Brigid O'Hora – navigating life as a family of five

Brigid O'Hora and Gideon Jasper from Kildare with their children Jude, left, Beatrice, and Will, triplets who will be five years old at the end of the month. Picture: Moya Nolan

When Brigid O'Hora and her partner Gideon found out they were expecting their first child in 2016 – the scan revealed not one, but three heartbeats.

As parents of soon-to-be five-year-old triplets, she and Gideon have an especially pronounced experience of the challenges of raising children, managing a career and trying to attain home ownership in Irish society.