Family spending Christmas homeless in B&B

A woman reached out to us on Dublin Talks to share her story of spending Christmas homeless with her family.

Tina (which isn't her real name) is in homeless accommodation with her 4 children. She's been homeless since June 2019, making this their second Christmas without their own home.

Although she has cooking facilities available to her this year in their B&B, she's not sure how she's going to put food on the table.

She recently collected her Christmas pack from a homeless charity in Dublin. However, she was disappointed to see they'd only given her a €20 voucher, 3 santa hats and a pack of Pringles.

We had many people reach out wanting to offer her help. We also heard from two men he each experienced homelessness for over 20 years and what their Christmas' were like.

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2020 sees a huge rise in people giving up smoking

This year people have become more health-aware due to the pandemic, which has led to more people giving up smoking than ever!

Today on Dublin Talks we asked have you given up this year? Or is it something you want to do in the new year?

If you've given up successfully, have you any tips and tricks for those trying?

We heard from lots of listeners who've given up this year and previously.

One woman gave them up for her kids. One man told us how giving up had helped him to afford his car now.

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Dublin Christmas Traditions

Dublin has been named one of the best cities in the world at this time of year. So, today on Dublin Talks we wanted to find out your Dublin Christmas traditions that make the city so great.

Everyone has their own special things they do at Christmas. Whether it's wandering around town looking at the lights, visiting the deer in Phoenix Park or jumping in to the sea at the Forty Foot!

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Singer Imelda May started an interesting discussion online over the weekend & we want to know what you think?

Adrian discussed the topic...

Schools have told parents not to give Christmas cards or presents to teachers this year due to concerns over Covid-19

It is a tradition in many families, particularly of primary school children, to give the teacher a small gift to thank them and wish them a Happy Christmas, but they've been warned not to do so this Christmas.

One listener has told us she'll be giving the teacher a card and a present regardless of the new rules!

Adrian asked what listeners thought...

Adrian spoke to Robbie, the rather of 12 year old Darryl, who was attacked by a dog in Clonsilla last weekend. He needed 150 stiches in his face and the dog was put down. We also spoke to a number of callers about just how dangerous dogs can be around children

We found out over the weekend that the Gardai will no longer be allowed to take discounts on food or coffees or even to get into nightclubs, so it got us thinking about the best perks of people's jobs...

Do you appreciate gift cards as a present?

With Christmas just around the corner and people beginning to panic buy we wanted to hear your opinion on gift cards.

We got a message from Ben yesterday. He was wondering if he could get away with giving one to his other half for Christmas.

Are they a thoughtless gift? Or do you enjoy getting to buy something for yourself?

Do you prefer something with a more significant gesture?

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Do you let your child have a phone?

A new survey has revealed one-third of second class students have a mobile phone.

This morning on Dublin Talks we asked do you let your child have a phone? What age do you think is appropriate for them to have one?

Also, do you consider the dangers and monitor their usage?

We were contact by a woman who was just 12 years old when she began chatting to someone online through her phone. It turned out it was a 44 year old man.

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On the show yesterday, we spoke about checking your partners phone / devices & then got a email from a woman who did just that last night & checked her fiance's ipad.

She checked the internet search history and found links to various porn websites over the last few weeks.

She said nothing but "is not able to look him in the eye ever since!"

Adrian asked if she is right to be annoyed?