Online and in the shops: The Power Rangers

The Power Rangers make their Irish debut today, visiting children at Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin, before embarking on a free live tour of Smyth’s stores during the Easter holidays.

Promising a Megazord of fun for fans, the tour will feature a Power Rangers performance to show off their superhero moves, followed by photo opportunities. The Power Rangers will be in Waterford on April 14; Cork (Kinsale Road) on April 15 and Limerick on April 16, from 10am to 3pm daily; www.Smyths.com/PowerRangers

The majority of Irish mums (68%) are spending upwards of €2,000 on their first child. Buggies and car seats account for the bulk of the budget (70%), followed by nursery equipment such as a cot and babycare products. Baby clothes only account for 3% of the spend, demonstrating that Irish mums are very practical in their approach to motherhood, according to a survey to mark the SMA Know-How Pregnancy & Baby Fair, which was in Dublin’s RDS last weekend and will be in the City Hall, Cork tomorrow and Sunday, from 10am to 6pm daily, tickets €10; www.pregnancyandbabyfair.ie

Transition Year students at Beara Community School unveiled their unique children’s book to a national audience last week, representing the West Cork Enterprise Board at the national finals of the Student Enterprise Awards, where they were runners-up in the senior category. My Little Big Adventure is an illustrated book which allows children to write in their own stories to accompany the pictures. The concept aims to unleash children’s imaginations while allowing parents a chance to witness the often surprising minds of their kids. My Little Big Adventure, €9.95 with 10% going to Barnardos, is available in book stores throughout West Cork and online at: mylittlebigadventure.weebly.com

Yuri’s Night is a global celebration and commemoration of April 12, 1961, the day of cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin’s first manned space flight, and April 12, 1981, the inaugural launch of NASA’s Space Shuttle.

there will be a free family event to mark the occasion, including stargazing with Cork Astronomy Club and a talk on the history of space flight, at Blackrock Castle Observatory Cork from 8 to 10pm tomorrow night. www.bco.ie