Modern Family on Today FM featuring One Family

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Modern Family is a new Today FM four-part documentary series on family diversity in Ireland, funded by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland and narrated by Ray D’Arcy and produced by Mary Carroll. The series aims to explore the changing face of modern families. Part 4 is a focus on one-parent families and separated parents sharing […]

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Our Thoughts on Mother’s Day

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One Family board members, staff, volunteers and lone parents working with us on policy issues respond to the question, “What does Mother’s Day mean to you this year?” When I was small I would steal daffodils for my mother from the neighbour’s garden. I would fill my hands with the stems until I could hold […]

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Cherish All The Children – a Documentary about our Groundbreaking Founders

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“A one hour documentary that tells the story of brave single mothers who took on the government.” Cherish All The Children is the remarkable story of One Family’s founders; those brave women who refused to give up their children for adoption 40 years ago. They formed Cherish, changed the law on illegitimacy and fought to get […]

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Time for Constitutional Review of the Family

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“The Constitution that governs our country was published back in 1937 and Irish family and social life has changed radically since then. Unfortunately the Constitution has not changed in tandem with this and is now woefully out-of-step with the reality of life for many children and families in Ireland because it doesn’t recognise them as […]

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Listen to a One Family radio documentary

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On February 13th this year, Dublin City FM broadcast a 30-minute radio documentary about One Family. It features interviews with One Family staff members and parents who have availed of our services, offering an insight into what we do and why we do it. Produced by Pearlman Media, the documentary was part of Faith, Hope & […]

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