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Makeup Expert Michelle Ragazzoli Stone joins Andrea to share her five favorite beauty products. With her years of experience and eye for quality, she’ll walk you through the essentials she swears by for creating flawless looks!

The lack of speech and language therapists in the country is having a profound impact on Irish children.

That’s according to Andrea’s guest, Eoghan O’Byrne, Principal of St Mary’s National School in Limerick City. He joins, along with Sarah Kelly, SpeakEasy Speech and Language Therapist and listeners to discuss.

This weekend the Endometriosis Association of Ireland are having their annual conference.

It'll bring experts in front of people living with the condition to help gain understanding and knowledge.

Andrea will be there, and so will Dr Larisa Corda, an Obstetrician and Gynaecologist and Serena Massey, CEO of Endometriosis Association of Ireland. They join to discuss.

One Irish man is making it his mission to visit every Irish pub in the world.

Colm Dalton, originally from Kerry, now living in London, joins Andrea to discuss.

How little is too little when it comes to clothes at the gym?

An article in the Times UK writes:

‘I’m in the gym with semi-clad young women. Where do I look?’ writes Robert Crampton, ‘At my gym, whose patrons are three-quarters women in their twenties and thirties, I often feel as if I’ve wandered into the girls’ changing room by mistake’.

What do you think?

Have you noticed a lack of clothing at the gym?

Andrea is joined by Paul Byrne, Director of Body Byrne Training, Nathalie Lennon, Content creator & personal trainer, Paulette Egan, Co-Founder of athletics clothing brand I-Spy clothing as well as listeners to discuss.

The cost of health insurance, energy, broadband, mobile and television services are all due to go up next month.

So, several of your bills are going to rise, and soon.

Joining Andrea to discuss why this is happening and what you can do is Irish Independent Personal Finance Editor, Charlie Weston and Michael Kilcoyne, Chairman of the Consumer Association of Ireland.

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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‘No European city would tolerate the decay and dereliction visible in Dublin’ that is according to Independent Senator Michael McDowell writing in the Irish Times this morning.

What do you think? Is Ireland an outlier in Europe when it comes to dereliction?

Andrea is joined by Architect & Lecturer in Griffith College, Róisín Murphy, Robin Mandal from the Dublin Democratic Planning Alliance and more to discuss.

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 debunk baby making myths!

Ryanair has launched an exclusive discount scheme for frequent flyers.

Ryanair Prime will cost €79 for a full 12-month subscription – they say it could save Irish flyers hundreds of euros.

Joining Andrea to discuss is Journalist with the Irish Examiner Cianan Brennan, John Gibbons, Environmental Journalist and Commentator and listeners to discuss.