Lunchtime Live

A video has gone viral online of what appears to be a landlord abusing a tenant, an immigrant doctor with a family of two young children.

Dr Muhammed Raheel, the tenant and his colleague, Dr Liqa Ur Rehman joined Andrea Gilligan on Lunchtime Live on Newstalk to discuss...

Stephen Silver has been handed the mandatory life sentence for the capital murder of Detective Garda Colm Horkan.

Silver shot Detective Horkan after taking his gun off him as he tried to arrest him in Castlerea, County Roscommon in June 2020.

Andrea was joined on Lunchtime Live by Newstalk’s Courts Correspondent Frank Greaney and Liam Breheny, Colm Horkan’s cousin…

Being a carer for a family member or a loved one is a full time and often exhausting role. Currently in Ireland respite care is extremly hard come by for those caring for their family.

Andrea was joined on Lunchtime Live by Kevin, Tracey and Jane to discuss...

A photo of a tourist visiting Auschwitz has gone viral online. They’re posing in front of the buildings in a way that’s been called inappropriate. People are saying tourists have lost all respect and don’t know how to behave in sensitive sites.

Have you ever seen this when visiting historically sensitive sites?

Andrea Gilligan was joined by Oliver Sears, Founder of Holocaust Awareness Ireland, Dr Emily Mark-Fitzgerald and listeners to discuss...

Motorists parking their car in Dublin’s Phoenix Park may have to pay to do so in the future.

The Office of Public Works has flagged to politicians the potential introduction of parking charges “across the entirety of the park”.

What do you think of the idea? Andrea Gilligan was joined by listeners to discuss..

Aoife Griffin is a shining light in Irish motorcycle racing. However, she has been unable to compete in any racing events this year as the governing body of motorcycling cannot get public liability insurance.

Aoife joined Andrea Gilligan on Lunchtime Live to discuss…

Should everyone who earns €46,000 or less get free doctors appointments? The Irish Medical Organisation doesn’t think so – they think it could clog up an already overwhelmed medical service.

The expansion of free GP care was announced as part of Budget 2023. The IMO say they would need an extra 1,100 GPs for something like that to work.

So should everyone earning €46,000 get free doctors visits? And should there be free appointments for everyone under seven? Andrea was joined by Dr Tadhg Crowley, the chair of the Irish Medical Organisation, and listeners Teresa, Pauline and Lisa to discuss…

Plans to name a bridge near Croke Park stadium ‘Bloody Sunday Bridge’ have been branded ‘crude’, ‘inflammatory’ and ‘divisive’. Dublin City Council are to debate renaming canal bridge in honour of the 14 killed by Crown forces in 1920.

Is naming a bridge at Croke Park ‘Bloody Sunday’ Bridge a good idea? Andrea Gilligan was joined by listeners on Lunchtime Live to discuss...

Calls are mounting for better maternity care in Ireland and for restrictions in maternity care imposed during covid-19 to be lifted.

Campaigners says partners continue to be restricted from attending antenatal appointments. The calls come as hospitals are considering easing mask restrictions however some restrictions remain for maternity care.

Andrea was joined by Rachel Fanagan-Bermingham one of the founders of the Birthright Alliance Ireland, Brenda McGrath and David Rice to discuss…

In the Irish Independent today, journalist and beef and dairy farmer Hannah Quinn-Mulligan writes: ‘Pretending there isn’t a substantial market for marijuana is pointless – we should legalise it and let Irish farmers cash in’

To discuss this further Andrea was joined by Hannah Quinn Mulligan, Mike, Donal and Denis…