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Julie Jay

Comedian

Why I'm going to do more of what makes me happy in 2024

Why I'm going to do more of what makes me happy in 2024

I know my mammy friends have the best of intentions, but it is all feeling a bit much too soon when it comes to the health kicks

Tue, 09 Jan, 2024

Celebrities At The Los Angeles Lakers Game

Julie Jay: Move over Kim, there’s a new boss in town and her name is North

In the latest series of Keeping Up With Kardashians, 10-year-old North West has been running rings around her mother, and we love her all the more for it

Tue, 02 Jan, 2024

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My husband is one of those rare breeds of humans who actually likes people

Fred and I may have different ideas of what constitutes a nice Christmas, but we are determined to make it a good one

Tue, 26 Dec, 2023

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Julie Jay: Why be honest with your kids when you could be happy?

As parents, we tell our kids to always tell the truth when the reality is we regularly are often guilty of telling a porkie or two to our beloved offspring

Tue, 19 Dec, 2023

Julie Jay: To Elf or Not to Elf, that is the question

Julie Jay: To Elf or Not to Elf, that is the question

As Christmas approaches, many parents are dreading the return of a tiny trespasser and his mischievous antics

Tue, 12 Dec, 2023

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Julie Jay: The christening of our second-born - in the land of Mr Tayto

This week it was a case of Holy Water everywhere and not a drop to drink as we ventured up to Co. Meath for JJ’s christening

Tue, 05 Dec, 2023

Julie Jay: When sharing is not caring

Julie Jay: When sharing is not caring

The line between what is yours and mine in our house is getting increasingly skewed as finders are keepers and losers are also, well, keepers

Tue, 28 Nov, 2023

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Julie Jay: The Dingle-Killarney commute - and the business of life and death

A trip to the civil registration office reminds me how there is never enough time with people we love

Tue, 21 Nov, 2023

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Julie Jay: There's more chance of the Irish soccer team getting a hat-trick than us having a third baby

When it comes to adding to your family, it isn’t really a question of whether or not you want another baby, but whether or not you could manage one.

Tue, 14 Nov, 2023

What to do if you think your child is being bullied

Julie Jay: Nobody wants their child to be a bully — or to be bullied

Our kids will most likely alternate between being a victim of bullying at some point and a proponent too, because such is the way of humans

Tue, 07 Nov, 2023