Lunchtime Live

Social media has been full of videos and clips of U2 in Las Vegas over the weekend.

The band opened their residency at Sphere in Las Vegas at the weekend, and by all accounts it was an unbelievable show.  

But do celebrate U2 enough in Ireland? Andrea was joined by Music journalist with the Mail on Sunday Danny McElhinney and other listeners to discuss...

Thousands of people in Ireland are driving without ever taking a driving test.  Up to 30,000 people are on their 3rd or subsequent provisional licence and have never sat a driving test. 

In some cases learners have been driving on Irish roads for over 30 years without ever holding a full licence. To get a third or subsequent learner permit, you must show proof that you’ve applied for a test. 

There is no legal requirement to actually sit a driving test before renewing your learner permit. So you can book the test, get the learner’s permit and then never bother sitting the test. 

Andrea was joined by Dominic Brophy, Driving instructor and Director of the Professional Driving Instructors Association and listeners to discuss...

72-year-old cancer survivor, Mary O’Regan is watching her house crumble around her due to mica and says she has nowhere to turn. She joined Adrian Kennedy on Lunchtime Live to discuss...

What do you want in a Taoiseach?  

According to a new Irish Times/Ipsos poll – Sinn Fein’s Mary Lou McDonald is the most popular choice for Taoiseach – but what makes a good Taoiseach? 

Adrian Kennedy was joined by listeners to discuss...

It turns out one of Ireland’s most famous newsreader’s Anne Doyle believes in ghosts! She’s written a new book - ‘Tales of the Otherworld: A Frightening Collection of Irish Ghost Stories’. She says she’s had an interest in the paranormal world from a young age and her biggest fear vampires! 

Adrian Kennedy was joined by Ann Massey McElroy, Paranormal Investigator and hauntings specialist and Kathleen Keane to discuss...

Following the record breaking drug seizure in Cork this week, Tom in Leitrim got in with Lunchtime Live to discuss the legalisation of drugs in Ireland. Do we need to rethink our approach to drugs and legislation?  Adrian Kennedy was joined by listeners to discuss...

Fiona Doyle is a Rape survivor and campaigner. She was abused by her father Patrick O’Brien. Last week he passed away following a long illness. His funeral took place this week. Fiona joined Andrea on Lunchtime Live today...

Sinn Fein TD Louise O’Reilly yesterday told the Dail that workers in her constituency are at risk of being sacked as they cannot get to work on time, because of the famous ‘disappearing buses’. 

Andrea was joined by listeners to hear about their experiences of phantom buses...

All week Newstalk have teamed up with The Shona Project to bring issues facing young girls in Ireland to light. Today we’re talking about managing social media and the expectations it can put on you. 

Andrea Gilligan was joined by Sarah Doyle from The Better Life Project and author of ‘Be Your Own Best Friend’ and other listeners to discuss...

The Shona Project: Empowering and Inspiring the girls of Ireland

Kylie Minogue says she has a fear of hangers and she’s brought out her own range of coat hangers - £25 for 3! Simple wooden hangers with her name on them. 

But apparently this phobia is real, it’s called kremastraphobia. 

Professor of Psychiatry at Trinity College Dublin Brendan Kelly joined Andrea to discuss...