘maternal’ they are
Ellen Coyne: Breastfeeding isn’t an option for many women so excluding formula from supermarket discounts is unfair
Parenting lockdown babies was ‘lonely’ but it helped to form a ‘strong bond’ with infant, study finds
‘People spread rumours I had special powers’: Louise Brown – the first IVF baby – turns 44
Caroline Foran: ‘Since I started sharing openly about my mental health, it has become like a drug’
Survey reveals Ukrainian refugees’ challenges with life in Ireland so far
‘It’s so disappointing to hear politicians speaking negatively on surrogacy’ – model mum Rosanna Davison
What do you give the woman who’s given you everything?
‘I’ve had tears streaming down my face when photographing a child’s birth’
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‘It was hell on earth, it was unrelenting. He just didn’t stop, and he got more brazen as time went on’ – sisters raped by their brother, priest Richard Brennan, tell their story
Dublin News
Dublin City councillors agree to increase local property tax for the first time
Hurling
The obsession that keeps ‘perfectionist’ Patrick Horgan coming back every year with Cork’s hurlers
Irish News
Woman who tripped over vacuum cleaner in Supermac’s has personal injuries claim dismissed
Irish News
Nearly 1,000 speed camera fines cancelled on one stretch of road over ‘human error’
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'Unsustainable' absenteeism has become a significant risk to An Post’s future, annual report outlines
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The Open Day 2 – Paul Kimmage, Conor McKeon and Brian Keogh run the rule over the contenders
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