Relationships Ireland
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Can a marriage survive an affair?
- Parenting
- January 12, 2016, 01:00
There is nothing random about January being a peak month of the year for relationship counsellors. The combination of the emotional intensity of Chri(...)

Snapshots of family holidays that no one shares
- Parenting
- June 16, 2015, 05:00
It used to be a handwritten postcard of an impossibly idyllic scene that did the job. Now multiple photos of colourful cocktails, happy, sandy-face(...)

Oh, don’t worry about me: I like being bottom of the heap
- Parenting
- November 11, 2014, 01:00
It’s when you’re utterly exhausted and your baby is crying yet again . . . or you’re running all day after a toddler who has no off-switch . . . or tr(...)

Is social media a thorn in couples’ relationships
- Parenting
- April 1, 2014, 01:00
If you see a couple out for lunch and they are both staring silently into their phones, do you think it’s (a) quite normal or (b) bizarre and r(...)

Coming home for Christmas: the highs and the lows
- Parenting
- December 10, 2013, 17:40
‘It’s only one day” the voice of reason bleats as all around people splurge, hoard and party in preparation for the most emotionally charged 24 hou(...)

Tell Me About It: 'My mother is seriously ill and my father is having an affair'
- Life & Style
- November 19, 2013, 01:00
Q My boyfriend is pressuring me to move in with him, and threatens to break up when I say I’m not ready. I love him but I’m still in college. He’s sev(...)

The kids are alright: it’s your relationship that needs attention
- Parenting
- September 17, 2013, 01:00
Marital therapist Andrew G. Marshall knows it is a message most parents do not want to hear, so he is not surprised to have become a target of abuse a(...)

Helping, not hovering: how to be a college parent
- Parenting
- September 10, 2013, 01:00
With uniforms, homework notebooks and Leaving Certificate worries joyfully consigned to the past, starting college is both daunting and exciting. And (...)