Inside the incredible shipping container house in Ringsend
Inside the incredible shipping container house in Ringsend

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No pumpkins in sight: how the Irish celebrated Samhain long before Halloween

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‘My experience as an Olympian has taught me how to sacrifice short-term fun for long-term fulfilment’
‘My experience as an Olympian has taught me how to sacrifice short-term fun for long-term...

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A seafront Skerries home has been given a luxe update with rich colours and hotel-inspired details
A seafront Skerries home has been given a luxe update with rich colours and hotel-inspired...

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Every entrepreneur has a lightbulb moment . . .
Every entrepreneur has a lightbulb moment . . .

Leonie Corcoran

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Qbanaa: ‘A career in music is like a start-up business — you can lose a...

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My Career: Founder of the AI Institute Maryrose Lyons

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Galaxy gazing: This is the future of AI

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Step inside textile artist Nicola Henley’s dreamy Co. Clare farmhouse

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9 of the best events happening this bank holiday weekend

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‘I was so terrified my kids would be taken away if I admitted how badly I was struggling’


by Amanda Cassidy
21st Oct 2020
Research has found those experiencing perinatal depression (1 in 5 of us) don’t know where to seek help. Amanda Cassidy speaks to mums who share their experience “It took me two and a half years to come to the realisation that I was suffering from post-natal depression," admits Elaine Platt, an Amatsu therapist and mum to Wesley and Amelia. "And the thing that got me was the hushed tones that others would talk about it......

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