Lunchtime Live

Over the past week, women across Ireland have shared their experiences of living with endometriosis on Lunchtime Live. 

Do we need an awareness campaign? How can it be that people are only gaining understanding of a condition from listening to us? 

Andrea was joined by Fianna Fáil Senator and Health Spokesperson Lorraine Clifford Lee and Doireann Barrett, who suffers from endometriosis to discuss…

Image: Doireann Barrett

The Road Safety Authority will hold their annual conference today – with the issue of e-scooters hitting the agenda. Do we need more regulation around them? 

Andrea Gilligan was joined by Fianna Fáil Councillor in Dundalk, Conor Keelan, Maria Diviney, co-founder of Luna Systems, a company that provides technology to make scooters safer, and other listeners to discuss...

When was the last time you tried to park at the airport? Some people are saying the cost of parking is prohibitive and is an enormous extra cost to going away for a weekend. 

So have you tried it recently? What was your experience? 

Andrea was joined by listeners to discuss...

Love them or loath them, there’s no getting away from Whatsapp groups. Are you a fan? Or are you a mute and leave type of person? 

Writing in the Irish Independent today, Kirsty Blake Knox has rules for how to navigate the dreaded groups. 

Andrea Gilligan was joined by Kirsty Blake Knox and Stephanie Rohan from our newsroom to chat about this...

Last week singer songwriter RuthAnne spoke about her experience with endometriosis. Niamh, who heard RuthAnne, got in touch about her own experience...

Jason, a listener, got in touch with Lunchtime Live about an issue he wanted to raise. He is calling for a reduction in speed limits in school zones after an incident involving his own children.

Andrea was joined by Jason, Rachel Harper, Principal of St Patrick's National School in Greystones and other listeners to discuss...

Andrea Gilligan was joined on Lunchtime Live by GP and lecturer, Dr Sumi Dunne to answer listeners health queries and questions...

A man whose one-car family cycles as much as possible to minimise emissions in a city that aims to be carbon neutral by 2030 has been refused planning for a bike storage bin in front of his house — with planners saying it could set an “undesirable precedent” for similar development in the area. 

This also happened to Siobhan Kelly recently, and she joined Adrian Kennedy on Lunchtime Live to discuss...

We get a lot of letters and emails into the show with people outlining experiences that they’re living with. 

Frances, a listener, sent a Whatsapp about her situation she has found herself in living with chronic pain following a spinal chord injury.

Frances joined Andrea on Lunchtime Live 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 and phone contracts.

Aoife Kearns, from our news team has done the hard work and sourced the best deals for your bins and waste costs...