Lunchtime Live

The community of Clonmel continues to grieve today after the deaths of four young people from a car crash on Friday night. The four victims are Nicole Murphy, Zoey Coffey, Grace McSweeney and her brother Luke McSweeney. 

Nicole, Zoey and Grace had received their Leaving Cert results earlier on Friday and were being driven by Luke to meet friends in Clonmel for a planned trip to Carlow and a celebration event. Up to 2,000 people are estimated to have attended a vigil in Kickham Plaza near the centre of the town last night to remember the four victims. 

Councillor Máirín McGrath and Joe Leahy of C-Saw joined Andrea Gilligan on the show.

Should disposable vapes be banned? Electric Picnic have announced they're banning single-use vapes from this year's festival. Have you noticed an increase in disposable vapes? Do you agree with EP banning them?

Andrea Gilligan was joined by callers to discuss banning disposable vapes... 

Our summer memories series returns where we chat with some well-known faces and reminisce over those long summer days! 

Wolfe Tones Singer Brian Warfield joined Andrea to discuss...

All this week we’ve been talking about the Cost of Being Single. We’re highlighting the things single people deal with, that those in couples don’t. Today we’re talking about retiring as a single person.

Andrea was joined by Paul Merriman Financial Adviser along with callers to discuss the financial and personal realities of retiring alone.

A controversial mural depicting Irish revolutionary Michael Collins on the front of a packet of Chickatees is dividing opinions online.

The striking artwork titled ‘Mickatees’ by Liam Robinson is located on Glasnevin Avenue.

Some have dubbed it the ‘misappropriation of an extremely important Irish historical figure’

Andrea was joined by listeners to discuss...

Would you like to see more local Irish beers at festivals? Heineken seems to be the main beer in a lot of them, but would you prefer to see some craft Irish beers? 

One brewery from Stradbally is calling for their local festival Electric Picnic to stock their beer. They say that if the festival claims to be sustainable, that supporting local should be an important element of that. 

David Walsh-Kemmis from Ballykilcavan brewery, Craig Hughes, Co-founder & Head of Communications for Night and Day Festival, Joe Donnelly from Rascals Brewery and Peter Breen from Drink Irish to discuss...

Yesterday Garda Commissioner Drew Harris said that violent attacks in Dublin have not increased, despite the public narrative to the contrary, and Dublin city centre is safer than other European cities. However, with constant stories of people being attacked in the city centre and videos being shared on social media showcasing threatening behaviour in some of the cities key areas many would disagree with Mr. Harris’ assertion. 

Is it just perception, or is Dublin less safe? Andrea was joined by listeners to discuss...

All this week we’re going to be talking about the Cost of Being Single. We’re highlighting the things single people deal with, that those in couples don’t. Today we’re talking about socialising alone.

Andrea was joined by singletons to discuss the trials and tribulations of socialising alone...

Do Irish stereotypes bother you or are they just a bit of craic? 

American football team Notre Dame, known as ‘The Fighting Irish’ are visiting Dublin this weekend, complete with their leprechaun mascot, to face Navy in the Aviva stadium.   

Notre Dame insisted that the leprechaun was regarded with “respect, loyalty and affection”, and that he was supposed to represent “the determination of the Irish people and, symbolically, the university’s athletes”.  

Andrea was joined by listeners to discuss...

All this week we’re going to be talking about the Cost of Being Single. We’re highlighting the things single people deal with, that those in couples don’t. Today we’re talking about parenting alone.

Andrea was joined by solo parents to discuss the trials and tribulations of being a lone parent...