Lunchtime Live

Have you ever wondered what it takes to be a ballerina?

How gruelling it can be on the body – is it anything like Black Swan?

Ireland’s most celebrated ballerina, Melissa Hamilton, joins guest host Anna Daly to discuss.

With the All-Ireland final taking place on Sunday. We want to know who is favorite to win, and what we can expect for a great game of hurling.

Also, how much of a struggle is it to get tickets to the game?

Joining guest host Anna Daly to discuss is former Cork hurler Lorcan McLoughlin, All-Ireland winner with Tipperary in 1989 and 1991 and Manager of Tipperary Senior Hurlers from 2003-2005, Ken Hogan, 10-time All-Ireland football final winner with Cork GAA, Valarie Mulcahy and more.

It’s the kiss cam everyone is talking about, and the pop band that may have accidentally exposed an affair…

What’s going on with this Coldplay concert affair?

Joining guest host Anna Daly to discuss is Journalist Padraig Wilson McCarthy and Claire Auchmuty, Divorce and Relationship Coach.

From build-up to the All-Ireland to a snake roaming Cork, Breakfast Briefing Presenter Shane Beatty joins guest host Anna Daly with plenty of stories from around the country this week!

Homeowners will pay a higher rate of property tax next year as a result of a vote being held this evening by Dublin City Council.

Councillors are expected to vote to remove a 15% discount on the tax for the first time in over a decade.

So, if there is a hike in property tax, should there be greater transparency around where these taxes are actually spent?

Guest host Anna Daly is joined by listeners to discuss.

When you want to add a bit of flair to the bare walls of your home - you might want to add a piece of art. But, how do you go about it, and how do you know if it’s the right fit?

Well, the Home Squad are here to talk about buying art!

Joining Andrea to discuss is Jenny Sheehan, Irish Examiner Columnist and former winner of ‘Home of the Year’ (@workerscottage on Instagram) & Roisin Lafferty, Founder and Creative Director of Róisín Lafferty Design House.

As All Ireland fever sweeps the nation, the difference between the teams could come down to their equipment!

Andrea is joined by former Cork senior hurler and hurley maker Aidan Walsh and owner of Buckley Hurleys, Stephen Buckley to discuss what goes into making the perfect hurley. Also, Michael John Murphy is so confident in Cork's potential to win, that he's gotten a tattoo to celebrate it ahead of time! He and Darragh Murphy from Skint Tattoo Studio join to discuss.

Image: Skint Tattoo

Only two children in need of urgent spinal surgeries have been treated abroad.

This is despite a legal instruction to the HSE to provide all children with scoliosis the option to travel.

So, what has gone wrong?

Andrea is joined by affected parents to discuss.

Every day, we’re hearing more rumours about who might be the next President.

Could it be Joe Duffy? Or maybe it’ll be Mairead McGuinness? Could the rumours of Packie Bonner be true?

Joining Andrea to discuss is Adrian Kavanagh, Geography Lecturer at Maynooth University and John Lee, Executive Editor at The Irish Daily Mail.

We’ve decided to do a deep dive on some of our favourite albums to explore the stories behind them.

What did the artists really think of each other? Where did the inspirations from the songs come from?

Joining Andrea to discuss is Head Tour Guide at the Irish Rock ‘N’ Roll Museum Experience, Alan Buckley, who’s going to talk through Arctic Monkeys’ ‘Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not’!