Mrs Hinch – aka Sophie Hinchliffe – is an internet sensation, famous for her super bubbly cleaning tips and her regular updates about her husband and imminent first child.

Good news #Hinchers - here is your chance to meet Mrs Hinch herself.

Micro-goals is Colm O'Regan's new word. Or sort of a word.

Cleaning influencers are having a moment and their content can have a profoundly therapeutic effect on followers. Liz Connor finds out why.

Housework is the latest trend sweeping up followers on the internet, writes Denise O’Donoghue

Buckets filled with litter can be exchanged for Deliveroo Credit

For Eugene Walsh his work cleaning a river of trolleys and rubbish is a “labour of love” which keeps him “sane”.

Love it or loathe it, housework has to be done and having followed one guru’s advice only to find herself needing what she had thrown away, Carol O’Callaghan reflects on the wisdom of cleaning gurus.

Cleaning any artwork requires great care, and your principal mission should be to do no harm, writes Kya deLongchamps.

Joy points upward, according to Marie Kondo, whose name is now a verb and whose nickname is being trademarked and whose life has become a philosophy.

Margaret Jennings says almost 5,000 children under the age of 10 ingested a poison in the home last year — usually either a medicine or household cleaning product.

It’s a time-consuming weekend task, but few outside jobs can match the satisfaction of transforming slimy green patios to their original form, writes Kya deLongchamps.

Exposure to pollution from household products is putting lives at risk, experts have warned.

Valerie O’Connor looks at the wondrous uses of common ingredients.