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Melissa Carton

Melissa Carton

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Penneys’ stunning bar cart is back in store and we need one now
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Penneys’ stunning bar cart is back in store and we need one now

Yes. The last few weeks I’ve been getting a new kitchen installed and doing up my living room so of course I’ve been browsing the homeware sections like a mad woman. That’s why when I heard that Penneys super popular bar cart was back in stock – and is only €35 – I was already […]

Goodbye skinny jeans: Brown Thomas Dublin holds pop up for BOYISH Jeans
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Goodbye skinny jeans: Brown Thomas Dublin holds pop up for BOYISH Jeans

We’ll be there. I have an ongoing love/hate relationship with my skinny jeans. Some days I love them because they make my legs look lovely and slim but other days I hate them because they do nothing for my mum tum. There’s a reason comfy jeans are called mom jeans, after all. Recently I went […]

New Rathcoole playground Carla’s Kingdom to be dedicated to Carla McGinley
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New Rathcoole playground Carla’s Kingdom to be dedicated to Carla McGinley

A wonderful tribute. It has only been a month since the tragic deaths of Carla, Conor and Darragh McGinley and as a parent, my heart goes out to their family. I listened to their father give their eulogy in floods of tears, unable to even start to comprehend what he must be going through. Nothing will ever […]

Here’s a Japanese soufflé pancakes recipe to try for Pancake Tuesday
Food

Here’s a Japanese soufflé pancakes recipe to try for Pancake Tuesday

So delicious. I love making pancakes. Aside from French toast, it’s my favourite thing to whip up for breakfast. While I’m usually a stickler for staying true to my tried and true crepe recipe, I’m always open to trying out new things – and this one for Japanese Soufflé Pancakes in particular is on my list. […]

Amy Schumer shares her IVF journey and how other mums have helped her
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Amy Schumer shares her IVF journey and how other mums have helped her

Becoming pregnant is not always easy. I fell pregnant very easily on my first child but when we decided to have a second baby we started to run into struggles. During our journey to have another child I went through a miscarriage and even when I did become pregnant with my daughter there were complications […]

Knowing your Eircode off by heart could save someone’s life in an emergency
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Knowing your Eircode off by heart could save someone’s life in an emergency

Do you know your Eircode? Before becoming a writer I applied to become an emergency call operator. The application required us to take tests including pretend emergency call scenarios. It was during these pretend emergency calls that I really became aware of the stress operators go through trying to get an ambulance out as quickly […]

Ryan Tubridy to judge children’s Climate Change essay writing competition
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Ryan Tubridy to judge children’s Climate Change essay writing competition

Good luck to all those entering. Climate change is a topic on everyone’s mind lately, particularly the next generation. Throughout the country and across the globe students have been holding school strikes in a bid to get our world leaders to take greater action when it comes to tackling climate change. World Vision Ireland is […]

Courteney Cox just shared the CUTEST photo of her daughter and herself at their first dance
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Courteney Cox just shared the CUTEST photo of her daughter and herself at their first dance

This is so sweet. Recently Jennifer Anniston has been the Instagram queen sharing cute reunion photos of herself and the Friends gang along with her shenanigans with Reese Witherspoon. This week though it was Courteney Cox and her Instagram that everyone was obsessed with after she shared this adorable mother/daughter snap. https://www.instagram.com/p/B8VdLPKDyXP/ The gorge shot […]