The Lite Lunch

Jean Murray doesn't believe Covid-19 is as dangerous or devastating as its made out to be - an interesting conversation followed.... Tara Walker from East Coast Cookery School sorted out our perfect pasta! Singer/Songwriter David Keenan is raring to go with a new single, album and European tour. Gerry concluded his focus on rock royalty Queen and Leon Blanche too a look ahead to another bust sporting weekend.

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Thursday the 13th and there's no doubt, as our listeners confirmed, superstitions of all shades are alive and well! On a similar theme Dr Marion McGarry told us all about Piseogs. Bronagh Conlon is giving away 5% of Listoke Distillery for a mere £20!! New Jersey based American/Irish, first time author, Rebecca Hardiman was up for the crack with Gerry. Our focus on Queen continued and angler Simon Cassidy was over to moon to land and return a beautiful Boyne salmon near Navan last evening.

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Professor Paul Moynagh had lots of advice for listeners about vaccination against Covid-19. Niamh Farrell is really looking forward to Ham Sandwich getting back on the road. Twelve months on Michael McEvoy is a stroke survivor and making great progress. Tony Conlon's a big fan of the new Nissan Qashqai which he featured in his motoring review. Tadhg O'Brien is Foroige Entrepreneur of the Year and it was Rhapsody time for Artists of the Week Queen...

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Happy campers all round as retail by appointment and services re-open. Nicky Kyle sorted out some garden tasks to do in the vegetable garden now. Gerry enjoyed a lovely chat with author Fiona O'Brien as her new novel hits the book stands. David Malone told us about a Holiday Home which is raising funds for St Mary's in Ardee and it's Queen in the Artist of the Week spotlight this time round.

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Absentmindedness happens everyone from time to time - no need to worry and there are ways to beat it as Dr Sabina Brennan explained. Fifty years on and Ruby O'Kelly has released a marvellous cover of John Lennon's Imagine with an important message. Anne Griffin's Listening Still, a follow up to her best-selling first novel, hits all the right notes with Gerry. Leon Blanche did his sporting thing, we heard another classic from Artist of the Week Petula Clark, our Riddle on Friday foxed many and getting a slot to shop in Pennys was perplexing our Louise

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No harm in cannabis? Joanne O'Dwyer put that myth to bed and more besides. Ray O'Hanlon was so insightful about Irish immigration to the States and its almost totally restrictive nature today. Pastor Philip Tharp outlined what the New Life Baptist Church is about. Clodagh McKevitt is passionate about Carlingford and preserving its history while Gerry continued his Petula Clark story.

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Alanon member Pat believes the new minimum price for alcohol will hit the most vulnerable in society most. Simply shocking - Jimmy Smyth was subject to the cruel punishment meted out by brothers and lay teachers at De La Salle school in Navan. Heather Bourke is on a crusade to save the art of conversation while Aileen Carville's SKMMP combines fashion and technology to fulfill a need in the fashion industry supply chain. Emer McCormack joined us on the International Day of the Midwife and Gerry's focus on Petula Clark continued in words and song...

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Professor Paul Moynagh was really positive for better days ahead as the Covid-19 vaccination programme picks up pace. Anthony Murphy of Mythical Ireland fame has come across another ancient log boat in the River Boyne. Declan Bailey talked about the way we purchase, and pay for our phones and network usage is changing. Emma Heatherington, whose new book The Promise has been really well received ,had a nice chat with Gerry. Ahead of World Hand Hygiene Day, Infection Prevention & Control Specialist Tracy Doherty had lots of advice for listeners and Petula Clark is in the Artist of the Week Spotlight!

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Our show opened with Anke Morgenroth who makes and repairs teddy bears at Bear Essentials in Cavan prompting listeners to send in pictures and stores about their beloved bears! The next generation of the Maher family are making their own successful way in the world of entertainment but dad Dave was happy to take a wander down memory lane with Gerry today. Our Virtuoso of Vino Rick Cronje brought us a pair of cracking wines for the holiday weekend. Eithne Shortall told us about her new Sunday Times supplement Home which she's editing. Leon Blanche ran the rule over weekend soccer and racing as Gerry rounded off his feature on Thin Lizzy with one of their standout songs...

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Staying the course during lock down - fifteen years on from sobriety Enda 'ODoherty was tested. Perfectly Imperfect Parenting - it does what is says between the covers of Dr Mary O'Kane's brilliant new book which Gerry highly recommended! Historian Sean Collins took us back in time to April 1921 and fractious times in Ireland. Aoife McPartlan from the Animal Rehabilitation Hospital in Meath appealed to listeners not to intervene with young birds and animals. Sinead Burke cast her observational eye n life once more and the demise of Thin Lizzy was couched with another classic...

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