Fintan Murphy

Its our first proper family holiday since the little fella graced us with his presence.  We have decided to stay within Irish territory.  Mainly so we can bring the other members of our little family namely Cooper n Mojo…see below. They have been enjoying the beach, mountains and sun. It was a long journey down…6 [...]

So this weekend was Lesleys 25th birthday.  The quarter century club.  Myself and Sarah Jane took it upon ourselves to organise a surprise birthday party.  These are alot more stressful than one might think.  Organising an event is hard enough without having to keep it a secret from someone.  Problems arouse right from the beginning [...]

So this Sunday despite the week we all had thanks to the snow we decided to not heed the warnings about “unnecessary” journeys.  We all gathered at the hill at Tymon Park in Greenhills for a spot of sledding.  It turned out we were not the only ones with the idea.  There were people with [...]

On our recent trip to Leitrim Ruairi discovered oranges and more importantly that they roll.  As with everything however it does end up in the mouth at some stage.  I find this journey of discovery so extraordinary.  I think it is this that parents are trying to get across when they describe how wonderful it [...]

I was never big into the idea of college. I liked it and I always knew I’d give it a go but deep down from the age of 5 my greatest desire was to own and run my own business.   So after a year at UCD that’s exactly what I did, took a “year [...]

I recall a friend once saying as we were growing up, that we were running out of firsts. By that he meant everything from your first step as a baby to your first kiss as a teenager.  At the time I thought he was probably right as I left my teenage years behind and we [...]

A few weeks ago Deirdre O’Donoghue emailed me about herself and several of the staff at Educate Together running in the Flora Mini marathon to raise money for E.T. I am a huge supporter of Educate Together having gone through their education system and come out the other side a better person for it.  Educate [...]

We were heading back from Cork, having had a brilliant weekend (see previous post). We had to stop off in Mountmellick on our way back to collect Ruairi as he was staying with his grandparents. As we came into town past the hospital the car lost grip on a bend. The back of the jeep [...]

So I was hoping to do a few posts leading up to the birth of my son, however, having a kid is time consuming…who would have thought. Plus he came on his due date! My son, insane. I honestly thought I had another week at least. In my defence so did the Dr. His exact [...]