Lunchtime Live

Katie Gallagher, Spin News Anchor, has her finger on the pulse for what’s happening and she joins Andrea with the things you don’t want to miss this week! 

Andrea was joined on the show by Kildare Freelance Photographer Aisling Hyland who posted on Instagram yesterday evening about the presentation made to the Kildare U16 LGFA team, the winners of the All Ireland A final, and apparently how poor it was along with Niamh Tallon, Founder of Her Sport (leading platform for women’s sport, education, and wellbeing), Brid Stack, Former Cork footballer and Méabh De Búrca, Former Intercounty Gaelic football player and sports pundit.

It's time for The Health Reset, where we speak to some of our medical experts.

We all say we’re going to eat better, get more active or finally get around to those health checks, but too often, we put it off. Irish Life Health gives you practical ways to act today, from a wide range of digital health services to access to Express Care Clinics in Dublin and Cork. For more information, see irishlifehealth.ie.

Today we will be talking about cold and flu season. How can we tackle colds and the flu, and what are the differences between viral and bacterial infections? Are there ways we can prevent these ever occurring germs and what remedies help?

Joining Andrea to answer all is Dr Maire Finn from Ennis Centric Health.

The New York Times has released a list of the 100 best TV shows from the 21st century, based on voting from a large selection of filmmakers and actors. What do you make of the list, and what is your favourite show?

Pop Culture and Entertainment Expert Deirdre Molumby and Presenter & Podcaster Fionnuala Jones join Andrea to discuss!

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Do you feel safe in Cork city centre nowadays? Antisocial behaviour seems to be a growing issue, but how bad has it gotten?

Andrea is joined by listeners to discuss…

Ciaran Mulqueen from Crazy House Prices literally wrote the book on buying a house, so where do you start?

He joins Andrea to discuss!

After a weekend of controversy, Ireland beat Israel 3-0 in Hungary last night. How do you feel about it all now that the match has happened?

Andrea is joined by listeners to discuss.

The Orange Order were stopped yesterday from marching down the Garvaghy Road by the PSNI. How did you feel watching this unfold?

Newstalk Reporter Henry McKean is at the scene to give the latest updates, and Andrea is joined by listeners to hear their thoughts.

For this week’s Ask Me Anything, Cadet Kate Carr who is an army cadet with the Irish Defence Forces, joined Andrea to answer your questions about life as an army cadet.

Shauna Halpin started to experience PMDD (premenstrual dysphoric disorder) from the age of 18. Now, 29, Shauna Halpin is advocating for PMDD after years of misdiagnosis and severe mental and physical pain from the condition and joined Andrea on the show to discuss.