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# bringing up baby

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'There was a lot of nodding and smiling': 6 unexpected learnings from my first year abroad with a baby

Nathalie Marquez Courtney shares the challenges – and some lovely perks – of raising her son Ari in a foreign country.

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Sep 3rd 2019, 5:32 PM

This is how Ireland intends to change 'outdated' laws on bringing up children...

A new piece of legislation will address the legal status of children in civil partnerships, surrogacy arrangements and assisted human reproduction.

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Nov 18th 2013, 2:15 PM

More than a quarter of births in Ireland are to women aged 35 and over

The major ESRI report on births found also found that one third of all births were to single mothers.

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Jun 26th 2012, 6:45 AM