Since starting Office Mum, I’ve been fortunate to get to know some really inspiring women who work in the area of helping mothers to balance careers with family. They’ve very kindly joined forces to contribute to this post, in order to give you some of their top tips for juggling work and home – setting ...
Standing in the queue for a sandwich at lunch-time, I notice that everyone is looking at their phones. I don't mean that I just noticed this today - it's the same every day. I stand in the queue, looking at people looking at their phones, wondering idly what they used to do before they had smart-phones. Then I wonder ...
"Well what if we leave a bit earlier tomorrow?" I said to my daughter on the way into school last week, in answer to her complaint that she wouldn't have enough playtime before class started. "Yeah, we said that this morning too, and here we are, running at the last minute," I heard behind me - ...
I'm working hard to teach my daughters that they can be anything they want when they grow up - astronauts ("really?"), footballers ("no way mum, I thought only boys could be footballers") or business-owners (because they've both decided that's what they want to be - as opposed to my job in an office which they say ...
"Ireland is better than the US but not as good as Scandinavia," I said to the public policy student who was sitting beside me, "I'd say we fall somewhere in the middle." We were at "Families and Work: A Chance for Change", a seminar organised by Start Strong, the National Women's Council and ICTU, ahead of ...