Lunchtime Live

‘School reunions are LinkedIn with gin and tonics – do I really want to go to mine?’ So asks Tanya Sweeney, Columnist with the Irish Independent.She recently got an invitation to her school reunion and joins Andrea and more to discuss whether they’re worth going to.

Are you doing enough to prepare for your retirement?A survey from the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission shows that one in 10 people between the ages of 45 and 64 don’t have a pension, but is just having a pension even enough?Grainne Griffin, Director of Communications at CCPC joins Andrea to discuss.

From the Northern Lights to flying GAA players home for championship – Joe Caulfield from the Newstalk Newsroom joins Andrea to share some of the stories from around the country this week you may have missed!

Touchscreen controls in modern cars pose a road safety risk, that is according to the Euro NCAP - the consumer organisation that gives safety ratings on cars.Touchscreens, they say, which are used for the radio, air conditioning temperature and some driver controls are taking drivers’ eyes off the road.Should you be allowed to have touchscreens in cars?Andrea is joined by Shane O’Donoghue, Editor of Completecar.ie and more to discuss.Image: Tesla

From getting the perfect balance between house plants and jungle in your room, to how to keep them alive – the Home Squad are here to help make houseplants work for you!Pat Keville from PlantStore.ie and Emma Delaney, Senior Interior Designer from April & the Bear join Andrea to discuss.

Actor Mark Ruffalo hit out at the Irish Green Party this week, weighing in on Irish politics. The actor claimed that the party is ‘about to do something really terrible to the environment’ by accommodating fracking.The Green Party have said it’s a ‘very misleading account’ of what is included in new legislation about liquified natural gas (LNG).How bizarre is something like this, from someone like him?Andrea is joined by Kendra Becker, Editor of Goss.ie and Aimmé Millar, Senior Public Affairs with Carr Communications to discuss.

Hurricane Milton has done incredible damage to Florida overnight, so what is it like on the ground for those living there?Andrea is joined by listeners in Florida to discuss.

A love of reading is something all parents want to instil in their children, but a new survey from BookTrust shows a drop off in reading once children progress to secondary school.Joining Andrea to discuss this is Mary McCarthy, Columnist with the Irish Independent, Darina Molloy, Senior Executive Librarian based in Castlebar and Sarah Webb, Children's Author.

From the Chilean miners to John Denver, Ciaran O’Connor from 98fm joins Andrea Gilligan to rewind the clock!

Dublin City Council have launched their new plan to breathe life back into the city's night time economy. The new Dublin City Night-time Economy Strategy aims "to create a dynamic, inclusive, and vibrant nightlife" for both citizens and tourists.What, do you think, would revitalise Dublin’s nightlife?Ray O'Donoghue was appointed Dublin's Night Mayor back in April, and joins Andrea and more to discuss these plans.