Lunchtime Live

The number of single women choosing IVF to have babies alone has tripled in the UK in the last decade.Are you a woman who has decided to take the future in your own hands and have a child on your own?Andrea is joined by people who have decided to go down this path, as well as Dr John Kennedy, Medical Director of Thérapie Fertility Clinic and one of Ireland’s leading fertility doctors.

Apparently, it is now considered rude to bring wine as a gift to a dinner party! Instead, you should be bringing - olive oil?What’s behind this, and what do you do?Andrea is joined by Today FM Presenter Shelly Gray, Saoirse Hanley from the Irish Independent Tara O'Connor from The Designed Table and more to discuss.

From parades to video games, 98fm’s Ciaran O’Connor joins Andrea with plenty to chat about on this week’s throwback Thursday!

People are being encouraged not to buy e-scooters, scramblers, or quad bikes for children this Christmas as Black Friday and Cyber Monday approach due to concerns about safety on roads.What do you think? Should parents avoid buying these types of gifts this Christmas?Andrea is joined by Siobhan O'Neill White, from Mams.ie, Colin Baker, Managing Director of Back from the Future Tech Support and more to discuss.

For this week’s Ask the Expert, Barry Kenny, Communications Manager with Irish Rail joins Andrea to answer any of your train-related questions!

Does Ireland value its elderly enough?It’s the question posed by Actress Mary McEvoy.She joins Andrea, along with Valerie Cox Journalist and author and more to discuss.

Scoliosis waiting lists have been covered many, many times on the show, and there has finally been some good news for one family.Eight-year-old Harvey Sherratt is due to get his long awaited spinal surgery on Friday.Harvey’s mum, Gillian, joins Andrea to discuss.

The chapel in Mountjoy Prison has been closed by the prison to be used for other purposes due to overcrowding.The chapel is being repurposed into a video room - so that prisoners can appear remotely for court hearings. There’s also talk it could be used for videoing family members.The closure of the Catholic chapel was done without any consultation with the prison chaplaincy, and temporarily ends the saying of mass for any prisoners who wish to avail of it.So, is it right to take away a spiritual resource like this?Andrea is joined by Saoirse Brady Executive Director of the Irish Penal Reform Trust, Niall Spelman, former Assistant Prison Governor of Wheatfield Prison, Michele Kerrigan, Executive Director, Care After Prison and former prisoners to discuss.

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.Today FM’s Cathal O’Sullivan joined Andrea in the studio to put a smile on your faces…Image: BBC

“My local swimming pool says boys aged 8 and over need to use the men’s changing rooms – I think it’s lunacy…” So writes Niamh O’Reilly in the Irish Independent. Is she right?Andrea is joined by Niamh and more to discuss.