Lunchtime Live

Welcome to The Pod Squad!We review podcasts every Tuesday so you always have something new to listen to.This week, Off the Ball’s Cameron Hill and Journalist and Stylist Laura Mullet join Andrea to review ‘The Good Whale’!Image: New York Times

Andrea’s guests: Clare woman Laura O’Connell and Hanna Celsie from Dublin are just back from Dubai where they competed in the first-ever Formula Woman Nations Cup qualifiers.They were among a group of 50 women from around the world taking part in the event...They join to discuss the experience.

We’re officially in the week leading up to Christmas – and it's the final festive sprint. The dinner prep, the last-minute shopping and the social gatherings are in full swing. But is this week the BEST part of the festive period? Even more so than Christmas Day itself?  Irish Independent Journalist Kirsty Blake Knox believes it is, she joins Andrea to make her case for what she’s calling "Prixmas": the best part of Christmas. Photo by ROMAN ODINTSOV

Over the next few weeks Andrea will be talking to Irish producers across the country about the wonderful things they have on offer, and why it’s important to buy Irish for Christmas!Today we are talking to some of the incredible Irish food producers including Sian McCann from Wild Fuschia Bakehouse, Birgitta Hedin of Burren Smokehouse, Georgia Quealy of Bon Chocolatiers & Martina from Richmount CorialPhoto by picjumbo.com

It’s How I Live Well time: where we learn how to live a little better from someone who has mastered it!Paul Norton, Participation Manager for Cycling Ireland, joins Andrea to tell her about the world of Cyclocross

The website, which was bought by the Irish Times earlier this year, is  introducing a fee of €100 per notice. What do you think of Rip.ie introducing this charge?  Photo by Pavel Danilyuk

Back in October we heard about a protest organised by students in Dundalk Grammar school over the school’s refusal to allow them play Gaelic football - Andrea catches up with them now that they have now been allowed to introduce a Gaelic football teamImage: Sportsfile

Dr Afif El Khuffash, Consultant Neonatologist and Paediatrician, joins Andrea for a special segment of 'Ask the GP' - with the focus on newborns

Ireland is producing 20% more waste than a decade ago and our recycling rates have not improved over that time. How are we still getting it so wrong? Photo by Lara Jameson

Is it time to scrap Christmas traditions? Terry Prone, Chairman of the communications clinic, joins Andrea to tell us why she thinks so! Photo by Katie Barget