Lunchtime Live

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has condemned the violence that saw a homeless refugee camp set on fire on Friday evening. There was a stand-off between anti-immigration protestors and those who were counter protesting in support of refugees.

Has this extremism gone too far? We discussed on the show today.

Chinese online fashion retailer SHEIN is setting up a headquarters in Dublin, creating 30 jobs – but should we be encouraging fast fashion companies in Ireland?

Are we having enough conversations with our children about pornography? And, are we having these conversations at a young enough age?

A new study in the UK shows how porn can link to sexually harmful behaviour in children. Andrea discussed the issue today on the show.

A new NHS Workforce Apprenticeship Scheme plans to fix shortages of staff in the UK. A third of nurses could be trained through this vocational, more hands-on path, as soon as they finish up in school.

With an ongoing crisis in our own healthcare system, is this something we should be looking at introducing here?

Mary Immaculate College have launched a campaign to encourage male school leaver to get apply for primary school teaching on their CAO.

Do we have a lack of male teachers in our primary schools?

It seems like every day or every other day in the US now we are hearing about mass shootings. It has come to a point now where it rarely even registers as news anymore.

That is part of a longer video which gives advice on what to do if you are in a mass shooting situation in the US. So we asked our listeners today, are they afraid to visit US?

Is Irish women’s obsession with fake tan problematic? Yes- according to an article in the Irish Times. Adriana Acosta-Cortez wrote that fake tanning can be viewed as a form of cultural appropriation. Andrea spoke with our listeners today, to ask what's their view on that.

Klaw - The Seafood Café located in Temple Bar have experienced their third break in four months

Andrea was joined by Niall Sabongi, owner of Klaw, based on Sprangers Yard in Temple Bar and Luca from Rosa Madre in Temple Bar to discuss...

Kildare Camogie have expressed their disgust at their county board’s decision to withdraw them from the All-Ireland championship. Irish women continue to create waves in sport across the world, but why are things like the lack of facilities, no showers, no changing rooms still being discussed.

Andrea Gilligan was joined by Sinead O’Carroll, Camogie Player and Editor of the Journal.ie and All-Ireland winning Cork camogie player Ashling Thompson to discuss...

Ireland missed out on a place in this year's Eurovision Grand Final. Wild Youth performed 'We Are One' as part of the first semi-final in Liverpool on Tuesday.

Ireland has such high heights before but we haven’t been able to get that kind of success again in such a long time. So, if we’re going to keep doing this badly, is it worth entering?

Andrea was joined by listeners to discuss...