Life as a twin: ‘My mother had myself and my twin sister when she was 37. I had my twins at 37’
To mark International Twins Day we spoke to twins and parents of twins, including a woman who has given birth to three sets
Cover bands: The serious business of pretending to be someone else
Musicians who imitate famous performers are particularly busy during the summer festival season
Should young people with a part-time job contribute to the household budget?
Are we doing young people a disservice if we don’t expect them to contribute once they’re earning?
Are school mum friends real friends?: ‘They all disappeared’
A pal of mine was lamenting how contact with mothers of her children’s schoolfriends had dried up. So I solicited other mothers’ experiences
Get away with the gang: 13 staycation choices for big family or friend groups
Supersizing it? These holiday spots, from Kerry to Fermanagh, are ideal for big groups
Leaving Cert holidays: ‘If you unwisely decide to get a tattoo, please check all spellings with me first’
Jen Hogan shares parenting tips and tricks she has learned along the Leaving Cert holiday way
‘An identity earthquake’: The biological and psychological impact of fatherhood on men
Patrescence, the physical and mental transition to becoming a dad, is a recent concept recognising the isolation men can sometimes feel in fatherhood
‘You’re almost an afterthought’: Five men on how fatherhood has transformed their lives
From their sense of selves to their social lives and their relationships with their partners, six dads discuss the differences having children made to their lives
Porn before puberty in Ireland: ‘It is horrible, and it’s in every school’
Half of schoolchildren have seen pornography by age of 13, including ‘very, very disturbing images’. Is there a case for a UK-style social media ban for under-16s?
Classroom to College: Just a few more days until freedom, but don’t forget CAO change-of-mind deadline
Just two more days of exams to come
More time, extra points: parents of dyslexic children sitting Leaving Cert have their say
Parents suggest extra marks could help level the playing field for dyslexic students
Leaving Cert students look forward to the end of exams
Leaving Cert students look forward to the end of exams
Fostering 30 children: ‘You don’t just change their lives, they change yours as well’
Helen Ogbu would ‘absolutely’ encourage other people to consider fostering, but points to the State needing to support foster carers too
Leaving Cert week three: How to stay motivated for the final hurdle
‘It takes resilience. Keep going, the finish line is in sight’
‘I haven’t cried yet, which is a win’: Leaving Cert diarists on the exams so far
Students found history and maths particularly challenging