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I recently signed up on facebook to cow&gate page and was really surprised to recieve cow&gate vouchers in post:) I always get their baby food jars and pouches for when we are out and about. They also have really good deal in Tesco at the moment with 8 jars of food costing 5.50euro.together with my cow&gate vouchers I got a really good deal. However, I also got three vouchers for cow & gate follow...

As a parent, we always want what’s best for our children and very often, we overspend on birthday gifts and Christmas presents because we want to give them everything. However, a new research shows that expensive gifts don’t help children develop creativity. Nor do they encourage physical activity in tots. A group 120 primary school kids in Melbourne were given cheap toys to play with. This...

A family is planning to stage a protest outside the Social Protection Minister's office on Wednesday to highlight their housing struggle. Gwen Connell and her three children were forced out of their Dublin home two weeks ago after their rent was raised by €400. “A couple of weeks before Christmas an estate agent turned up at the door and said the landlord had sent him around. I thought the...

A new study showed that large expenses are stopping the majority of working mums from leaving their professional job to become stay-at-home mums. The government survey showed that more than half of working mums would cut their hours if it was possible and nearly a third would give up their jobs completely. However, because they need to pay bills and provide their family with financial support...

Having a large family is something that a lot of parents are drifting away from today. As the cost of raising one single child continues to increase, more and more mums and dads are "delaying having more children". A survey by protection specialist LV= showed that the increase in the cost of living, childcare and income reduction means that one in five parents is not thinking about having another...

According to a new survey, four out of five middle income families are unable to save for their children's future. Many are hoping for “something to turn up” as 78% cannot or will not start a nest egg. According to Demos, parents are underestimating the costs that their kids will face in the future, such as high property prices and university fees. The study polled 2,000 people and found...

A study showed that the standard of living in Ireland has decreased in the past few years. Findings from the Growing Up in Ireland survey revealed that the financial difficulties that families experience have been both “pervasive and persistent.” Researchers interviewed the families of 11,100 five-year-olds in 2008 and in 2011 and found that the number of parents struggling to get by has more...

The number of employers offering full maternity benefit has decreased by more than 26.6% since the recession began. On top of this, there has also been an increase in the number of employers offering nothing on top of the statutory benefit, which was cut in Budget 2014 and has been liable for tax since 2012. The number of women returning to work full-time has gone from 61% in 2008 to 79...

A recent survey in the UK has revealed that 21% of stay-at-home mothers were the family’s main earner before they gave up work to look after their children. Many of the women who took part in the poll believe they would be earning more than their partners had they not given up work but were prepared to give it up to look after their children. Just under half of the women surveyed gave up their...

The National Women’s Council of Ireland have described yesterday’s budget as “not in the best interest of women, their children or indeed, society as a whole”. Following the announcement that the One Parent Family tax credit will come to an end, while maternity benefit takes a second cut, women’s groups have come out against Minister Noonan’s budget. The One Family organisation says...