"Our new dentist’s reception area is so instantly soothing, I was almost envious of the patients waiting for a root canal. The sparkling floors scream, ‘We don’t reuse toothpicks here,’ while the funny ornaments, depicting old-school dentists, complete with monocles, tell us this dentist also knew how to have fun."

More rain, less pain I say, at least when it comes to entertaining children over these summer months

After attempting everything - colouring, cars, and conversation, I have accepted that the only thing that will get my kids to stay at the table long enough for Mammy to eat her dinner is an iPad

After a lovely week spent on the North West coast, I am not sure we will ever be in need of our passports again

Celebrities might love to tell us that they do it all on their own, but the reality is nobody can do parenting without help

As much as we love our kids, we all have days which have us pushed to the brink of sanity. Today was one of those days

Junior Cert controversies have reminded me this week how important it is to teach our children resilience, and to model it too

If covid taught us anything, it is that learning doesn’t stop and start at the school gate

Because there will, of course, come a time when the baby who leans into you becomes their own person, a person with the power to refuse your request to stop at the chipper on the way, and insist on playing their own music in the car because ‘they’re driving’. Just you wait? I can’t wait, and that’s the real joy of it

Like all sports autobiographies, our football journey has so far been one of dizzying heights and terrifying lows