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Jodi Albert has taken to Instagram to announce that she's pregnant.

This will be Jodi and former Westlife star Kian Egan's third child.

The mum uploaded a snap to the social media site, showing a pregnancy book.

 

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"Looks like I might be needing this again… baby no3," she wrote, topping off the caption with a heart eyes emoji.

Kian also took to Instagram to share the same images, saying: "Look at what the wife is reading again! Here we go again, baby no.3 is on the way!!!"

Congratulations to the couple!

Feature image: Kian Egan/Instagram

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Dublin Bus spokesperson Cliodhna Ni Fhatharta has told Morning Ireland that all Dublin Bus services are currently cancelled. 

No buses are running, other than a very small number of services which left the depots extremely early this morning,

Cliodhna Ni Fhatharta told MI that the service disruption will hopefully not last all day. 

Workers at Irish Rail and Dublin Bus are engaging in secondary pickets this morning, after Bus Éireann picketers showed up at their depots at around 4am this morning.

Dublin Bus has said that customers will be updated throughout the day as to whether or not services will resume. 

The bus service also advised customer questions which routes were cancelled this morning that "all services" are impacted by the pickets.

Dublin Bus previously advised advised that they are experiencing “severe disruption” to its services.

Dart services have also been cancelled, along with a number of Irish Rail routes. 

The Luas is currently in operation. 

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As the Bus Éireann strike continues, other services are now also being disrupted.

Commuters face a difficult morning, as a number of Dart, Irish Rail and Dublin Bus services have been cancelled or disrupted. 

"Iarnród Éireann advises customers that due to secondary picketing associated with the Bus Éireann dispute at a number of locations, extensive disruption can be expected to rail services at present," reads a statement from Irish Rail. 

"However, we cannot guarantee any services across DART and Dublin Commuter services, and cancellations on Intercity routes are also expected."

"We will also update Twitter with the latest information. We apologise to customers for the inconvenience caused."

Irish Rail have provided a full list of cancelled services which reads: 

DART – Extremely limited service – All DART services currently cancelled except 05.40 Bray to Malahide, and 07.00 Malahide to Bray

Maynooth – All Maynooth/M3 services cancelled.

Drogheda – Services from Drogheda/Dundalk to Dublin currently operating.  No services from Dublin to Drogheda/Dundalk

Portlaoise/Kildare – All services cancelled except 05.55hrs Heuston to Kildare and 06.35 Kildare to Heuston.

Athlone/Dublin commuter – cancelled

Sligo/Longford – 05.40 and 06.15 Longford to Dublin cancelled.  05.45 Sligo to Connolly is operating. Limited Sligo/Dublin service expected.

Cork commuter – all services cancelled

Cork/Dublin – all services cancelled

Tralee to Mallow/Cork/Dublin – all services cancelled

Limerick/Dublin – 05.40 Limerick/Dublin is operating.  Awaiting confirmation on other services.

Limerick/Galway – services from Galway to Limerick are operating. Awaiting confirmation on Galway to Limerick

Westport/Dublin – all services cancelled

Waterford/Dublin Heuston – 06.00 Waterford to Heuston operating, all other services cancelled at present.

Galway/Heuston – limited service expected. 05.30 and 06.30 Galway to Heuston is operating.

Rosslare/Gorey/Dublin Connolly – limited service operating. 05.35 Rosslare Europort to Dublin and 05.55 Gorey to Dublin is running

Belfast/Dublin Connolly – limited service operating.  06.30 Newry to Connolly, 06.45 and 08.00 Belfast to Connolly are running.  07.35 and 09.35 Connolly to Belfast cancelled.

Waterford/Limerick Junction – services are operating from Waterford.  Awaiting confirmation from Limerick Junction.

Limerick/Nenagh via Ballybrophy – awaiting confirmation

Dublin Bus have advised that they are experiencing “severe disruption” to services.

The capital's bus service has not yet confirmed which specific routes are being cancelled or delayed. 

However, in Twitter replies to commuters, the Dublin Bus has advised that "all services" will be impacted. 

Twitter users have been flooding the Dublin Bus hashtag with complaints about the lack of notice given by the service. 

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If you love a Cadbury's creme egg or Reese's butter cups are your fave, then we have good news for you.

Reese's have created peanut butter creme eggs and we are oh so very delighted.

Reese's new eggs come in packs of five and each contain individually wrapped milk chocolate eggs stuffed with a salty, smooth peanut butter filling (could it get any better?).

Reese's now do a peanut butter creme egg and ooh it sounds amazing

What's more, they come with a little purple spoon so you can scoop out all the good stuff before eating the chocolate shell.

As always though, there's a catch.

The peanut butter eggs are only available in America right now, so if you know anyone heading over there, make sure to nag them so they'll bring you back a butt-load.

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Even though it's a little bit milder out, the weekend isn't looking too great weather-wise.

Temperatures are expected to reach up to 17C (hell yeah), however, rain, thunder and hail are possibly on the way (boo!).

Even though today was dry, Met Éireann say that this evening will have "showery rain," which will be "widespread with some thundery bursts, especially in western areas."

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Tomorrow, Friday March 31, will have a "very wet start" in Leinster and Munster, with a few downpours expected. Temperatures will reach 15C, which is some sort of silver lining, we guess?

Saturday looks crap enough though, with the risk of hail and showers.

The Met Éireann website reads: "Most of the shower activity will affect the western half of the country, with parts of the east escaping fully dry.

"Saturday night will be dry and cold, with slack breezes, temperatures down to freezing in places, with some frost and also some mist and fog."

Across the pond there seems to be a heatwave… SMH.

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If Spice Girls were your jam back in the day, then you'll want to watch The Ray D'Arcy Show this weekend.

Former Spice Girl Mel C will be on Ray's couch and she has a lot to talk about.

Mel will be giving the talk show host the latest on the Spice Girls reunion, and will also discuss the changes of the music industry, from when she started out to what it's like today.

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She will also chat about the lasting legacy of girl power, and the pressures of being in the public eye.

Also joining Ray will be Dancing With The Stars winner Aidan O'Mahony.

The All-Ireland footballer will spill the beans on being the underdog on the show, to becoming the winner.

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Aidan now has to go back to his day job of being a member of An Garda Siochána. He has also welcomed a baby girl called Lucia, and we're sure fans would love to hear all about her.

Following on from Aidan will be presenter of the upcoming series Big Week on the Farm, Aine Lawlor and author, actor and raconteur Michael Harding.

You can catch this great line up on Saturday on RTÉ One at 10.25pm.

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If you grew up in Ireland, it's pretty likely that you were somewhat mollycoddled by your mother and family.

Did she really tell you the ins and outs of menstruation and sex, or did you have to figure a few things out for yourself?

Did she tell you about trailblazing lesbians or women in science? Some did, some didn't, but either way, the Stuff Mom Never Told You podcast is an absolute must.

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If you've never heard of it before, it comes from the absolute giant How Stuff Works. The series, presented by Cristen and Caroline, is a treasure trove of variable topics, and covers everything from social justice warriors, to wartime prostitutes, body shaming and even the history of fashion models.

So, basically, there's something for everyone.

Here are four of our favourite from the past few weeks:

Social Justice Warriors

"Can social media change the world? So-called social justice warriors, slactivists and hashtag activists think so," reads the episode description.

"In this episode, Cristen and Caroline dissect social media activism and its backlash and ponder the perils of political correctness."

White and modern earphones on a desk

 

Living Dolls: A History of Fashion Modelling

"When did models begin strutting down the catwalk? 

In the episode synopsis, it says, "Cristen and Caroline size up the history of modelling and how it's influenced beauty culture at large," which is interesting to find out about.

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Were mediums the first feminists?

"What are mediums, and what did they have to do with the early suffragists? 

In this episode, you will "join Caroline and Cristen as they explore the role of women in the spiritualist movement and divine its connections to feminism in this episode."

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The Revenge Porn Wars

"Sometimes termed 'cyber rape', revenge porn refers to sexually explicit images and videos nonconsensually shared on theInternet," their website reveals.

"Cristen and Caroline chart the horrifying rise of revenge porn, why it happens, how it affects the victims and how the digital laws are evolving to criminalise it."

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Brown Thomas has just unveiled their first ever Beauty Lounge, and it looks as sumptuous, secluded and serene as you could imagine. 

The stunning new beauty boutique features a living wall covered in plants, as well as luxurious pink velvet furnishings.

Not only does the new lounge look amazing, but the beauty treatments available are giving us life. 

 

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"We are delighted to introduce the first ever Brown Thomas Beauty Lounge on Dublin’s Clarendon Street," reads the BT website.

"Dedicated to the best beauty services, the luxurious lounge will house Ireland’s first blowdry bar from Aveda and manicures, pedicures, brows and lashes from Nails Inc."

The new beauty bonanza of a boutique is open from 7am, so if you have a big event right after work, you can get your blow dry and your mani before you head to the office for the day. 

The price list is astonishingly affordable, with eyelash extensions coming in at €30.00 and brow tinting costing €10.00.

Their braiding bar charges €19.00 for plaited styles, so get booking before festival season!

 

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We're also extremely intrigued by the Unicorn Manicure, which sounds absolutely amazing.

The salon is also promoting a 15 minute Need for Speed manicure, which definitely suits our mad schedules. 

The new Beauty Lounge sounds completely dreamy and we can't wait to see it for ourselves!

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H&M is one of our favourite high street brands, so imagine our excitement when we heard that the fashion giant was branching out into a new stylish endeavour.

H&M, who already curated Monki, COS and & Other Stories, has announced that it will be creating a new brand called Arket.

The new concept is launching at the end of the summer. 

 

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The new brand is set to focus on “a broad yet selected range of essentials for men, women and children, as well as a smaller, curated assortment for the home,” according to a statement acquired by WWD. 

The new stores aim to be a modern day market, and will include coffee shops on the premises. 

The new brand will sit at a"slightly higher price segment" than H&M, and will emphasise "materials, function, and fit." 

 

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Arket’s first retail store will open on London's Regent Street in autumn of this year.

It is launching in 18 European markets, but it is unclear yet whether Ireland will be one of them.

We're keeping our fingers crossed!

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We have to admit, we're binge watchers here in SHEmazing! HQ.

We love nothing more that cuddling up on the sofa with a cuppa tea (or glass of wine), and letting our minds wander into the lives of the characters we're seeing on screen.

So, whether you love a good drama about bitchy Upper East Siders, or fancy a thriller about a hchirpy serial killer, there's going to be something in this list for you.

Here are 13 TV shows that have a hella loada seasons, so you can binge watch to your heart's content this weekend:

1. 24

Jack Bauer, the Director of Field Ops for the Counter-Terrorist Unit in LA, races against the clock to stop terrorist plots and save his nation (and family) from disaster.

This TV show is literally thrill, after thrill, after thrill.

 

2. Entourage

This is actually based on the life of Mark Wahlberg when he first moved to LA. Film star, Vince Chase, has to navigate his way through Hollywood along with the help of his friends.

There's plenty of ups and downs, along with a lot of laughs. And Ari Gold is THE MAN.

 

3. The Walking Dead

Former sheriff, Rick Grimes, wakes up from a coma to a world full of zombies (they call them walkers in the show).

He ends up leading a group of survivors to safety, but nothing will ever be as safe as it seems. And sometimes, humans are worse than the walkers…

 

4. Gossip Girl

Ah, Gossip Girl. The show depicts the lives of a group of privileged Upper East Side teenagers.

Between its many scandals, affairs, deaths and robberies, all is chronicled by a blogger, who sends out texts and emails, spilling the dirty deets of the lives of Serena, Blair, Chuck, Nate and Dan.

 

5. Prison Break

Due to a political conspiracy, an innocent man, named Michael, is sent to prison, where he will ultimately end up on death row.

His only hope is his brother, who makes it his mission to get himself sent to the same prison in order to break them both out, from the inside.

 

6. Desperate Housewives

This is the story of a group of women living in a suburban neighbourhood.

After the mysterious suicide of a neighbour, the women must all come together and protect each other from their secrets getting out. And believe us, they have a lot of secrets.

 

7. The Wire

The Wire depicts the Baltimore drug scene. In the show, we get to see both sides; the lives of the drug dealers and the lives of the police officers.

Throughout the seasons, both sides make startling revelations, where they have to choose whether to clean up the messes… or hide them.

 

8. Breaking Bad

Possibly one of the best TV shows of our time, amirite? A high school chemistry teacher is diagnosed with lung cancer, but he makes a surprising turn into the world of manufacturing and selling meth.

And then there's Jesse, who you will no doubt fall in love with.

 

9. Better Call Saul

If you're having withdrawal symptoms after finishing Breaking Bad, then Saul Goodman is your man.

Even though Saul was the comic relief in Breaking Bad, his own TV show is quite dark. It tells the story of a young lawyer and his trials and tribulations of trying to get into criminal law.

 

10. Freaks and Geeks

Even though this only has one season, it's well worth a watch. A high school math geek starts hanging out with a group of stoners, and realises that life isn't all about studying.

Meanwhile, her younger brother has to navigate life as a freshman and face up to his bullies. 

 

11. One Tree Hill

If Chad Michael Murray and James Lafferty aren't enough reason to watch this then we don't know what else to tell you.

One Tree Hill tells the story of half-brothers Lucas and Nathan. They trade between kinship and rivalry, both on the basketball court and in the hearts of their friends in the small, but not so quiet town of Tree Hill. 

 

12. Dexter

Dexter is an odd but lovely forensic expert who works with the Miami Police Department.

However, he's also a serial killer who hunts down bad guys in order to make the world a safer place (in his eyes). He must trick and deceive the ones closest to him, which makes for great watching.

 

13. The OC

Again if Adam Brody and Ben McKenzie aren't enough to make you watch this… well, you know the gist. The OC sees a troubled youth taken in by a wealthy family.

The community where they live is very close knit and well-behaved, until Ryan shakes everything up. The soundtrack is also class.

 

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The term fat-shaming gets tossed around a lot these days, be it on viral fitness Instagram pages who reveal the reality behind before and after pictures, or on the photos of women who are deemed "brave" for showcasing a body fits in clothes with a label featuring double digits. 

Fat-shaming, for those not in the know, is a term which refers to the action of humiliating someone by mocking them or making critical comments about their size. At least, that's the dictionary definition. 

If you're anything like me and have never really existed in a lean, mean, fat-fighting machine of a body, then you may relate a little bit to what I'm about to say. 

Fat-shaming happens on the daily, it's simply ingrained in our language and the way we describe things.

People say "oh nooo I feel so fat today," to refer to bloating, proving once more that being seen as fat is inherently bad.

Celebrities are praised for shedding the pounds, no matter how dangerous a diet they follow to do so (Beyonce's cayenne pepper and lemon juice, anyone?) while women who gain weight, be it a little or a lot, are often encouraged to see this weight gain as a temporary state, something they must suffer through until they "fit back into their jeans." 

 

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I don't mind admitting that I'm a size 12, which is by no means on the higher end of the clothing size scale.

And yet, I have still had moments where I have been made to feel ashamed for not prescribing to the new decree of a beautiful body. 

It was only recently that I was unceremoniously insulted by a guy at a gig, who, after I joined my friends dancing on the stage, told me that the stage was no place for fat girls.

Obviously this was upsetting, so I couldn't let it slide by. 

Because, as a perceived fatty, I'm hungry for justice, right? 

This incident got me thinking that, whatever amount of humiliation I endured due to this one man's opinion of my physique, to feel that way on a regular basis must be unbearable. 

There are entire Instagram pages dedicated to shaming and policing women's bodies, encouraging them to take up less space, even when they are already at healthy sizes.

Just because their bodies may not necessarily match up with that of a Victoria's Secret model, they are somehow less worthy than their thin and toned counterparts. 

Placing such a high value on a woman's weight completely demeans her as a person.

When that asshat (who I can only assume had gone mad with power) attempted to fat-shame me out of the gig, he wasn't considering who I was as a person, he only cared about my attractiveness, specifically the attractiveness of my body alone. 

The same goes for thin women, who are made to feel like they are "less than a woman" because "real men like curves." 

Body-shaming works both ways, and the obsession with weight dehumanises people and their worth. 

Personally, I'm choosing to practice self love rather than dwelling on the cruel words of strangers, but it's easier said than done.

Until people realise that fat-shaming is even closer than an Instagram comment away, the issue will probably never be rectified.

Seeing people as less than deserving of basic human kindness on the basis of their numeric relationship with gravity seems pretty juvenile, and yet it happens every day, in real life, among adults.

Skinny, fat or in-between, people seem to think that they have some kind right to comment on unsuspecting bodies in a negative manner, and until we all take a stand against body-shaming, it's probably going to continue.

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Back in 6th class when you were considering your options for secondary school, the idea of whipping up cupcakes as part of your school day seemed an absolute dream, right?

Sure, you were only mad into cupcakes, and if making them helped you acquire points in the Leaving Cert, then who were you to turn down the chance?

Then you began Home Ec classes and got the rudest awakening of your life.

Yes, you made cakes every now and then, but you were also forced to memorise the components of a fridge, commit various biological functions to memory, and watch your friend's glasses steam up every time she went anywhere near the oven.

And here are just six things you know if Home Ec was the bane of your life.

1. You ALWAYS forgot to pre-heat the oven

No matter how fresh your ingredients or clean your workspace, something would always go wrong during your Home Ec practicals.

And invariably it came down to your inability to remember the oven needed to be turned on in order to actually go home with anything edible. 

"Oh my God, I did TURN it on. I'm SURE I did."

2. You never had the right containers

The night before a cookery class, you would trawl through your mother's impressive collection of Tupperware in order to find a container which would facilitate your finished product the following day.

And invariably, the container would be too small and you'd be forced to bung your cupcakes into a dirty cotton bag and bail before your teacher caught sight of you.

"Jaysus, just fling them in there and bounce."

3. You struggled with various smells

Cutting onions first thing in the morning, and then spending the rest of the day with the smell lingering on your hands was an absolute melter.

Even when you forced your partner to take the reins with the onion, the smell would still find its way onto your hands, and ruin your day.

"That smell isn't coming from me. Stop looking at me."

4. Your hair couldn't take the pressure

A school kitchen with 20 students slaving over hot stoves wreaked havoc on your barnet.

You may have arrived to school with poker-straight hair, but you could guarantee a steamy kitchen meant you'd be leaving with a 'do that resembled nothing like it did an hour earlier.

"I look like Monica when the humidity got to her."

5. Your finished product NEVER looked like the picture

You might have used all the right ingredients, but the item you gingerly removed from the oven rarely looked like the photo in your textbook.

And even if it tasted good, your presentation generally left a lot to be desired, right?

"What's a piping bag? And can I use this plastic bag instead?"

6. You were forever 'wasting' food apparently

While you assumed you were simply peeling fruit and veg, your teacher would insist you were leaving half the good stuff in the kitchen bin.

And you weren't beneath arranging the contents of your bin so as to conceal the amount of potato you had actually discarded either.

"What? Those peels aren't mine! They were there when the class started!"

Thankfully, the good folk at Siúcra have helped us to draw a line under our hellish experience of homebaking with the help of new brand ambassador Catherine Fulvio.

Reminding the public that home cooking doesn't have to dredge up memories of Home Ec classes, they said: "Food has an incredible ability to bring people together, so whether it’s a sharing plate or a mini dessert, Siúcra has the perfect recipes for both seasoned cooks and young enthusiasts to savour mini moments."

"With Catherine's infectious enthusiasm for food and no-fuss approach to cooking and baking, she was a natural choice for our brand," they added.

"I’m really excited about working with the range to develop easy-to-make recipes which will hopefully inspire people to experiment in the kitchen and enjoy the sense of achievement from creating something delicious for friends and family," Catherine enthused.

These guys might just rewrite history for us!

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