Costa Daurada, Spain’s Golden Coast, runs along the coast of Catalonia from Blanes in Girona to Barcelona and all the way south to Tarragona. Powdery beaches, beautiful mountain scenery and great resorts make it one of the most popular family holiday destinations in Spain.  Where Salou, La Pineda or Cambrils are all home to wonderful family-friendly resorts. Salou […]

9 years ago

Waiting for your wee baba to arrive is one of the most exciting times ever, but it can be a particularly busy time too. There are doctors appointments, baby equipment to ponder, names to pick, a nursery to decorate – the list is endless. In the midst of all this planning and check-listing don’t forget […]

9 years ago

Would you just look at it… We’re absolute magpies here at the Her office. Give us anything glittery, shiny or rose gold and we are pretty much sold. So, naturally enough we were practically swooning over this stunning necklace and earring set from one of our favourite Irish jewellery shops, Chupi. For those of you that […]

9 years ago

And all you have to do is answer one simple question. How does a new buggy sound? If you’re expecting a new arrival, or you just fancy an upgrade then this could be the perfect competition for you. To celebrate the launch of the brand new Quinny Zapp X and the Rachel Zoe Collection on […]

9 years ago

Chupi Sweetman says that she was the kid covered in glitter and glue, making crazy creations out of papier mâché. Her love of making beautiful sparkly jewellery has earned her multi-award winning Chupi brand fans around the globe. Chupi’s delicate gold jewellery is inspired by the beauty of all things natural and wild, and is stocked in leading […]

9 years ago

Once upon a time there was a confirmed townie who took a fierce notion and moved to the countryside. The townie knew nothing about green things, gardening, compost, or growing food, but decided to give it a lash anyway (and force her three children to do so too). This is  what she learned. I cannot stress […]

9 years ago

Welcome to week 16 of your pregnancy! This week, your baby is as big as an avocado. Here’s what else you can expect this week. Your baby You guys are doing great! Baby is about the size of an avocado — around 10cm —  and now weighs more than the placenta. Those new sucking motions could […]

9 years ago

Daily battles with picky eaters are exhausting and sometimes the grown-ups in the house are just as fussy as the kids. Nobody wants to be the “eat your greens” super villain everyday, and frankly after spending an hour cooking a delicious n’ nutritious I-tried-my-best kind of dinner it’s heartbreaking when your family moan about it. […]

9 years ago

Starting a new career, proposing marriage and deciding to pen a novel are among a list of life-changing decisions that people have made while on holiday, a new study has revealed. Researchers surveyed holiday makers and found getting away from it all eases stress for over half of respondents, leading the average adult to having […]

9 years ago

Welcome to week 15 of your pregnancy! This week, your baby is as big as a grapefruit. Here’s what else you can expect this week. Your baby At week 15, your baby is about the size of a grapefruit, steadily growing and developing. While you might not feel it just yet, your little one is […]

9 years ago

Whether it’s a case of indigestion, battling through the onslaught of an April cold or fixing the scrape that tore open your knee, the fact is an Irish mammy always had the cure. How many of these cures have you absorbed? We guarantee, as parent now, you have attempted to pass on some of these […]

9 years ago

Medical staff treating babies at a hospital in Scotland are using video technology to helping parents stay connected to their babas. The initiative, thought to be the first of its kind in the UK, is being trialled at the Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow – where around 600 babies are treated in the neonatal unit […]

9 years ago

A 5-year-old boy has tragically died after he sustained head injuries at a popular tourist attraction in the US on Friday. A police spokesperson confirmed that the young boy was critically injured in a freak accident at the ‘Sun Dial’ rotating restaurant at the top of the Westin Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia at around 3:20 […]

9 years ago

Women with some characteristics commonly thought to increase pregnancy risks – being over age 35; being overweight; and in some cases, having a vaginal birth after a caesarean section – tend to have good outcomes when they give birth at home, a new study has found. However, women with some other risk factors, a breech […]

9 years ago

Welcome to week 14 of your pregnancy! This week, your baby is as big as a peach. Here’s what else you can expect this week. Your baby Baby is approximately the size of a lemon and about to begin a period of rapid growth, possibly quadrupling weight over the next month. As the eyes move […]

9 years ago

Cruinniú na Cásca, a Creative Ireland initiative, want you to get together and dance, eat, sing and play (for free) to celebrate Easter Monday. Yippee! Events take place in Dublin City Centre and around the country from 11am-6pm today. All of today’s music, performance and orchestral events are free, but organisers say that some talks, film-screenings, […]

9 years ago

In 2011, recruitment specialist Deirdre O’Neill and her husband Owen left Ireland seeking work in Melbourne, Australia. They now have two children, Harry (4) and Lottie (10 months), and became permanent residents of Oz in 2013. Myself and Owen met in our early thirties. I’m originally from Kilcock in Kildare and he’s from Drumlargan in Meath. […]

9 years ago

Paul Brogan swapped Straffan in Co. Kildare for Montreal, Québec in Canada, where he has lived with his wife Alisa and their daughter Ava (4) since 2008. So, what led to your move? We moved to Québec in 2008 because Alisa was offered a faculty position as a professor of biology at Concordia University in […]

9 years ago

If you’re a nurse and looking for a job with a difference then this might appeal to you. The NHS in Scotland are searching for a RGN for the remote island of Fair Isle, which has a total of 60 residents, with the nearest GP located 40 miles away. Nursing Standard magazine report that the […]

9 years ago

New research conducted by Durex Ireland has found that just one in six Irish women say they experience orgasm every time they have sex, compared to men who achieve orgasm almost four times more frequently. The research found that an incredible 22% of women say they never orgasm through sex, with a further 23% saying they […]

9 years ago

Hands up who already has the ‘catchy’ theme tune stuck in their head? If you have any fans of the rescue show at home you’ll be delighted to hear that a live version is coming to Dublin in September. Paw Patrol Live! Race To The Rescue will be on at the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre […]

9 years ago

Elaine Lavery founded her company, Improper Food Limited, whilst on post-university gap year in the French Alps. During her time as a ski chalet chef, she developed the idea for Improper Butter. In 2013 Lavery joined forces with her best friend Hannah O’Reilly who had a love for all things branding related. This week on The Capital B, Elaine […]

9 years ago

A two-year-old boy in his buggy has been burnt in an acid attack, which also left his parents with significant injuries. A Chinese family were the victims of a horrific acid attack on a London street at lunchtime on Saturday. The young boy’s parents were pushing him in his buggy when acid was thrown at them, […]

9 years ago

A 40-year-old Greek woman has announced that she is pregnant with twins after undergoing an experimental treatment to ‘reverse’ the menopause. The lawyer, known only as Natalia, told The Times that she had planned to adopt after six failed rounds of hormone therapy for congenital ovarian failure. However, the 40-year-old then underwent a new technique, involving an injection of blood plasma […]

9 years ago

A banking company in the US is providing ‘maternity concierges’ for their staff, to help expectant mums or employees with children under the age of one. Personal banking company Fifth Third Bancorp hired two maternity concierges at the beginning of the year. The specialist service assist the bank’s staff with personal matters such as preparing hospital bags, baby shower […]

9 years ago

Today’s Google Doodle comes from six-year-old Erica Redmond from Dublin. The Irish winner of the 2017 ‘Doodle 4 Google’ competition is Dublin’s Erica Redmond, whose cute drawing entitled “My Happy Robot Tom” will appear on every Google page in the country today. Around 4,000 students submitted their entries to the internet giant under the theme “If I could […]

9 years ago

A Dutch store has apologised after it sold a number of colouring books bizarrely featuring Adolf Hitler making a Nazi salute and wearing a Swastika armband. Dutch drugstore chain Kruidvat, who stocked and sold the offending colour-by-numbers book, told the Netherlands Times that they “deeply regretted the incident” and have since withdrawn the item from […]

9 years ago

A four-year-old boy has tragically died as a result of a farm accident involving a JCB-type digger in Northern Ireland. It is understood the young boy was killed in an incident involving a JCB-type digger at approximately 8.30PM on Thursday evening. The PSNI attended the farm in the Maguiresbridge area of Co Fermanagh. Inspector Glen Latimer told The […]

9 years ago

Earlier this week we brought you an exclusive interview with one of Ireland’s top business women, Marissa Carter, on The Capital B. Her comments on the lack of authenticity in beauty blogging caused quite a stir. Now, the beauty boss has spoken out in an effort to clear up any misunderstanding over her statements on the podcast. Mum-of-two […]

9 years ago

Missing woman Samantha Baldwin and her two sons, who had been missing for over a week, have been located safe and well. Missing mother Samantha Baldwin (42) was last spotted on Monday 27 March, and was said to pose a “significant risk” to her nine and six-year-old sons, Dylan and Louis Madge. The Nottingham mum disappeared […]

9 years ago

A mum in the UK has been ordered to have her sons vaccinated for their own health and the wellbeing of the general public. High Court judge Mark Rodgers has told a vegan mum that she must comply with an order from the Court of Protection to have her children vaccinated, the Daily Mail reports. The mother, […]

9 years ago

A widowed dad was horrified to discover that hotel staff had called police after he checked-in with his 13-year-old daughter. Craig Darwell, a 46-year-old single dad from Leeds, brought his 13-year-old Millie away for a weekend at the Thorpe Amusement Park in Surrey and was left reeling by the events that unfolded. After checking into […]

9 years ago

A neonatal unit in Scotland is appealing for crocheted octopi for their smallest patients. Aberdeen Maternity Hospital’s Neonatal Unit are asking for the crocheted creatures to comfort the premature babies in their care. The hospital cares for around 1,000 premie babies every year. The unique idea originates from Denmark where a hospital found the octopi comforted […]

9 years ago

The Modfather Paul Weller is set to become a daddy for the eighth time this summer. Paul (58) and his backing singer wife Hannah Andrews (31) married in 2010 on the Italian island of Capri. The couple met in 2008 after Paul separated from his partner of 13 years, Samantha Stock, the mother of his daughter Jesamine (16) […]

9 years ago

Aussie blogger Mel Watts just got very real about rumpyBUMPy, and we love her for it. Expectant mum Emma, who blogs under the name The Modern Mumma shared her feelings on sex during pregnancy and she ain’t holding back. The mum-of-two says that her blog “will either have you in hysterics, reaching for the tissues, running to […]

9 years ago

A new study from the Central Bank has revealed that boom-time borrowers and those in their 30s are particularly vulnerable to a 2% rise in European interest rates. A 2% rise in eurozone rates has the potential to increase mortgage repayments by approximately €200 a month, Charlie Weston of the Irish Independent reports. If the […]

9 years ago

Comedian and all round funny motha, Emma Doran, has shared another hilariously spot-on video showing us how to get the look of “That Mam” on the school run.  Emma, who lives in Dublin with her partner Shane, their three children, Ella (13) Joe (3) and Tommy (1), and two dogs Twiggy and Stan, is a Republic of […]

9 years ago

Brought to you by Tesco Look, trying to save money is a little like watching water drain through a sieve.  Oh look! There it goes… more money being spent on stuff that needs spending on. And as your own mammy will to this day attest, the whole offloading loads of cash thing really comes into […]

9 years ago

Almost half of Irish parents want to spend more quality time with their family and admit that the stresses of modern life are an increasing barrier to spending time together. A survey commissioned by Tesco Ireland has revealed that almost half of parents find it difficult to get their wider family together. The majority of […]

9 years ago

This week on The Capital B, one of Ireland’s busiest mums and most successful business women, Marissa Carter, on the Kardashians and why there’s no authenticity left in beauty blogging. Mum-of-two Marissa Carter was self-employed as a beauty salon owner for almost eight years before launching her hugely popular Cocoa Brown tanning range in 2012. […]

9 years ago

Social media is something us modern mums take as a given but HerFamily have been imagining what the Irish Mammy might have been tweeting about back in the day… Remember when the only thing that even remotely resembled the internet was Aertel? Here’s 8 tweets we think our mothers would have come out with if […]

9 years ago

The President of the Circuit Civil Court, Mr Justice Raymond Groarke, has ruled that chasing games in school yards should not be banned. President Mr Justice Raymond Groarke made the statement following a case taken against a school on behalf of a six-year-old pupil, Ray Managh of the Irish Independent reports. Veronika Trjasunova, sued the Guardian Angels […]

9 years ago

In 2015 artist Clodagh Hendy left Ireland for Palm City, Florida (about two hours south of Miami). We caught up with her to find out how much life has changed for her, husband David, and their three children Billy (9), Jasmin (8) and Grant (5). I’m from originally from Clonbullogue in Offaly and Dave is from […]

9 years ago

So many parents just want to get chicken pox done and out of the way and now there’s a park for that… We’re in prime pox season right now folks. If you’re a mama who wants the dreaded illness out of the way then you may have already considered attending a pox party. Now, a […]

9 years ago

An inventor in the UK is hoping to raise millions for charity with his new invention which aims to make cleaning toilets “considerably less disgusting” than using a toilet brush. Inventor Kam Mistry is hoping to make cleaning toilets a little less crappy (ahem) if he reaches his Kickstarter funding target of £50,000 for ‘the Shiffter’, a […]

9 years ago

Details of a pioneering ‘three-parent baby’ IVF technique using mitochondrial replacement therapy (MRT) have been revealed, giving hope to those with inheritable disorders that they may be able to have healthy children in the future. The initial purpose of three-person IVF was to create a child free of mitochondrial disease in cases where parents presented a risk of […]

9 years ago

Babies cry more in Britain, Canada and Italy, than the rest of the world according to new research by the University of Warwick. Psychologists have created the world’s first universal charts for normal amount of crying in babies during first three months and found that babies cry more in Britain, Canada, Italy and Netherlands than […]

9 years ago

A new school, to be based in Leopardstown in south Dublin, is set to be one of the most expensive private schools in Ireland when it opens in September 2018. The school, which will cater for up to 800 students, will be based in a former €20 million Microsoft office block in South County Business Park, […]

9 years ago

Today is World Autism Awareness Day. This impactful interview with Tara Lenniston and her beautiful son, Dylan, took place last September.  Here is her story in her own words…  I will never forget Christmas, 2011. It was the first time I started to notice that Dylan was withdrawing from everyone, including me. His eye contact started […]

9 years ago

Plans are afoot (or apaw) for Disney’s live-action Lion King movie. Rumours are flying around Hollywood that mama-to-be Beyonce will voice Nala in the upcoming remake. Sources have told Variety that Beyonce is director Jon Favreau’s top choice to voice the lioness. The insiders have stressed that the singer, who is pregnant with twins, has yet to make a decision on […]

9 years ago