Lunchtime Live

Doctors in the UK are saying that women should be allowed buy the morning-after pill in supermarkets and petrol stations. 

They rection it’ll give them more control and that all barriers to emergency contraception should be removed. 

At the moment you need to have a consultation with a pharmacist in the UK, the same as here. 

Andrea was joined by GP Dr Máire Finn, Kathy Maher, Community Pharmacist from Haven Pharmacy in Duleek, Co Meath, Sheena Mitchell, Pharmacist in Milltown Total Health Pharmacy in Dublin and Columnist with the Irish Times, Brianna Parkins...

Tanya Sweeney wrote in the Independent today about the transition to ‘mum friends’ after having children. She writes that her new friends have not seen her drunk or even after 7pm! Does friendship change after having children?  

Journalist Tanya Sweeney and other listeners joined Andrea 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... 

Do your children play rugby? 

Some sports experts in the UK are saying that rugby in schools is a form of child abuse and that parents don’t understand the huge risk of brain injury to their children. 

Is child abuse too strong a term? 

Andrea was joined by Professor Eric Anderson, Professor of Sport at the University of Winchester, Former Ireland and Leinster player Shane Byrne and Liam Morley Brereton, coach at St Bridget’s Boxing Club, Edenderry to discuss...

Looking for some new doors and windows without spending a fortune? 

Architect Roisin Murphy and Hardware Expert Alan Grant joined Andrea with some tricks of the trade to give you a fresh kitchen without the cost...

We’ve teamed up with Laya Healthcare to explore wellbeing in the workplace. Today Andrea was joined by Dr Siobahn Chidley, GP with Watermills Family Practice in Kildare. 

The Laya Healthcare Workplace Wellbeing Index, available at layahealthcare.ie/wellbeingindex. Keep your finger on the pulse.

How serious a problem is cocaine in GAA?  

Experts are claiming that the use of cocaine has “gone through the roof at club level” while dozens of inter-county players are being treated for drugs, alcohol and gambling issues. 

Is it an issue in your club? Are we doing enough to deal with it? 

Andrea was joined by GAA refereee Pat Byrne O'Connell, Shane Cassells, Fianna Fail Senator and others to discuss...

Last week Andrea was joined by Gayle on Lunchtime Live. Gayle cares for her 22-year-old son Luca full time in their home.  

She is hoping for more help for people like herself and her son.

Fine Gael Senator Mary Seery Kearney spoke about Gayle's story in the Seanad yesterday and she joined Andrea on Lunchtime Live today... 

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Yesteray, Andrea spoke to Emma, a woman from Donegal whose husband can't gain access to Ireland from South Africa.

Andrea was joined on Lunchtime Live today by Albert Llussa, Partner and Head of Immigration and Human Rights at Daly Lynch Crowe & Morris Solicitors to explain Emma’s situation... 

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...