Lunchtime Live

Do you find yourself stuck at a desk for most of your day?

Experts are advising that people who sit during work should be getting up for five minutes every hour to walk around the office. This boosts productivity and improves your mood!

Siobhán O’Donovan, the Posture Physio AKA the ‘Booby Physio’ joins Andrea to discuss.

TDs and Senators from across the political spectrum have recommended that the possession of drugs for personal use be fully decriminalised, and that the move should apply to all illicit substances.

The report does not specify the amount of drugs an individual should be legally allowed to have on them at one time.

Is this a good idea? Should we decriminalise the possession of drugs for personal use?

Joining Andrea to discuss is Michael Guerin, Addiction Therapist in Limerick, as well as listeners.

For this week’s Ask the Expert, Andrea is joined by Dermot Goode, Health Insurance Expert with totalhealthcover.ie to answer any of your health insurance questions!

Do you take maybe a vitamin D tablet in the morning, fish oils before your breakfast, maybe a magnesium tablet and a Vitamin C tablet to top it all off? Well, experts have warned that popping a cocktail of supplements every day might be doing you more harm than good…

Sinéad O’Donovan, Registered Dietitian and Performance Nutritionist, joins Andrea to discuss.

With the good weather, now would be a great time to park yourself outside a café or a bar and soak in the sun, but do we have enough outdoor seating?

And, are regulations too strict?

Joining Andrea to discuss Gwen Leyden, Landlord of Georges Street Arcade in Dublin, Paul Montgomery, bar owner in Cork, Sunil Sharpe, Spokesperson for the Give Us The Night and listeners.

We’re not used to hot weather here, so our homes don’t tend to be cut out for it. How do we cool them down, get a good night’s sleep and make sure our pets are okay?

Joining Andrea to give their top tips is Interior Designer Adeline Molloy, Sleep Consultant Tom Coleman and Laoise Downes, owner of Outpaws and Wedding Woofs, a bespoke dog service.

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!

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Redevelopment for the GPO will cost between €200m and €500m, Cabinet will hear today.

The redevelopment of the historic building will see some of the existing functions of the GPO complex, including a public post office, a cultural centre, public realm enhancements, office accommodation for the government, as well as some continued retail use.

What would you like to see from the new GPO?

Joining Andrea to discuss is Museum Curator with The Little Museum, Daryl Hendley Rooney, owner of Martin Gear Jewellers, Martin Gear, Marta Hervaz Rosa, Architect and Co-Founder of Save Stephen’s Green campaign and listeners.

Last night, Andrea and her team were brought on a wonderful food tour around Galway City along with Galway Food Tours. The experience gave a taste of some of the beautiful food and drink Galway has to offer.

Joining Andrea today are just some of the wonderful producers from Galway: Mike Browne, to chat all about oysters, and John Casey from The Galway Kitchen, chatting about humus and various popular dips. Also joining to discuss is Sheena Dignam, owner of Galway Food Tours.

Love Island isn’t the only thing locals are watching in Galway this summer, as this July sees the return of the Galway Film Fleadh, which showcases homegrown talent!

Charlene Lydon, Galway Film Fleadh Festival Programmer joins Andrea to discuss…

Also joining to discuss how her brother Seán ‘Fitzy’ Fitzgerald is doing in the Love Island villa is Katie Fitzgerald!