Lunchtime Live

The past few years has seen people go mad for airfryers- but could you cook your Christmas dinner in one? 

The Firefighting Chef Paul Knapp joined Andrea on Lunchtime Live...

Figures compiled from the Irish Times have found that 80% of school-leavers nationally progressed to third level in 2023.  

It seems like the standard route for many students but - Do we put too much emphasis on third level education?   

Should we be encouraging more people into apprenticeships?  

Andrea was joined by Jonathan Graham, the Headmaster of Dundalk’s Grammar School, Kevin Moran, Owner and Project Manager of Kevin Moran Builders, Maureen Lynch, Managing Director with Hays Ireland Recruitment Agency and more to discuss..

A self-professed human guinea pig when it comes to aesthetic beauty treatments, Liz Dwyer once said that she had invested more in her face than her pension.

Liz Dwyer, co-founder of Future Beauty & Health Show, and co-host of Fess Up Podcast

Domestic Abuse survivor Nicola Hanney has said major legal and system changes are needed to protect victims of coercive control. 

She spoke in an RTÉ documentary about the abuse she suffered at the hands of her former partner and father of her child, Garda Paul Moody. 

Nicola’s decision to relinquish her anonymity was made to help break the cycle of silence that often shrouds victims of domestic abuse and coercive control.  

Ruth O’De from Women’s Aid joined Andrea to discuss...

According to new research, plant-based foods are much more appealing when not labeled as vegan.

When a food gift basket said it was 'plant-based' or 'vegan' only 20 percent of people chose it but the same basket labeled 'healthy and sustainable' had a 44 percent uptake. 

Does it affect your purchases if you see ‘vegan’? 

Andrea Gilligan was joined by Sandra Higgins, Director Go Vegan World, Conor Sweeney from Dae Ice Cream and more to discuss...

The numbers of people watching Mass on television has fallen from an average of 47,000 viewers a week in 2022, falling to 35,000 week up to November this year. 

RTÉ broadcasts Mass every weekday from various churches around the country at 10.30am on the RTÉ News channel. The Sunday Mass is broadcast on RTÉ One at 11am.   

Is it time to stop broadcasting mass on TV? 

Adrian Kennedy was joined by Fr Patsy Lynch, parish priest for Ballinskelligs/Prior in Co. Kerry and other listeners to discuss...

As the cost-of-living crisis continues to bite across the country, Newstalk is here to help with a new online series highlighting the best ways to save on your bills.

Cut-the-Cost will offer tips and advice on how to save on everything from energy and the weekly shop to modern essentials like broadband, food and phone contracts.

Aoife Kearns, Newstalk Reporter has done the hard work and sourced the best deals for your Christmas Dinner...

Conor Byrne (19), recently honored as the Netwatch Leinster Young Carer of the Year, now finds himself and his mother, whom he has been caring for since the age of eight, on the brink of homelessness.

Conor joined Adrian Kennedy to discuss their current circumstance...

A clean up is underway today after Leitrim town was hit with a localised tornado yesterday afternoon. 

The freak weather event happened at 12.30pm yesterday afternoon. 

It left cars, buildings, boats, and trees badly damaged. 

Adrian Kennedy was joined by Colette Scollan is a Resident of Carrick-on-Shannon, Cathy Early from Leitrim Inn and Blueway Lodge and Alan O'Reilly from Carlow Weather to discuss...

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Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be out on the road delivering the nation's post?

Today on Lunchtime Live’s ‘Ask Me Anything’ Adrian Kennedy was joined by former Irish Olympian David Gillick...