Like Family

On this June Bank Holiday, Brenda Donohue takes a snap shot of Irish family life. We meet families as they mark significant milestones against the backdrop of Covid 19.

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In this episode of Like Family, Brenda asks four Irish families to give us a picture of their family life in this pandemic. Emma and Dave who are expecting triplets; Becky who is homeschooling her children; Ahmed and Reema who are marking Ramadam and Kate whose father died from Covid 19 all tell Brenda their stories.

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Brenda Donohue visits Sheriff St, Dublin 1 and meets the women on the 'Gaelic4Mothers and Others' football team. What they lack in skill on the pitch, they make up for in laughter, support and comradery. Many of them have had very difficult, challenging lives, so for them the Sheriff St Ladies Gaelic Football team is Like Family.

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In this edition of Like Family, Brenda talks about housework. In a world of increasing equality, why are women still doing more housework than men and why do they seem to worry about it more?

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In 2019, school children starting protesting against climate change. Brenda meets some children and their families to find out what is behind families taking eco action.

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On this week's Like Family, Brenda talks to family members about coping with grief and loss

Trish Murphy, psychotherapist, explains to Brenda that the memories created during family holidays can sustain a family through the ups and downs of life.

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In this edition of Like Family, Brenda visits St John's National School in Kenmare where she meets pupils, teachers, parents and internet safety expert Ger Bric to discuss the school's digital detox programme. She asks if being absorbed in the digital world is undermining our real world family relationships?

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This week, Brenda Donohue asks how important is family support to elite sporting success? She meets canoeist Jenny Egan and boxer Eric Donovan and discusses the latest research with Kate Kirby of the Sport Ireland Institute.

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When is the last time that you took out your smartphone and took a photo? What happened then? In the past, the family photo album was a treasured possession. In this edition of Like Family, Brenda Donohue asks what is happening to family photos in the digital age?