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For this week’s Ask the Expert, Andrea is joined by Skincare Expert, Eavanna Breen, to learn about how the cold season can affect your skin, and the best ways you can look after it.

A scammer duped a French woman into paying out hundreds of thousands of pounds after convincing her that she was in a relationship with Brad Pitt.The scammer used AI to make images of Brad Pitt, sick in hospital, to scam her out of €830,000. She thought she was helping with cancer treatment for him.Andrea is joined by Becky Holmes, author of ‘Keanu Reeves Is Not In Love With You’, to discuss these types of scams.

From February 3rd, the price of a Guiness will go up another 6 cents, along with other pints produced by company Diageo.What impact does this have on the hospitality industry?Andrea is joined by publicans and listeners to discuss.

Andrea’s guest is a prolific sperm donor, who says he will soon have 100 children across the globe…Kyle Gordy joins the show 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…

Senior representatives of the Jewish community in Ireland have objected to President Michael D Higgins giving the keynote speech at the Holocaust Memorial Day commemoration in Dublin later this month.What do you think?Is it right for our President to speak at the Holocaust memorial day in Dublin?To discuss, Andrea is joined by Richard Boyd Barrett, People Before Profit TD for Dun Laoghaire, Daniel O'Dowd-Epstein, Lior Tibet and Dorcha Lee, retired Army Colonel and Peacekeeper.

Welcome to The Pod Squad!We review podcasts every Tuesday so you always have something new to listen to.This week, Entertainment and Culture Journalist Rory Cashin and Laura Donnelly from Newstalk’s Newsroom join Andrea to review ‘Shell Game’!Image: Evan Ratliff

A Derry nun has begun the path to sainthood with a special ceremony in Madrid.Sister Clare Crockett from Derry died in an earthquake in South America on the 16th of April 2016.Andrea is joined by Clare's sister, Shauna Gill, to discuss.

A study has found that a shocking number of female sports stars don’t see themselves as role models.According to new research from Lidl Ireland and the Ladies Gaelic Football Association 43% of LGFA inter-county players said they do not currently consider themselves as role models.So, why do female sports stars have such a difficult time in seeing themselves as sports stars?To discuss, Andrea is joined by Hannah Looney, Dual football and Camogie player for Cork, Aishling Sheridan, former Collingwood Football Club AFL Women’s player in Australia & Cavan LGFA player, former Cork LGFA star Valerie Mulcah, Linda Gorman, former Ireland player, Coach, & Ireland’s first Female International Soccer Manager and more.

Last night, Andrea went to see The Brutalist, which stars Adrian Brody. It was great, but was also three and a half hours long, with an intermission to break it up.So, is that too much of a length, and is this something that more films are doing?To discuss, Andrea is joined by Irish Independent Journalist Saoirse Hanley, author and Screenwriter Patrick Osborne and Mark Anderson, Director of the Omniplex Cinema Group.Image: A24