Nothing added but timeActive parenting is all well and good, but what children really need is company - and, ultimately, you're the one they wantTue Jun 10 2008 - 01:00
Putting the hospitality back into hospitalA new campaign calls for single-bed hospitals, and a shift towards hospitality in Ireland's healthcareTue Jun 10 2008 - 01:00
The return to family valuesGIVE ME A BREAK: The elevation of Brian Cowen signals just what we want in difficult times - the return of the head of a traditional…Tue May 20 2008 - 01:00
Dear Madonna - act your ageGIVE ME A BREAK: Madonna is 50. Well, whoop-dee-doo. I thought she was 50 ages ago, but there you areTue Apr 29 2008 - 01:00
Separated Dad makes his caseGIVE ME A BREAK: It is unfair that a father must provide a home for himself and his children while paying half the mortgage …Tue Apr 22 2008 - 01:00
Asylum can mean hope, not fearJOE WAS AFRAID to leave the house, apart from the "daycare" he attended at a mental health facility halfway across the city a…Tue Apr 15 2008 - 01:00
Concrete proof of the career ceilingFor many ambitious women, something happens along the way to their career goals: childrenFri Mar 21 2008 - 00:00
Profiting from the oldest professionYOU'RE TENDING YOUR roses on the New Jersey shore when you get a call from your 22-year-old daughter.Tue Mar 18 2008 - 00:00
When the honeymoon is overSome 5 per cent of newlyweds are not happy, counselling service claimsTue Mar 11 2008 - 00:00
Fussy toddlers, be warned: the end of the kiddies' menu is nighThe Irish Hotels Federation plans to make menus healthier, especially for childrenSat Mar 08 2008 - 00:00
17-year-old 'Chronicles' star Sarah wows her peers as a normal but super friendTransition students interview the Dublin girl whose 'project' was making a movieSat Mar 08 2008 - 00:00
Don't smother mother with giftsForget the flowers and the Al Jolson song on Mothers' Day - just give your oul' wan a little respect.Sat Mar 01 2008 - 00:00
The ideal Valentine's gift? An extra husbandGive Me a Break: I rang a media colleague the other morning at the civilised hour of 8.30am. When you've been up since 6Tue Feb 12 2008 - 00:00
The only perfect thing should be friendshipGive Me a Break: Men have football. Women have bitching sessions. Well, not all men. And not all womenTue Jan 29 2008 - 00:00
Uncovering the secret world of underwearGive Me a Break Shortly after we moved into our new building on Tara Street and our eyes had adjusted to the brightness, we …Tue Jan 22 2008 - 00:00
The loneliness of the long-distance motherGive Me a break: Some things are guaranteed to happen in my life over the next weekTue Dec 18 2007 - 00:00
A great time to be a child? Open your eyesGive Me a Break: When your toddler is refusing to go into the car seat or your pre-teen is having a tantrum in the changing …Tue Dec 04 2007 - 00:00
More American than AmericaGive Me a Break I stood at Ground Zero last week and was moved by the enormity of that great unfathomable hole in the ground…Tue Nov 27 2007 - 00:00
A train journey into another ageGive Me a Break I'm afraid of getting old. Now that I have fewer years ahead than I have behind me. I'm at that ageTue Nov 20 2007 - 00:00
Time to tune into men's changing roleGive Me a Break We're always going on about the huge advances women have made - the incredible shift in thinking achieved in…Tue Oct 30 2007 - 00:00
Uh-oh, Big Sister is watching your weightGive Me a Break I'm trying to remember the last time I sat down for a meal without people discussing their weightTue Oct 16 2007 - 01:00
Why the 'birds and bees' chat doesn't cut itGive Me a Break: Tonight, my teenage daughters and I are going to find out whether Stephen Fry has HIV when he shares his test…Tue Oct 09 2007 - 01:00
Double the disappointmentGive Me a Break: Forgetting your wedding anniversary is not on - especially when it comes around twice a yearTue Sept 11 2007 - 01:00
The only 'wicked' one in the familyGive Me a Break: While her husband and stepsons were playing their enduring roles in the sugary-pink Diana hagiography-fest …Tue Sept 04 2007 - 01:00
Keeping a wave of trouble off the beachAt Buncrana, Co Donegal, earlier in the summer, hundreds of terrified parents and young children fled from the beach as a vicious…Wed Aug 01 2007 - 01:00
Raining and fighting like cats and dogsIf your children are squabbling within earshot, sit tight, don't take sides - and don't punch anyone who tells you it's normal…Sat Jul 14 2007 - 01:00
Audience seduced by tales of fabulous careerHubie Davison (19) was so overcome by her charisma that he was "trembling" when she shook his handSat Apr 14 2007 - 01:00
A Dickens for the 21st centuryFiction: Like Dickens's David Copperfield , "J" has the gift of seeing ghosts and spiritsSat Feb 24 2007 - 00:00
Staking dreams of home on a lotterySome 40,000 affordable homes are promised, but the people at whom they are aimed are confused about the system, writes Kate Holmquist…Sat Jan 27 2007 - 00:00
Cosmetic procedures: Pros and consThis is the Viels' verdict on just a few of the procedures you can have done:Tue Jan 23 2007 - 00:00
The scourge and the showbandsMemoir: The original 'Father Trendy' is also a self-questioning, tortured soulSat Dec 09 2006 - 00:00
Land of the lostFiction: For her fourth novel in two years, Cecelia Ahern has chosen a challenging theme: the lack of personal identity for …Sat Nov 04 2006 - 00:00
Workers with no English earning less, says reportNon-English speaking migrant workers are earning half to two-thirds of the income they would be earning if they were Irish-born…Sat Oct 14 2006 - 01:00
Former Esat chief joins Bebo boardBebo, the State's most popular social networking website, has said that Irish entrepreneur Barry Maloney has joined its board…Sat May 27 2006 - 01:00
Business body urges reform of immigrant processingSame-sex partners of highly skilled foreign nationals should be allowed permanent residency and the right to work here, according…Thu May 25 2006 - 01:00
A wound that can't be healedMemoir: John Houghton, an adoptive father, had struggled for more than a decade to parent a "psychopath", when a social worker…Sat May 20 2006 - 01:00
Celebrating true love without excessRebecca Loftus is planning a wonderful summer wedding but doesn't think extravagance would add to the occasionSat Apr 15 2006 - 01:00
Child tracking mobile 'may be illegal'Mobile phone tracking services which allow parents to monitor their children's whereabouts may be illegal, the Office of the …Sat Apr 08 2006 - 01:00
McDonald's gives €60,000 to DCU intercultural schemeMcDonald's has donated €60,000 to a Dublin City University programme on internationalisation, interculturalism and social development…Tue Mar 14 2006 - 00:00
Rocking around the biological clockMy husband's search for meaning kept leading him back to his youth, writes Kate HolmquistTue Feb 21 2006 - 00:00
Broken Rites: Support group for separated clergy may set up in IrelandPriscilla experienced the trauma of being abandoned by her clergy husband 20 years agoWed Feb 08 2006 - 00:00
Hospital cleaners 'fear for their safety'Health and safety: Hospital cleaners and other workers in the frontline of the fight against infection fear for their safety…Tue Nov 22 2005 - 00:00
Childcare policy 'confusing'The State's failure to coherently govern the childcare area and create sufficient places has led to unaffordable childcare costs…Tue Nov 08 2005 - 00:00
Groups demand direct investment in childcareMore than 20 childcare and children's rights organisations have joined together to challenge the Government to invest directly…Mon Nov 07 2005 - 00:00
No getting away from a mid-term breakRadioReview: Marian is a good Irish Catholic girl who is holding out for her wedding night.Sat Nov 05 2005 - 00:00
No pitter patterSocial Affairs : Four out of five couples fail to bring home a babySat Oct 15 2005 - 01:00
Breast is best - but not always for mumThe Government wants to promote a breastfeeding culture, but is it providing enough support for new mothers? Kate Holmquist reports…Fri Oct 14 2005 - 01:00
Kids can make themselves sick with worryThere's a certain type of sensitive, conscientious, caring and high-achieving child that gets frequent tummy aches so excruciating…Tue Sept 27 2005 - 01:00
Code of ConductA weekly series on etiquette for modern living: 8 Staying with friendsWed Jul 20 2005 - 01:00
