Lunchtime Live

Looking for a last minute staycation over the Easter break? Sarah Slattery, The Travel Expert joined Andrea with some tips and ideas...

This is Lunchtime Live’s Big Batch. Every Monday we’ll be learning new easy to cook batch recipes from Cook Book Author and Recipe writer Sarah Butler to keep you eating well. No more staring into an open fridge looking for inspiration! This week Andrea and Sarah looked at recipes for celebrating this Easter...

Follow the hashtag #LLBigBatch for all our recipes.

All Secondary Schools are supposed to have free school books starting this September. 

But there are still a number of schools that don’t have their books and there’s a lot of doubt about whether or not this will actually be ready to go by the start of the school year. 

Andrea was joined by teachers and parents to discuss...

Every Friday, as part of our ‘Ask Me Anything’ series, we put your questions to people from interesting background or working in different jobs.  

Today, Andrea Gilligan was joined by Fr David Vard, Parish Priest in Stradbally, Co Laois...

Today is Daffodil Day, a day organised by the Irish Cancer Society, in which we come together to go all in against cancer.

Andrea Gilligan was joined on Lunchtime Live by Chloe Mustaki is a Bristol City and Ireland footballer and Georgie Crawford, Host of The Good Glow podcast and Wellness Advocate...

A study in the UK found that more than half of Britain's dog owners feel they should be entitled to same rights to take time off as parents have   

With one in 10 of every believing they should be able to take ‘pet-ernity leave’ when their dog welcomes a litter of puppies.

Should pet owners be allowed similar entitlements to time off that parents are given? 

Andrea was joined by Joseph O’Keeffe from Dec’s Pets family-run pet care retailer based in Wexford, Suzi Walsh, an expert dog behaviourist and trainer and other pet owners to discuss...

Every day we scour the newspapers but often, many great stories from the regional papers don’t make the headlines.

Newstalk's Breakfast Briefing presenter Shane Beatty has rounded up some of the best stories that you might have missed... 

Stevie Nicks tickets have gone on sale and they are not cheap. Starting at about €140 for standing tickets, a lot of fans say the cost have put them off.

Would you pay that kind of money for standing tickets at 3Arena? Have ticket prices completely lost the run of themselves? 

Andrea Gilligan was joined on Lunchtime Live by listeners to discuss...

Kilkenny camogie player, Katie Power, says her teammates are “paying the price” for the love of their game as she has teammates who are “100% out of pocket at the end of the month” due to not getting any of their expenses covered.  

This is in comparison to their male counterparts who get diesel, gym and nutrition expenses.  

Andrea was joined by Maria Curley, Tipperary’s Football Captain and Niamh Rockett, Camogie Player for Waterford...

From picking the right ones to integrated vs non-integrated – we’re talking white goods with The Home Squad. 

Roisin Lafferty, Founder and Creative Director of Kingston Lafferty Design and Hardware Expert Alan Grant joined Andrea with some tricks of the trade...