Catherine O'Mahony: Off Message

Have you got more breast milk than you can fit into your infant?

There may be a market for selling breast milk online Pic: iStock

Was anyone else grimly fascinated by the tabloid news story of last week about the woman who is selling her own breast milk online?

This was no joke: a US-born but Clondalkin-based woman is charging €32 a pint for her breast milk which she sells in frozen packs to whoever wants it.

And her best customers, according to the report, are not new mothers struggling to produce enough breast milk for their infants, ...