Lunchtime Live

Health insurance costs are set to rise again as the HIA plans a 10% increase in the levy that funds subsidies for older and higher-risk customers.

With premiums already climbing, we ask: what will this mean for the 2.5 million people with cover, and is the system fair?

Joining guest host Anna Daly to discuss is Dermot Goode, Health Insurance Expert with Health Insurance Ireland, as well as listeners.

For this week’s Ask the Expert, guest host Anna Daly is joined by Audiologist Frank McGrath, to answer any of your hearing and tinnitus-related questions!

Christmas parties are starting, group dinners are being planned, the shopping has already started…

It can be easier to feel overwhelmed in the run up to Christmas, so how do you avoid feeling burned out?

Joining guest host Anna Daly to discuss is Siobhan Murray, Psychotherapist and Expert on Burnout Management.

If you or someone you know has had or is having a baby, chances are you’ve talked about the idea of ‘bouncing back’.

It’s the idea that women should ‘recover’ as quickly and seamlessly as possible, even though pregnancy and birth are major, sometimes traumatic, medical events.

Niamh O’Sullivan is an influencer and a new mother, and she recently posted about this, writing that she looks the same at 14 and a half weeks post-partum as she did at 20 weeks pregnant.

She said even though this is “fine”, she’s jealous of women who can “bounce back” more easily.

She joins guest host Anna Daly to discuss, as well as Maria O’Sullivan, Certified lactation consultant and member of Association for Improvements in Maternity Services in Ireland and listeners.

It's How I live well time! Where someone joins to discuss what they do to improve their life...

This week, guest host Anna Daly is joined by Aileen Cox Blundell, Nutritionist, to talk all things Vitamin D!

We’ve all heard the stories - you ace the first interview, then the next, then another, and you’re still not sure if you’ll get the job! It seems more and more Irish jobseekers are being asked to jump through hoop after hoop to secure roles, but is all this really helping companies, or just putting great candidates off?

Joining guest host Anna Daly to discuss is Tracey Keevans, Global FDI Director at Morgan McKinley, Pat McDonagh, owner of Supermacs, Moira Grassick, COO of Peninsula Ireland HR and listeners.

After a very tragic accident occurred in Dundalk at the weekend, many people are saddened and worried by the danger of Irish roads.

One listener got in touch to discuss his frustration and upset at the lack of Garda checkpoints on Irish roads, despite plenty being in place during the lockdown…

How do you feel? Are there enough checkpoints, or do we need to see more to prevent further accidents from occurring?

Joining guest host Anna Daly to discuss is Spokesperson for the LOVE30 Campaign, Mairead Forsythe, Editor with Completecar.ie, Shane O’Donoghue and listeners.

Dr. Nina Byrnes, GP at Generation Health Medical Clinic joined Anna Daly to answer your questions.

There’s a lot of research to say that what you are called impacts the kind of life you will lead, especially if you have an unusual name.

Over the last few years, there has been a rise in ‘uncommon’ names with people calling their kids Apple, North, and Peach, even!

But does having a strange name have any impact on your life ?

Joining Anna Daly in for Andrea was Baby Name Expert & Celebrity Name Consultant, SJ Strum, Broadcaster and podcast host, Venetia Quick, Day Magee And Matthew Matthews from Spin 1038

Miriam is a 69-year-old wheelchair user. She got in touch with  Lunchtime Live to tell the current issues she is facing with her accommodation. As a wheelchair user, her Dublin City Council apartment fails to meet her disability needs, making her housebound. She joined Anna Daly in for Andrea to discuss the impact the issue is having on her life.