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Julie Jay: Want to finish your dinner when eating out with kids? Screens are often the answer

After attempting everything - colouring, cars, and conversation, I have accepted that the only thing that will get my kids to stay at the table long enough for Mammy to eat her dinner is an iPad

Julie Jay: Want to finish your dinner when eating out with kids? Screens are often the answer — Julie Jay: "The truth is, the screens are often a necessary tool in facilitating everyone being able to swallow their dinner without risking an unchewed vol-au-vent getting lodged in a parent’s oesophagus."

Tue, 15 Jul, 2025 - 02:00

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As an elder millennial, my only true religion is brunch. I love nothing more than paying €15 for eggs on toast and pretending to be impressed with a fancy flat-white when I am secretly as happy at home with my instant stuff.

This coffee will be consumed from a mug with so many chips that it is effectively a petri dish at this point.

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