Síomha Ní Ruairc: Growing up in a house of girls, I looked at boys as aliensThe broadcaster and co-host of the How to Gael podcast appears in the Irish language dating series Grá ar an Trá (Virgin Media One, Monday)Mon Mar 17 2025 - 06:00
Jen Hogan: Let’s take an extra day to think of all the reasons we’re grateful to be IrishOnce I was near dragged away from this Emerald Isle Mon Mar 17 2025 - 05:31
Ruth Scott: I am the youngest of eight siblings. I had a curious childhood Ruth Scott is an MC, voiceover artist, humanist wedding celebrant and a presenter with Ireland’s Classic Hits RadioSun Mar 09 2025 - 07:00
Should parents be checking their teenagers’ phones?Our children will do their best to find ways around our rules, whether we like it or notMon Mar 03 2025 - 05:31
Eimear Quinn: I suffer from that default of well-bred Catholic school girls, where we’re people pleasersThe Irish singer on being a model child, losing herself in the wildness of Ireland and having no regrets about not becoming a pop starSun Mar 02 2025 - 06:00
‘I was a Billie Barry kid. I’d like to be able to do the splits again’Actor Aisling Breen was recently appointed storyteller in residence at Dublin City LibrariesSun Feb 23 2025 - 05:45
If you’ve never been to this magical children’s music event, there’s still timeNo matter how many times you go to the Peace Proms, it never fails to take your breath away. Rhythm is a Dancer indeedMon Feb 17 2025 - 05:31
Daniel O’Donnell: ‘I admire Paul Mescal greatly. I don’t know if I’d wear the GAA shorts as short as he does’The Donegal singer and entertainer’s nationwide tour kicks off at Armagh City Hotel in MaySun Feb 16 2025 - 06:00
Regretting working outside the home: ‘We’re told to parent like we don’t work. And work like we don’t parent’Parenting Taboos: The creche was the same as our mortgage. When I look at it now I think, ‘Jesus, how did we buy into it?’Tue Feb 11 2025 - 06:01
Grammy winner Cian Ducrot: ‘I just have crazy ADHD, so I can’t stop thinking, and my mind jumps around’Cork singer and songwriter has won a Grammy for co-writing SZA’s hit track Saturn. His new single, Who’s Making You Feel It?, is out nowSun Feb 09 2025 - 06:00
WhatsApp groups are like Hotel California ... You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave‘I don’t know how I’m supposed to deal with these WhatsApp groups when menopause hits!' Mon Feb 03 2025 - 06:05
Marty Morrissey: ‘I’m an only child of an only-child dad and an only-child mum. I’ve no aunts, uncles or first cousins’The broadcaster, author and RTÉ GAA correspondent and commentator is clear about which actor should play him in a biopicMon Feb 03 2025 - 06:00
Paul Howard and Gordon D’Arcy: ‘Football has rules, but rugby has laws because they were drawn up by solicitors charging by the hour’The author and the retired Irish rugby player have collaborated on an interactive rugby book for children. So it’ll be a shame if they fumble our young interviewers’ questionsSat Feb 01 2025 - 05:00
RTÉ Concert Orchestra’s Mia Cooper: I’d almost perjure myself in court to avoid a conflictEnglish violinist is leader of the RTÉ Concert Orchestra, whose spring programme ranges from Bowie to Beethoven, via the Beatles and Gatsby-era jazzSat Jan 25 2025 - 06:00
Storm Éowyn red warning: A survival guide for parents working from home during the bad weatherOur six top tips to help you navigate your children at home for the day while you are remote workingThu Jan 23 2025 - 16:27
I’ve seen all sorts of kids’ coaches – the good, the bad and the downright he’s-lost-the-plotJen Hogan: I convinced myself, for no good reason, that the request for help in a WhatsApp group was really only meant for the dadsMon Jan 20 2025 - 05:31
Aoibhinn Ní Shúilleabháin: ‘I mourned friendships for too long that were actually past their time’The maths professor and biodiversity advocate on why she has no career regrets, the last time she got angry and her psychological quirkSat Jan 18 2025 - 06:00
Wild caving, axe throwing, aerial yoga: Step outside your comfort zone with these hobbiesThe start of the year is an ideal time to try a new activity or sport – and if it ignites your sense of adventure, so much the betterSat Jan 18 2025 - 05:00
Martin Beanz Warde: I regret being too busy to spend time with people who didn’t have a lot of time leftMartin Beanz Warde is a writer, actor, comedian and TV presenter. He is part of the cast of The Borrowers at Dublin’s Gate TheatreSat Jan 11 2025 - 06:00
‘Here I am, a grown adult, who struggles to keep my tears at bay’Jen Hogan: No way to keep the tears in check but maybe I’ll outgrow it, yetMon Jan 06 2025 - 05:31
Rosanna Davison: I annoy myself with how organised I am. I wish I could be less efficientThe model, author and former Miss World on being a ‘guinea pig’ first-born and the challenges of getting her own young children out the doorSat Jan 04 2025 - 06:00
Regretting being a stay-at-home parent: ‘You’re sitting at home doing housework and you’re bored out of your tree’Parenting Taboos: Admitting that you feel bored, unfulfilled, or even regret your choice to stay at home with your children is difficult but not uncommonThu Jan 02 2025 - 06:01
Deirdre Lundy: Describe myself in three words? Noisy. Naughty. Genuine‘I’m the oldest. It has totally defined me. I’ve been mom since I was six years old’Sat Dec 28 2024 - 06:00
Matt Cooper: I’m an only child. I’ve always been conscious of not having brothers or sisters The journalist and broadcaster on his middle name Raphael, visiting Belfast in the 1970s and his experience as an only childSun Dec 15 2024 - 06:00
‘Trust me, I’m a family Christmas expert and these are the rules to live by’Create time for yourself to enjoy the magic of the season, and take as much of Christmas Eve off as possibleMon Dec 09 2024 - 05:31
Bressie on his Army dad: ‘I remember him being picked up to go overseas and you wouldn’t see him for a year. I remember the fear of it’Niall ‘Bressie’ Breslin is co-founder of Lust for Life, a PhD student, musician and host of Classical Wind Down on BBC Radio 3Sun Dec 08 2024 - 06:00
Prof Donal O’ Shea: ‘The positioning of Ronald McDonald House at the entrance to the new children’s hospital makes me angry’Prof Donal O’ Shea is the HSE lead on obesity and a regular commentator on the dangers of marketing ‘junk and fast food’ to childrenSat Nov 30 2024 - 06:00
Séamas O’Reilly: ‘My little boy is the same age now as I was when my mother died’Conversations with Parents podcast with Jen HoganTue Nov 26 2024 - 06:15Listen | 39:05
What do children know or understand of life and political issues?Quite a lot, if only they had the chance to be heard – and reducing the voting age to 16 would give them that voiceMon Nov 25 2024 - 06:01
Trinity provost Linda Doyle: ‘I met Paul Mescal last week here in Trinity. Very cool’Dr Linda Doyle is the first female Provost of Trinity College Dublin. She is a professor of engineering and the artsSun Nov 24 2024 - 06:00
Black Paddy: ‘I want to teach my children self-acceptance and to love the colour of their skin’Conversations with Parents podcast with Jen HoganTue Nov 19 2024 - 06:15Listen | 27:14
‘The hardest thing about being a parent is being unavailable to my kids because I have to work so hard to feed and clothe them’Our recent article on the topic of regretting parenthood sparked numerous responses. Below, we share a selection of the views we receivedTue Nov 19 2024 - 06:01
‘I shared a secret I shouldn’t have and was racked with guilt’Donna Marie O’Donovan is head of philanthropy at Unicef Ireland and a member of the Dublin Theatre Festival boardSun Nov 17 2024 - 06:00
Terry Prone on allowing son Anton Savage to be in her publicity as a child: ‘I think it was the wrong thing to do’Conversations with Parents podcast with Jen HoganTue Nov 12 2024 - 07:50Listen | 37:14
‘Be an adult’ we tell our older teenagers but the Irish school system treats them like childrenOur 18- and 19-year-olds, who can legally drink and vote, sit in school uniforms, call other adults ‘sir’ and ‘miss’ and must ask permission to use the toiletMon Nov 11 2024 - 05:31
Dr Brian Pennie: ‘I lost 15 years to heroin addiction but I wouldn’t take them back if I’d lose the happiness I have today’Dr Brian Pennie is a neuroscientist, author, resilience specialist and former heroin addictSun Nov 10 2024 - 06:00
Ivan Yates: ‘The lack of affection from my parents’ generation was a huge mistake’Conversations with Parents podcast with Jen HoganTue Nov 05 2024 - 06:15Listen | 27:06
Averil Power: ‘I had two babies who died in pregnancy. I think about them all the time’Irish Cancer Society head on having 10 siblings from three different families, rebelling against her parents and loving a good debateSun Nov 03 2024 - 06:00
Victoria Smurfit: ‘Postpartum depression had me manically sobbing in the middle of Ranelagh’Conversations with Parents podcast with Jen Hogan: In this episode Hollywood actor Victoria Smurfit talks about how her children are coping with their mother’s steamy role in RivalsTue Oct 29 2024 - 06:15Listen | 40:38
‘There are times I regret having kids. They’re adults, and it’s now that I’m regretting it, which seems strange’Parenting Taboos: Regretting parenthood, or wishing you hadn’t had some of your children, is a deeply guarded secret for some parentsTue Oct 29 2024 - 06:01
Some ideas for parents that may make the week a little less ghastly for allJen Hogan: Halloween and midterm are coming but don’t be afraid, because there’s plenty that you and the kids might enjoy, from a haunted trail in north Dublin to a ninja course in Galway and a book with ghost stories from every countyMon Oct 28 2024 - 05:31
Maïa Dunphy: ‘I was terrified of becoming a single parent. Now I am one’Conversations with Parents podcast with Jen Hogan: The writer and TV star on having a one child, needing her mum and à la carte CatholicismTue Oct 22 2024 - 06:15Listen | 35:13
‘I went to a CrossFit session on her due date’: Julie-Ann Russell on pregnancy as an elite athleteParenting in My Shoes: Working and training, the Republic of Ireland and Galway United player suffers from the dreaded parental guiltMon Oct 21 2024 - 14:45
Roddy Collins: ‘My biggest regret is telling Johnny Giles when I was 18 to stuff the international team’The former professional football and manager on his friendship with Vinny Jones, his love for Achill Island, and what happens when you dieSun Oct 20 2024 - 06:00
Having a favourite child: ‘Unfortunately, it impacts on them, but they do it all to themselves’Parenting taboos: If parents are aware they have a favourite child, there are things they can do to address the situationWed Oct 16 2024 - 06:01
Tony Cantwell on ADHD: ‘I just thought is this what parenting is, a big fog?’Conversations with Parents podcast with Jen HoganTue Oct 15 2024 - 07:03Listen | 33:29
Baby loss: If they had said to me, ‘you can keep him in there forever’, I would have done itFor Gill Lee, October will always be the month she lost her son Danny, in her sixth month of pregnancyTue Oct 15 2024 - 06:01
Loneliness in your 40s: ‘As a parent, your friends are often other parents ... they’re not your tribe or people you’d choose’Jen Hogan: Social media links us in a non-physical way and is frequently fake or superficial. People who live close to us and who are available to meet up with are vital to middle-aged wellbeingMon Oct 14 2024 - 06:01
Niall Muldoon: My psychological quirk? Am I going to say this to The Irish Times?The Ombudsman for Children is a clinical psychologist from Donegal, who has worked in the area of child protection for more than 20 yearsSun Oct 13 2024 - 06:00
Finding family through DNA tests: ‘It was lovely to know everything. It wasn’t always a pretty story, but at least I knew’Three women explain how simple tests revealed secrets about their families’ pasts and changed their livesSat Oct 12 2024 - 06:00
