Lunchtime Live Highlights

For this week’s Ask the Expert, guest host Anna Daly is joined by Roisin Sullivan, Lactation Consultant with the HSE to discuss and answer any questions regarding lactation!

The Irish language has exploded on TikTok, with a 600% growth in people using the platform through the language, according to reporting by the Herald.Guest host Anna Daly is joined by just a few of the online content creators that are contributing to this growth!Máire na Greine and Kayleigh Trappe join to discuss.

There’s a discussion happening in the Irish Times today about the need for more CCTV cameras to help Gardaí track down criminals, and also to generally act as a deterrent. At the moment, there is one Garda CCTV camera for every 6,000 people in our capital city. But, would more cameras help to tackle crime or infringe on our civil liberties and abilities to freely roam around and enjoy life?Guest host Anna Daly is joined by listeners to discuss.

Anna Daly’s guest today is Daire Fitzpatrick. His wife Anne-Marie became seriously ill in 2022, and was later diagnosed with Lyme disease through private testing. Daire is now her full-time carer, and they’re preparing for treatment abroad.Daire joins Anna to discuss…

It’s How I Live Well time! Where someone joins to discuss what they do to improve their life…This week, guest host Anna Daly is joined by Jonathan O’Brien, the owner of City Kayaking to discuss kayaking through the heart of Dublin!

For this week’s Ask Me Anything, Katherine McGillicuddy, Practicing Barrister with an emphasis on criminal law, joins Andrea to answer any of your criminal trial questions!

The Women’s Mini Marathon is this weekend.Women from all over the country will be in Dublin this weekend to run the 10k around the city.Will you be taking part? Andrea is joined by two people who are to discuss!

Irish peacekeeping troops in Lebanon came under fire yesterday from Israeli forces.Tánaiste and Defence Minister Simon Harris described the incident as “utterly reckless” while on The Pat Kenny Show earlier today…The incident happened as he announced the renewal of Ireland’s UNIFIL Mandate for another 12 months – but is the region still safe for our troops?Joining Andrea to discuss is Gerard Craughwell, Independent Senator and former member of the Defence Forces, Mark Keeley, former Defence Forces, Tom Barry, retired Commandant with the Defence Force and Raymond Murphy, Professor at the Irish Centre For Human Rights in NUI Galway and former UN Peacekeeper.

With the bank holiday ahead of us, and hopefully a lovely summer ahead – we wanted to give you some much needed holiday inspiration!What are some of the more quirky or unique places to stay around the country?Joining Andrea to talk through them is Roie McCann from Clare Island Lighthouse, Derval Haughey from Teapot Lane, Lorna Williams from River Valley Holiday Park and Orla Conroy from Barrow Barge Hire.

From Cork culinary wins to rural social woes, Breakfast Briefing Presenter Shane Beatty joins Andrea with plenty of stories from around the country this week!