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niamhowrites has been a member of Linktree for 2 years and joined in February 2024. The social media accounts linked to from niamhowrites are: Email. Besides social media accounts, niamhowrites has populated their site with Irish Independent -The €4 toy driving kids wild: NeeDoh frenzy hits Irish stores – with waiting lists and quotas on how many you can buy, Raising them right: Mammy salad, no Wi-Fi and endless boredom. Ah, the 80s summers in Ireland, Raising them right: Do teachers really need gifts when the school year ends?, Winners and Sinners - The Hard Shoulder | Podcast on Spotify, RTÉ Radio 1 - Is It Time to Retire the Phrase ‘Hands-On Dad’? | Oliver Callan, The Hard Shoulder - Where is an appropriate public place to bring your young children? -, Irish Independent- Eve Hewson on why Bono is ‘such an embarrassing dad’, TheJournal.ie - Raising them right: From percentiles to tummy time, the trials of the public health nurse visit, Oliver Callan - RTÉ Radio 1 Should kids be given participation medals?, Irish Independent - From lane hoggers to noodlers: why Irish swimmers need a crash course in public pool etiquette, Irish Independent- ‘You’ve got to laugh… these places could swallow you up and spit you out’ – living with guests and ghosts at Huntington Castle, Thejournal - Raising them right: Sport participation medals used to drive me mad until I became a parent, Ireland AM 26.5.26 - Virgin Media Play :: login, Thejournal - Raising them right: Ireland has a dog poo problem, and we parents are sick of stepping in it, Oliver Callan - RTÉ Radio 1- Does old-school parenting deserve a comeback?, TheJournal.ie - Rearing them right: Should modern parents bring back ‘the man’?, Irish Independent - Empty weekend parenting – is this what busy families need to reset and recover?, Irish Independent - ‘It was over 40C, which is too hot to bear’ – more Irish families want to beat extreme heat on holidays, but can ‘coolcations’ really work? |, Newstalk - I review Hokum, Prada and cycling to Glasto - Screentime with John Fardy | Podcast on Spotify, Irish Independent- I’d love to be a ‘three-hour-mum’ like Emma Grede – but your average mother does not have a chief of staff, RTE Oliver Callan- Should we make children finish activities they no longer like?, Newstalk The Hard Shoulder - Have we lost our ‘céad míle fáilte’? , Newstalk Moncrieff- How harmful is ‘bedtime stacking’?, TheJournal.ie - Quit or carry on: Should we make children finish activities they no longer like?, Irish Independent - Niamh O’Reilly: I wish I could get a sleep divorce, but we don’t have the space, Newstalk Breakfast - Is sleeping in separate room the key to a happy marriage? - | Podcast on Spotify, Liveline - RTÉ Radio 1 - Mammy's Wine Time, Thejournal- Mama's hangover: When mummy wine culture just isn’t cute anymore, Irish Independent - 20 of the best summer camps for kids you can book now – from sport and science to cooking and fashion, Niamh O'Reilly - Getting back on Horseback | Oliver Callan - RTÉ Radio 1, Newstalk Moncrieff - Do we need more ladies' toilets then mens? -, Newstalk Breakfast -Who does most of the “thinking work” in our house? -, The Claire Byrne Show | Boys clothes do we need more options? -, Irish Independent - 10 alternatives to Center Parcs in Ireland – from cabin stays to hotels with adventure centres, TheJournal.ie - The Mental Load: The parenting work that no one sees, mostly done by women, Irish Independent- A sea of grey, navy and black: My problem with clothes shopping with my boys as a mum of two |, Oliver Callan - RTÉ Radio 1 Does World Book Day put too much pressure on parents?, The Irish Times - I’ve had the same mobile number for 30 years and I feel like a dinosaur, Irish Independent - It’s not meant to be fancy dress’: Parents say World Book Day has lost the plot, LMFM Late Lunch- Let's Get Back to Books, The Debrief - The Claire Byrne Show | Podcast on Spotify, RTE Radio 1 - The term-time holidays debate with Niamh O'Reilly | Oliver Callan - RTÉ Radio 1, Irish Independent - ‘I’d be lying if I said I didn’t feel conflicted' - Irish parents on the true costs and savings of taking kids out of school for holidays, RTE Radio 1 Oliver Callan Parental GPS tracking - it's like an episode of Black Mirror, TheJournal.ie Are we all just tracking our kids now?, Newstalk Screentime - Movie reviews Primate and Is This Thing On? | Podcast on Spotify, RTE Radio 1 - LinkedIn’s oversharing is wrecking Niamh O’Reilly’s head - Oliver Callan | Podcast on Spotify, Irish Times -Sorry seems to be the hardest word - unless you’re Irish, The Hard Shoulder Newstalk - Do we say sorry too much?, Lunchtime Live Newstalk - Should we give kids duvet days?, Irish Independent - Can jumping up and down 50 times every morning reduce brain fog and tone your bum? I gave it a try | Irish Independent, Ireland AM 20.1.26 Virgin Media Play :: login, TheJournal.ie - From job hunting to oversharing: How LinkedIn morphed into an embarrassing group chat, Irish Independent - Duvet days: Is it ever ok to give your child the day off school if they aren't sick? | Irish Independent, Who picks the movie in your household? - The Hard Shoulder | Podcast on Spotify, Irish Independent - The Irish ‘glowmads’ planning holidays around beauty, skincare and shops like Sephora: ‘The trick is to know the exclusives before you arrive’, Winners and Sinners - The Hard Shoulder | Podcast on Spotify, Newstalk Breakfast-The Traitors UK is back!, Irish Independent- ‘Spending time outside with my kids is the one thing that I pledge to do more often in the new year’, The Big Fat Newstalk Quiz of the Year 2025! - Moncrieff | Podcast on Spotify, Pat Kenny Newstalk- What to buy for last minute Christmas shoppers Dylan - The Pat Kenny Show | Podcast on Spotify, Business Post- Have a luxe New Year: Ten hotels around Ireland where you can ring in 2026 in style, Are we reluctant to use babysitters today? - Lunchtime Live | Podcast on Spotify, BBC Radio 4 - You and Yours, Mileage Blocking, Driving Test Delays, Christmas Prepayment Clubs, RTE Radio 1 Oliver Callan - Stop wishing December babies a ‘Happy Birthmas’, Irish Independent -The five rules of regifting at Christmas – how to pull it off without getting caught red-handed, The Irish Times - Please stop wishing us December babies a ‘Happy Birthmas’, Irish Independent- Why are parents more reluctant to use babysitters these days?, Business Post - A happy and healthy New Year: The luxurious day spas where you can kick off 2026 in style, Irish Independent - Parents on adult children living at home -‘I didn’t sign up for this’: Irish parents on coping when their adult children are still living at home, TheJournal.ie: It's the most terrifying time of the year. The elves on the shelves are back, Irish Times - I once had a grudge list for those who upset or betrayed me... it could fill pages – The Irish Times, TheJournal.ie - Down with the kids: I googled what '6-7' means. I’m officially old, Irish Independent -How to stay friends with an ex – like Jennifer Aniston | Irish Independent, Irish Independent - Homework for primary school kids shouldn’t be scrapped’ | Irish Independent, Newstalk - Should kids play with toy guns? - Lunchtime Live | Podcast on Spotify, Irish Independent - Toy guns: Should we let our kids play with them?, Irish Times - I’m not really religious but I still pray to St Anthony when something is lost – The Irish Times, Newstalk Breakfast - When should parents let children go out alone?   - Newstalk Breakfast | Podcast on Spotify, Irish Independent - Freedom or safety: When should parents let children go out alone? | Irish Independent, TheJournal.ie - Unquenchable thirst: Why are we all so obsessed with drinking water and reusable bottles?, Irish Independent - Adventures with additional needs: ‘An airline once measured me in my chair without explanation or consent’ | Irish Independent, Irish Independent - ‘Energy drinks have absolutely no benefits, particularly for teenagers’ – Should we ban them for under-16s in Ireland? | Irish Independent, Moncrieff Show Newstalk - Message in a bottle, Irish Times - Months went by, the message in a bottle slipped our minds, until a couple of weeks ago – The Irish Times, Irish Independent - ‘People are obsessed’: Have we reached peak protein, and how much do we actually need?? | Irish Independent, Irish Independent - ‘The decision to pack up and leave was life-changing’ – meet the Irish entrepreneurs who have made travel their business | Irish Independent, Irish Independent - Niamh O’Reilly: Yes, reading to your children can be boring – get over it, Irish Independent - If you judge Sophie Turner for taking a night off from her kids, then you’re the problem, Does parenthood change friendship dynamics?, Irish Independent - Niamh O’Reilly: I hate my bra, and I’m not alone – surely we can do better for women?, Irish Times - Are school holidays too long? A mother of two and school principal debate, Irish Independent - Niamh O’Reilly: Calvin Harris was right to share a photo of wife’s placenta – there is nothing ‘gross’ about it, Newstalk Pat Kenny Show - Preparing your children in the case of an emergency, Irish Independent- ‘I passed out in the car with my kids in the back’ – why even young children need to know what to do in an emergency, RTE Radio 1 Oliver Callan Show - Gen Z Stare, Business Post - Family camping, but make it luxury: How to glamp with the kids in tow | Business Post, Newstalk The Hard Shoulder - Do you like getting voice notes?, Newstalk Screentime- I review Fantastic Four: First Steps, Irish Independent- ‘It felt as though we had toured the world without leaving Lisbon’ – a fun family break in the Portuguese capital, TheJournal.ie- The Gen Z stare: 'There it was, like the human version of the buffering symbol', Newstalk Breakfast - The airport dad the unsung hero of holiday travel!, Newstalk The Hard Shoulder - Kids Health Check: Pets & Kids, TheJournal.ie - Opinion: Why everyone needs an Airport Dad in their lives, Irish Independent-From ‘rot nights’ to ‘townsizing’ and ‘flocking’ – five new travel trends explained, Irish Independent- Do parents pass their phobias on to their children – and can this be unlearned?, Irish Times - I have a secret urge to throw a good portion of my young children’s ‘art’ in the bin, Ireland AM 30.6.25 Virgin Media Play, Irish Independent- The truth about meno-washing: ‘Women spend hundreds each month on menopause supplements with little proven benefit’, RTE Radio 1 Oliver Callan - Too many end of year school events?, TheJournal.ie - End-of-year school events: 'Much as I love them, there are just too many', Newstalk Screentime - I review How to Train Your Dragon, Newstalk Pat Kenny Show - Bribing Kids, Irish Independent - Ireland’s van life enthusiasts: ‘If you put the work in yourself, you could be on the road with a decent enough set-up for under €10,000’, TheJournal.ie - Opinion: I can't help but think that if men got periods, the workplace would offer period leave, Ireland AM 27.5.25 -Virgin Media Play ::, Irish Independent - Every woman should be able to do 11 push-ups – can you? Here’s how to conquer the viral challenge, Irish Independent- What is micro-feminism? How woman are staging tiny acts of resistance to challenge the status quo, The Irish Times -Lessons from a middle-aged thrill-seeker: 'Doing your Kegels is really important', Newstalk Moncrieff Show What are the worst presents to give to a child?, Irish Independent - Five things you should never give kids as a present – from a mum who knows, Irish Independent - The worst part of being a parent is figuring out what to make for dinner every night, Ireland Am Virgin Media Play :: 13.4.25, Newstalk - I review Drop and The Amateur on Screentime, Irish Independent - Chappell Roan says all her friends with kids are miserable – is she right? We asked Irish parents to tell us the truth, The journal.ie- Sauna and chill: 'As Robin Williams once said, it was hotter than a snake’s ass in a wagon rut', Pat Kenny Newstalk - The efforts and dynamics of communion season, Irish Times - Parenting a toddler is the ultimate crash course in embarrassment, Irish Independent - ‘The last time I brought my children into Dublin, we witnessed an on-the-floor fight, but it can be a family-friendly visit, too’, Newstalk Screentime - I review Black Bag and Opus, Irish Independent - Meet the Irish families taking multigenerational breaks – ‘the kids loved running between the houses to granny and grandad’, Newstalk Breakfast - Are labels for parenting becoming over the top?, Irish Independent - Hurried child syndrome??Give me a break. Why we need to stop overanalysing everything about parenthood, Newstalk Sean Moncrieff Show - How big of a problem is ‘laptop squatting’?, Irish Times -Niamh O’Reilly: How a message in a bottle restored my faith in humanity, TheJournal.ie - Niamh O'Reilly: Should cafés ban laptop squatters?, Business Post - Have kids, will travel: The best Irish hotels for family breaks, Irish Independent - ‘Sharenting’: Six Irish parents on whether it’s right or wrong to share pictures and videos of your kids online, Irish Independent - From a spicy city break to a love trip to Tipp, what exactly happens at sexual healing retreats?, Screentime on Newstalk - I review Bridget Jones and Captain America, Irish Independent- Irish parents on how they keep the spark alive after having kids: ‘Knowing your partner’s love language is very important’, Irish Times- My little boy has stopped calling me ‘mammy’. I’m ‘mum’ now. It’s like a dagger to my heart, Ireland AM 4.2.25 Chat about talking to young children about periods. Watch back on Virgin Media Play ::, Newstalk - I review Saturday Night Live and Companion, Irish Independent - We need to normalise apologising to our kids – here’s how to get it right and why it’s so important, Irish Independent - ‘My five-year-old son kept asking about the blue boxes I was putting in the trolley – so I sat him down to explain periods’, TheJournal- Opinion: When it comes to modern motherhood, aren’t we all a little bit of a Nightbitch?, Business Post - In search of silence: Ireland’s best serene escapes to soothe your soul in 2025, Irish Independent - Perinatal depression: ‘People said my newborn was the best Christmas present – but I didn’t feel it’, TheJournal.ie - Opinion: I've had a hard look at my drinking, and I'm having a sober curious Christmas, TheJournal.ie - Opinion: Has cinema etiquette gone out the window?, Irish Times My smear test dilemma: How do I confess that this is my first one, at the age of 41?, TheJournal.ie - Late Late Toy Show: 'It's not really for kids anymore, is it?', Irish Independent - Fans say Lindsay Lohan is ‘ageing backwards’, but shouldn’t we be honest about why?, Irish Independent - ‘My local swimming pool says boys aged 8 and over need to use the men’s changing rooms – I think it’s lunacy’, Irish Times - I’m pushing back on manspreading with a bit of womanspreading of my own, Irish Independent - Thinking of travelling solo in 2025? Here are 21 great solo travel deals, at home and abroad, Irish Independent- Who is Lara Trump? How the president elect’s daughter-in-law replaced Ivanka and became his new right-hand woman, Irish Independent - What no one tells you about going from one child to two children, Irish Independent - A year of travel deals for 2025 – from January sales to the best times to stay at Center Parcs and five-star hotels, Irish Independent - ‘I would go whole days without talking to another grown-up’ – the loneliness of new motherhood, Irish Times -I’ve liberated myself from the toxic cycle of wine o’clock, Newstalk - The Hard Shoulder Winners and Sinners, TheJournal- Niamh O'Reilly: Why do I bring my children to mass to hear how unworthy they are?, Irish Independent - I got sucked in by the TikTok craze for making elaborate school lunchboxes for my kids – but it wore me out, The Irish Times- I scrawl on the cinema bathroom wall: ‘Anyone else find friendship in their 40s hard?’, TheJournal- Niamh O’Reilly: I can see why women would ‘choose the bear’, Newstalk The Hard Shoulder - winners & sinners, Newstalk Screentime - I review Speak no Evil and LEE, Irish Times - I review Don’t Look Back in Ongar: Ross O’Carroll-Kelly says an emotional, unexpectedly touching farewell, TheJournal.ie Niamh O'Reilly: Should Parenting Come with a Health Warning?, The Hard Shoulder on Newstalk - Should we be hugging less?, Business Post - Visiting London with small kids? Here’s how to do it without losing your mind, and all your money, Screentime - I review Alien Romulus on Newstalk, Newstalk The Hard Shoulder- Winners and Sinners, Irish Independent-‘Gender disappointment is real – I know, because I felt it when I was pregnant’, Newstalk The Hard Shoulder Do kids ruin your career?, Irish Independent - The motherhood penalty: ‘I agree with Lily Allen — having kids ruins your career’, Newstalk The Hard Shoulder- I give my winners and sinners for the week, Newstalk - I review Deadpool & Wolverine and I Saw the TV Glow, BBC Radio Ulster Listen to me on The Lynette Fay Show - 17/07/2024, Newstalk - I review Longlegs, Fly Me To The Moon and Despicable Me 4, Are we afraid to talk to strangers? - Listen to myself and Sean Moncrieff on Newstalk, Opinion: Behind every happy family holiday, you’re likely to find an exhausted mum - TheJournal.ie, ‘As a millennial mum I’m worried I’m raising my kids to be snowflakes’ - Irish Independent, Center Parcs or Eurocamp? An Irish mum weighs up the pros and cons of France and Longford Forest for the holidays - Independent Weekend Magazine, Dads ‘babysitting’ instead of minding kids - a double standard? Listen to me on Moncrieff, Dads don’t ‘babysit’ their own kids – why I’m fed up of double standards in parenting - Irish Independent, I review Furiosa A Mad Max Saga and JLo’s Atlas on Screentime on Newstalk ., Opinion: Child-free restaurants? That's just insulting, we were all kids once, Afternoon Update: Recycling, Roderic O’Gorman, alcohol interlocks, The Best Redemption Movies- A Screentime Special., Debating the Rights and wrongs of voice notes on The Hard Shoulder on Newstalk, Niamh O’Reilly: Voice notes are the self-indulgent monologues that no one wants to hear, Irish Examiner- Post-natal depression: I was alone with my baby and afraid all the time, Niamh O’Reilly: I beg you, stop marketing the menopause to me- read my feature on The Journal, Listen back - me on BBC world business report, Listen to me review Wicked Little Letters on Screentime., My piece on female anger for TheJournal.ie, Has menopause marketing reached its peak?- listen to me on Newstalk Breakfast, NiamhOReilly.ie.