Wild caving, axe throwing, aerial yoga: Step outside your comfort zone with these hobbies
The start of the year is an ideal time to try a new activity or sport – and if it ignites your sense of adventure, so much the better
Martin Beanz Warde: I regret being too busy to spend time with people who didn’t have a lot of time left
Martin Beanz Warde is a writer, actor, comedian and TV presenter. He is part of the cast of The Borrowers at Dublin’s Gate Theatre
‘Here I am, a grown adult, who struggles to keep my tears at bay’
Jen Hogan: No way to keep the tears in check but maybe I’ll outgrow it, yet
Rosanna Davison: I annoy myself with how organised I am. I wish I could be less efficient
The model, author and former Miss World on being a ‘guinea pig’ first-born and the challenges of getting her own young children out the door
Regretting being a stay-at-home parent: ‘You’re sitting at home doing housework and you’re bored out of your tree’
Parenting Taboos: Admitting that you feel bored, unfulfilled, or even regret your choice to stay at home with your children is difficult but not uncommon
Deirdre Lundy: Describe myself in three words? Noisy. Naughty. Genuine
‘I’m the oldest. It has totally defined me. I’ve been mom since I was six years old’
Matt Cooper: I’m an only child. I’ve always been conscious of not having brothers or sisters
The journalist and broadcaster on his middle name Raphael, visiting Belfast in the 1970s and his experience as an only child
‘Trust me, I’m a family Christmas expert and these are the rules to live by’
Create time for yourself to enjoy the magic of the season, and take as much of Christmas Eve off as possible
Bressie on his Army dad: ‘I remember him being picked up to go overseas and you wouldn’t see him for a year. I remember the fear of it’
Niall ‘Bressie’ Breslin is co-founder of Lust for Life, a PhD student, musician and host of Classical Wind Down on BBC Radio 3
Prof Donal O’ Shea: ‘The positioning of Ronald McDonald House at the entrance to the new children’s hospital makes me angry’
Prof Donal O’ Shea is the HSE lead on obesity and a regular commentator on the dangers of marketing ‘junk and fast food’ to children
Séamas O’Reilly: ‘My little boy is the same age now as I was when my mother died’
Conversations with Parents podcast with Jen Hogan
What do children know or understand of life and political issues?
Quite a lot, if only they had the chance to be heard – and reducing the voting age to 16 would give them that voice
Trinity provost Linda Doyle: ‘I met Paul Mescal last week here in Trinity. Very cool’
Dr Linda Doyle is the first female Provost of Trinity College Dublin. She is a professor of engineering and the arts
Black Paddy: ‘I want to teach my children self-acceptance and to love the colour of their skin’
Conversations with Parents podcast with Jen Hogan
‘The hardest thing about being a parent is being unavailable to my kids because I have to work so hard to feed and clothe them’
Our recent article on the topic of regretting parenthood sparked numerous responses. Below, we share a selection of the views we received