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FROM THE PAPERS - NIGELLA LAWSON LIKES TO BE WOLF-WHISTLED - DO YOU AGREE? OR INDEED ARE YOU YOURSELF A WOLF-WHISTLER?
NEW PROGRAMME ON RTE TONIGHT - 'FROM HERE TO MATERNITY' - WHAT IS IT REALLY LIKE TO BE IN A MATERNITY WARD? SHOULD MEN FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE TO BE AT THE BIRTH?
MEN AT THE BIRTH
ANABEL - SAID THAT HER HUSBAND WAS AT BOTH HER CHILDREN'S BIRTH'S WHICH WERE AT HOME AND HE MANAGED TO MAKE HER LAUGH
PAUL - SAID THAT BEING AT THE BIRTH OF HIS CHILD WAS A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE AND HE FELT PRIVILIGED TO BE THERE
DEREK - IS ANOTHER FATHER WHO THOUGHT IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE TO BE WITH HIS WIFE WHEN SHE WAS GIVING BIRTH TO HIS CHILDREN
JULIE - HAS HAD 8 CHILDREN AND HER HUSBAND WAS AT ALL OF THE BIRTHS - HE WAS A GREAT HELP APART FROM ONCE EATING THE TEA AND TOAST THAT THEY BROUGHT IN FOR HER
OLIVIA - SAID THAT MEN AREN'T MUCH USE IN THE DELIVERY ROOM - BUT SHE WAS GLAD HER PARTNER WAS THERE AND SHE BELIEVES IT IS IMPORTANT FOR MEN TO SEE WHAT YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH
JOHNATHAN - FELL ASLEEP DURING THE BIRTH OF HIS CHILD AS HE HAD BEEN UP FOR 36 HOURS
LIAM - WAS AT THE BIRTH OF HIS TWO CHILDREN AND HE CUT THE CORD
MANDY - THOUGHT THAT MEN WERE VERY IMPORTANT AT THE BIRTH OF CHILDREN - SHE HAS FOUR CHILDREN AND HER HUSBAND DELIVERED HER SECOND AS SHE WENT SO QUICKLY
WOLF-WHISTLING
TARA - WAS ONCE PINCHED ON THE BOTTOM BY A MAN ON A PASSING MO-PED WHILE ON HOLIDAY IN ROME
AOIFE - IS 32 YEARS OLD AND WAS BEEPED AT THE OTHER DAY - SHE SAID IT GAVE HER AN EXTRA PEP IN HER STEP
PAULA - GOT HER BUM PINCHED ONCE IN TURKEY, GOT HER BUM SLAPPED IN PORTUGAL AND WAS WOLF-WHISTLED AT JUST THIS MORNING
WENDY - ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO WAS SLAPPED ON THE BUM BY A MAN IN A MOVING CAR - SHE INITIALLY THOUGHT HOW DANGEROUS IT WAS BUT BEGAN TO SEE THE FUNNY SIDE
ANNE - IS 7 MONTHS PREGNANT AND WAS WHISTLED AT - SHE WAS QUITE HAPPY TO GET THE ATTENTION
EUNICE - ONCE PUT HER CIGARETTE OUT ON A MAN'S BUM BECAUSE HE MOONED IN HER FACE
IAN - WANTED TO SAY THAT IT WASN'T JUST WOMEN WHO WERE GETTING THIS KIND OF ATTENTION - HE HAS HAD HIS BUM PINCHED MANY TIMES
ADRIAN - SAID THAT HE WITNESSED TWO GUYS WRECK THEIR MOTOR-BIKE BECAUSE THEY WERE SO BUSY LOOKING AT A GOOD-LOOKING GIRL AND CRASHED IT
SHEILA - WAS IN A RESTAURANT RECENTLY AND A MAN CAME UP TO HER AND HER PARTNER AND SIMPLY SAID THAT SHE WAS BEAUTIFUL AND THEN SAT BACK DOWN - SHE THINKS THAT SHE HAS ONLY BEEN GETTING THIS KIND OF REACTION SINCE SHE TURNED 40
HELEN - TOLD A STORY ABOUT WHEN HIS BROTHER WAS YOUNGER AND WAS INTER-RAILING IN GERMANY - THEY SPOKE ABOUT A GOOD-LOOKING GIRL ON THE TRAIN IN IRISH AND WHEN SHE GOT OFF SHE SAID 'GO RAIBH MILE MAITH AGAT' TO THEM
ANNE - WHEN SHE WAS IN AMERICA A GUY TOLD HER THAT SHE HAD 'A MIGHTY FINE ASS' - SHE WAS DELIGHTED WITH HERSELF UNTIL HER FRIEND SAID 'SURE THEM AMERICANS ARE ALL MAD FOR BIG ASSES'
READIE - FACEBOOK BREAK-UP APP- YOU CAN NOW BE NOTIFIED WHEN THE OBJECT OF YOUR DESIRE CHANGES THEIR RELATIONSHIP STATUS ON FACEBOOK
HALF-TERM THIS WEEK - DO YOU FEEL UNDER PRESSURE TO DO THINGS WITH THE CHILDREN? DO YOU EVEN REMEMBER YOUR OWN MID-TERMS?
MID-TERM BREAKS
THERESE - IS 67 AND REMEMBERS LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING A HALF DAY FOR THE CATTLE MARKET - SHE THOUGHT KIDS WERE SPOILED NOW WITH MID-TERM BREAKS
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