A recent UN study found that 70% of Palestinians killed in residential buildings were women and children. Shouldn’t this be the real source of outrage?

We are watching the greatest experiment ever perpetrated on adolescence and childhood right in front of our eyes

I receive so many letters and phone calls from grandparents looking for advice on how to reconnect with their grandchildren after their child has separated from their partner

The minute a child gets a smartphone they will disappear into them. Not phoning anyone, but connected to Snapchat, TikTok, Instagram, Discord etc. The child that once played, or sat downstairs and chatted with you, will now be up in their bedroom alone, illuminated by blue light and connected to everything the world has to offer; good, bad, and the very ugly

We need sophisticated digital literacy in schools as a matter of urgency. We also have to hold Snapchat and all the other social media platforms to account

Pornography today promotes violence against women: our boys are being fed harmful material telling them that girls like to have consent taken from them

The disease spreads through physical contact and there has been only one leprosy case identified in Ireland in more than 70 years

There are 44 names for the green woodpecker in England alone, including 'yaffle'...  which is inspired by its loud call

As a society, we have to look at the messages we give our children — there seems to be absolutely zero political will to prevent our children from viewing women being tied up, dominated, choked, spat on, consent taken from them and beaten

Do we no longer care for conversation with people? We have things to say and by God, we don’t need others getting in the way of saying it.

It’s just good fun with a serious message running at its core

In my experience, one of the main causes of low mood is knowing who you were meant to be and not knowing how to be that person

Why is it some people are more confident than others? Why do some people suffer with self-doubt, while others stride shoulders back, carefree?

I work with families who are supporting their child while they transition. How is the child at the centre of this processing the storm all around them?

"Sometimes we can really question our levels of merriment: ‘I don’t have the Christmas feeling this year’ or ‘it doesn’t feel like Christmas at all’."

Every fibre in your being wants to confront that bully and sort them out so they think twice about messing with your child

Boundaries are a gift, you can have them without being a dictator

Focused on passive learning and regurgitation, the Leaving Cert has become a box-ticking exercise