Lunchtime Live

Eamon Torsney from the Newstalk Newsroom joined Andrea with a roundup of some of the stories from across the country this week you might have missed!

Tipperary County Council has introduced a new policy for roadside memorials, under new rules there will be no roadside memorials on roads of 60km...

Joining Andrea to discuss this is Independent Councillor in Tipperary, Jim Ryan, Susan Gray from the PARC road safety campaign group, Bernard Mulhern from the N4 Action Group and listeners.

Your hallway is one of the first impressions people get of your house, so how do you make it stand out?

This week, the Home Squad are focusing on hallways, and how to get the most out of yours!

Joining Andrea to discuss is Jenny Sheehan, Co-Host of ‘Rip it up: The Renovations Podcast’ (@workerscottage on Instagram) and Jenny Butler, Interior Architect,  Designer & Director of Jennifer Anne Interior.

Online dating can be full of highs and lows, but what is it like swiping when you’re in your 70s and the dating pool is even smaller?

Journalist Elaine Kingett is 76, and she wrote a piece about her experience dating for the Daily Mail. She joins Andrea to discus…

Do you enjoy family holidays? Or is it just parenting away from home with less resources...

Host of the ‘Stretch Marks’ podcast, Sinead O’Moore, is just back from Rome with her two young children and she found herself airtagging the kids to make sure they were safe…

She joins Andrea to discuss, as well as Yvonne Reddin, Travel Journalist, Newstalk’s Adrian Barry and more.

Why are cruise ships prone to disease outbreaks? Between the hantavirus and now another cruise ship in Bordeaux with an outbreak of norovirus - why are we hearing of so many outbreaks?

Joining Andrea to discuss is Dr. Vikram Niranjan, Assistant Professor in Public Health in the University of Limerick.

We’ve decided to do a deep dive on some of our favourite albums to explore the stories behind them.

What did the artists really think of each other? Where did the inspirations from the songs come from?

Joining Andrea to discuss is Alan Buckley from the Irish Rock ‘N’ Roll Museum Experience, who’s going to talk through the Calvin Harris album ‘18 Months’!

Earlier this week, footage emerged of former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern canvassing door to door.

The footage, which has sparked controversy, shows Bertie sharing his views on immigration in Ireland. Regardless of the comments themselves, it raises a broader question for listeners: is it fair to record and release footage of someone without their consent?

Andrea is joined by Barrister and Senior Council, Ronan Lupton, author and Journalist, Valarie Cox and more to discuss.

With Eric Clapton ending his concert early after being struck by a vinyl record while performing in Madrid, we want to know: has concert etiquette gone to the dogs?

Joining Andrea to discuss is Hothouse Flowers Musician and Broadcaster Fiachna Ó Braonáin, Claire Howlin, Assistant Professor in University College Dublin in Psychology and Newstalk’s Ciara Treacy.

Lunchtime Live's Reasons to be Happy looks at some of the news stories that you might have missed that will leave you feeling more optimistic.

98FM’s Cathal O’Sullivan joined Andrea in the studio to put a smile on your faces…