EHEmer Harrington

1. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Emer Harrington

   ‘Breastfeeding my son helped our bond grow deeper’ (opens the original)

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   In 2022, Persis Raju (37), a nurse at a Dublin hospital, moved from India to Ireland with her husband, Weslee, and their four-year-old daughter, Ivanna. They built a new life, and in 2025 Persis was pregnant with their much-longed-for second child. Having exclusively breastfed her daughter, she planned to do the same with the new baby. But when her son, Tejas, was born prematurely at 35 weeks with Down syndrome and a heart condition, she entered a “freeze state” and felt like she was in “a

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2. Article · Aug 18, 2026 · Emer Harrington

   Why salon visit is not cut and dried for the neurodivergent child (opens the original)

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   Children are preparing to return to school and parents are ticking the usual tasks off the list: Shoes, uniform, and haircut. For most children, getting a haircut is straightforward: Sit still in the chair, and it’s all over in half an hour. However, for neurodivergent children, an appointment at a traditional hairdresser’s can be stressful, even overwhelming. Pat Carey lives in Ballyvourney, Co Cork, with his wife, Eileen, and their two children, Artie, 7, and Katie Mae, 6. Artie is autistic. H

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