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The President of the GAA has warned that we could start to lose communities if something is not done to stop people leaving rural communities.

As young people leave their towns for cities, falling numbers have placed their clubs at risk of extinction.

While in cities there are not enough clubs and facilities to cater for a burgeoning population…

So, is the GAA becoming another victim of Dublin-centric Ireland?

Joining Andrea to discuss this is President of the GAA, Jarlath Burns, Gareth Coil, Demographics Officer with Monaghan GAA, Conor O'Donoghue, National GAA Development CCC Chairperson & Meath GAA Football Development Committee Chairperson and more.

Dublin’s arts scene has been dealt another blow, as The Complex in Smithfield announces its closure this January.

More than 30 artists face eviction after a planned deal to secure the site collapsed due to missing Government funding.

The loss of the much-loved venue adds to growing concern over the shrinking number of cultural spaces in the city…

Joining Andrea to discuss this is Vanessa Fielding, CEO & Artistic Director of The Complex, George Hooker, artist at The Complex and Dr Anthony Haughey, Artist and Lecturer at TUD Dublin and Chair of Five Stations Artist Studio Board.

Breakfast Briefing Presenter Shane Beatty joins Andrea Gilligan with plenty of stories from around the country this week!

Taxi Drivers Ireland are escalating their action next week with a planned 6-day protest from Monday to Saturday.

The protests will majorly disrupt Dublin City Centre and the area around Dublin Airport, as well as Cork and Galway.

What implications will this have for those moving around these cities next week?

Andrea is joined by taxi drivers and listeners to discuss.

When you’re renovating or building a home, there are certain things that make a big impact which you might not realise…

The Home Squad are here to discuss ceilings and mouldings!

Joining Andrea to discuss is Sarah Carroll (@sand.and.deliver on Instagram) and Founder and Creative Director of Arlene McIntyre Design, Arlene McIntyre.

Gift vouchers are often given as a present when we can’t think of what to get someone. Last Christmas, over 60% of people received one.

However, over 20% of us have still not used our gift vouchers from last year!

The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission is now advising us to consider giving cash instead…

So, do you use yours?

Andrea is joined by listeners to discuss.

The CSO’s Longitudinal Growing Up in Ireland survey has revealed that two in three 18 to 34-year-olds still live in their family home, often not by choice.

What impact does this have on family dynamics, and on the parents who essentially have adult lodgers in their home?

Joining Andrea to discuss is Freelance Journalist Niamh O’Reilly, Newstalk’s Niamh Dunne, as well as listeners.

Organ donation and transplantation save lives. It’s nearly six months since the Human Tissue Act came into effect on June 17, stating that if you are aged 18 or over, and you don’t specify otherwise, you will be considered a potential organ donor.

But, what happens if, in a final act of altruism, a person wishes to go one step further and give their body to science following death?

Joining Andrea to discuss is Danielle Barron, Health & Medical Journalist and Grace Vaughan, whose mother donated her body to science…

Lunchtime Live's Reasons to be Happy looks at some of the news stories that you might have missed that will leave you feeling more optimistic.

98FM’s Cathal O’Sullivan joined Andrea in the studio to put a smile on your faces…

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Every Wednesday afternoon, we’ll be talking Making Babies.

Andrea will be joined by Professor Shane Higgins, Master of the National Maternity Hospital, to cover every area of trying to have a baby. From the very start of knowing how to prepare, right up to pregnancy – and all the bumps in the road in between.

This week, Shane joins Andrea to discuss what is available to you in the public system.