Melissa Carton

Sims IVF has launched a new campaign to tackle common misconceptions about fertility.

Excuse me, just off to get some ice cream. With everything starting to open back up again I think we’re all looking forward to some summer days out. And what is the best treat to have on a lovely summer’s day? That’s right – ice cream. And how do you make it even better? By […]

Just awful. This week, more and more animal charities across Ireland are posting the same urgent appeals regarding a new social media trend that poses dangerous to baby ducks. Several posts advertising baby ducks for sale have appeared on different social media platforms including Snapchat and TikTok. Animal charities are warning parents not to buy […]

It has become the latest viral trend. TikTok hacks and trends have taken on a life of their own in the last year with more and more people taking up the popular fads. There have been some, like cleaning and food hacks, that I’ve tried out and loved but there are others that are questionable […]

This is so sweet. Earlier this week it was May 4th, better known to Star Wars fans as May The Fourth Be With You day. All over social media, fans of the popular sci fi movies posted their own tribute to the Star Wars franchise but one photo in particular blew them all out of […]

Can you imagine? I was just the right age in the 90s for Spice Mania. I can still remember going to see the Spice World movie in the cinemas and I bought it on video the minute I could. Since the Spice Girls reunion 2019 there has been a lot of talk about whether or […]

Can you imagine? A 25-year-old woman from West Africa has shocked the world after giving birth to NINE babies. Halima Cisse went into labour expecting to give birth to seven babies (which is still a lot of babies) but she ended up giving birth to nine after two went undetected by doctors. Ms Cisse was […]

Can you guess what they are? It’s always surprising what baby names are trending in Ireland every year and 2021 is no exception. Sometimes it’s traditional Irish names like Séan and Aoife or non Irish traditional names like Jack and Sophie. Other times it’s modern and unusual names like Maddox, Naveah and Willow. Either way […]

Get booking! With summer just around the corner and it looking likely that inter county travel will be back soon, we’re all looking forward to a holiday. Booking a family staycation can be stressful sometimes, especially when you’re looking for a hotel that is also self catering, but it doesn’t have to be. Below we […]

I have always been a vintage lover. Ever since I was a kid, if it was from the past I wanted to wear it and to be honest I used to get a bit of slagging for it when I was a teenager. Now however, vintage and second hand shopping is very en vogue but […]

Treat yourself! Even though we’re starting to hear a lot about lockdown restrictions regarding travel to different counties ease, I still don’t know how many foreign holidays will be on the cards this year. I’m always a bit of an airport panicker, needing to the get to the airport seven hours early and double checking […]

Pass the tissues. With the bank holiday weekend coming up you might be planning to have a movie night. If you are and are looking for film suggestions to watch we’ve come up with a list of five mother/daughter movies that always guaranteed to have us crying by the end. 1. Steel Magnolias (1989) I […]