Lunchtime Live

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 chatted through recipes for a Seedy Soda Bread and a Use Up Leftover Quiche.

Follow the hashtag #LLBigBatch for all our recipes.

Would you like to see some land in parks in Dublin repurposed for housing? 

That is the suggestion from businessman Paschal Taggart who says that 10% of the capitals 4,500 acres of parks could be used to house up to 80,000 teachers, Gardaí, nurses and firefighters.  

Would you be willing to sacrifice greenspace from parts of the Phoenix Park, Marlay Park, Malahide Castle, St Anne’s Park and others if it meant that we could provide housing for key workers?  

Andrea was joined by Cllr Dermot Lacey, Labour Cllr for Pembroke on Dublin City Council, John Moran, Former Chair of the Land Development Agency, Hugh Wallace, Director of Douglas Wallace Architects and more 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 on the show Andrea was joined by Sarah Morrissey, Fashion Model &  Former Miss Ireland...

South African athlete Oscar Pistorius has been released from prison on parole, more than a decade after murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in in 2013.  

He served nearly nine years of his 13 years and five months murder sentence for the shotting but will live under strict conditions until the remainder of his sentence expires in December 2029 

Some of Pistorius’ parole conditions include restrictions on when he can leave his home, not being able to leave the district he is living in, a ban on consuming alcohol and being subjected to unannounced visits by authorities among others. 

What do you think about this approach to the justice system? 

Andrea was joined by Saoirse Brady, Executive Director, Irish Penal Reform Trust , Niall Spelman former prison Governor and John Cuffe, Criminologist, Former Prison Officer & Author...

If you’re feeling broke in January you’ll be glad to hear that there are some changes to wages and benefits that could make this year a little easier. 

Andrea was joined by Founder of Money Whizz Frank Conway to chat through the changes...

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... 

Agriculture Minister, Charlie McConalogue, has said restaurants and food outlets need to cut down on the amount of food they put on consumers’ plates to reduce waste. 

According to the EPA food waste costs the average Irish household about €60 a month or €700 a year!  

Are our restaurant portion sizes causing too much waste? 

Andrea was joined by chef and author, JP McMahon, Orla McAndrew Zero Waste Wedding and Event Caterer, Sarah Keogh, Dietician and more to discuss...

Shops like Lidl and Aldi are set to slash their prices over the coming weeks. 

Aldi said prices had dropped across a range of its products, with the price of a typical trolley set to fall by about a fifth. 

Lidl will lower the price of 100 products this week, having already reduced the cost of more than 600 since October. 

Stefanie Preissner was joined by Tim Cullinan IFA President, Damian O’Reilly, a Lecturer in retail management at TU Dublin, Louise Crowley, Full Time Dairy Farmer and Siobhan O'Neill White from Mams.ie to discuss...

We hear a lot in January about getting fit and exercising, but how easy is it really? 

It can be quite intimidating to go into a gym when you haven’t been in a few months and you don’t feel confident in what you’re doing. 

So what are the best ways around it? 

Paul Byrne, Director of Body Byrne Training joined Stefanie Preissner on the show today...

It's time for Throwback Thursday, where we look back on things that happened this week in history. 

Ciaran O’Connor from 98fm joined Stefanie Preissner on Lunchtime Live...