Helen O’Callaghan hears about the benefits of breastfeeding.

My cousin Curtis (don’t worry he’s not Curtis Curtis) has always been more like a brother to my sister and I and when he became a father at 26 we pretty much stole his son, Skyler, from him to claim him as our own.

On the first morning, we all barrelled out of the house shouting and hissing at one another to remember bags, tie shoelaces, etc.

“Pregnancy, nappies, and school runs? Single, childless, and loving it!” (Irish Examiner, 29/07/19) was an interesting article about how being single is better for a woman than being married with children. I would like to offer an alternative view and share some of the joys and happiness of family life.

Pregnancy is often an anxious time, but in this country, mothers-to-be are offered a number of routine screening tests which can show whether they or their babies are at risk of certain health problems.

A fundraising page has been set up to aid a Kerry woman who recently made an emotional plea for respite care for her son.

A man whose newborn son remains in interim care after being forcibly removed from his breastfeeding mother in a maternity hospital has argued that the “draconian” way in which the care orders were made breached his rights.

A Dublin mother has withdrawn her complaint against her troubled teenage son who was arrested over a criminal damage incident at their home.

Almost two-thirds of women in Ireland say they feel lonely and anxious since becoming a mum.

Much is written and said about families living in poverty, but accounts rarely draw on the experiences of these families themselves, writes Gill Main.

New research from the ESRI has found mothers with higher childcare costs when their child was aged three tended to then work fewer hours when their child was five.

Top female athletes prove you can be stronger than ever after giving birth, but it’s important to take exercise easy at first, says Sharon Ní Chonchúir

A man with Asperger’s syndrome was remanded in continuing custody yesterday in a case where he was accused of knocking his mother on the floor of a shop and kicking her in the head.

A mother and child escaped through the back window of their home when a wheelie bin was set on fire beside their front door, it was claimed yesterday.

A High Court judge has allowed the mother of three young children, who is “the innocent victim” of a dispute over possession of a Dublin property, to stay on in the house until February.

A woman fled from her home with her young daughter when her Slovakian housemate came home and threatened to kill them and burn down the house.

A mother of five found dead in a hotel room in Galway earlier this week was the “very essence of life” and a much-loved parent, grandmother, and childminder, says the priest in her parish of Donoughmore, Co Cork.

Maternity leave is being extended for mothers whose babies are born prematurely. The Government decision will be announced today and is expected to benefit over 4,500 mothers annually.

Why has the country with the worst breastfeeding rate in the developed world just axed its international breastfeeding development programme?

An Irish mother whose sons have been affected by exposure to an epilepsy drug has told European medical experts they must ensure that all women taking the drug are aware of the risks.

A heartbroken mum says her son could still be alive if a cross-border driving ban scheme had come in earlier.

A 44-year-old man died after he was thrown in the air while attempting to erect a street lamp to cater for mourners at his mother's wake.

This video beautifully captures the contrast between winning and losing.

A video that surfaced online last year, but has recently been shared widely, shows a mother shaving off her daughter’s hair reportedly as punishment for bullying a bald cancer patient.

A woman has filed a lawsuit against JetBlue Airways for mixing up her five-year-old son with another boy and flying him to the wrong city.

Detectives are treating the death of a mother-of-four in Co Down as suspicious.

A Texas woman who shot dead her two daughters did not target her estranged husband as she “wanted him to suffer” the memory of their deaths, a sheriff said.

A young Wicklow man has been found not guilty of murdering his mother in June 2014 by reason of insanity.

A mother sobbed uncontrollably as she was found guilty of murdering her two young daughters.

Afeni Shakur, the former Black Panther who inspired the work of her son rap icon Tupac Shakur, has died. She was 69.

A mother on the phone trying to explain the work of her professor son was the spark for an invention that could be used on future space missions, writes Joe Leogue .

A two-year-old boy has fatally shot his mother from the back seat of the car she was driving along a Milwaukee highway, relatives said.

The woman behind the Facebook account The Barefoot Mum has posted a photo that captures what she considers to be one of the ‘worst parts of motherhood’.