Lunchtime Live

It's time for Throwback Thursday, where we look back on things that happened this week in history. Ciaran O’Connor from 98fm joined Andrea Gilligan on Lunchtime Live…

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The ‘Irish Campaign to Boycott Eurovision 2024 are protesting outside RTÉ later on this evening.  

They say that they don’t want “to be represented at an artwashing exercise for the genocidal apartheid state of Israel”. 

What do you think? Should Ireland boycott the Eurovision?

Andrea is joined by singer and songwriter Mary Coughlan as well as listeners to discuss. 

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From overpaying your mortgage to how to switch; for this week’s Ask the Expert, we’re putting your mortgage questions to Trevor Grant, Chairperson, Association of Irish Mortgage Advisors.

Are the Irish unable to say ‘no’? That’s what the actor Brian Cox seems to think.

Is he right? Do we avoid it? Andrea is joined by Freelance Writer Niamh O’Reilly and Life Coach Mark Fennel to discuss.

Listener Ben has gotten in touch with the show because he’s having an issue with getting his son into a secondary school.

He speaks with Andrea about the issue.

Funerals are becoming more and more personal, with a lot more options on how we’d like our final goodbyes to go. 

And that isn’t just the funeral – you now have even more choices about what will happen to your body after you die. 

And the newest option is something called ‘water cremation’.

Andrea is joined by Elizabeth Oakes, founder of Pure Reflections, to learn more. Colin McAteer from The Green Graveyard company also joins to discuss.

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.  

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

Students blockaded the entrance to the Book of Kells exhibition in Trinity College Dublin yesterday in protest against a proposal to increase some programme costs. 

Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union warned that students will take actions that are 'seriously damaging to the reputation and finances of the university' if the increases go ahead. 

László Molnárfi, President of Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union, joins Andrea to discuss what the protest is about. She is also joined by listeners to hear their takes.

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Welcome to The Pod Squad!

We’ll review podcasts every Tuesday so you’ll have something new to listen to. 

Andrea was joined by Newstalk's Tech Correspondent and host of 'Tech Talk' Jess Kelly and Elaine Burke, presenter of the 'For Tech’s Sake’  podcast to discuss series 4 of 'Serial'

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A Dublin-based surgeon has returned to Ireland after three weeks volunteering as a doctor in Gaza. 

Dr Mohammed Shaalan joins Andrea to talk about the experience.