Lunchtime Live

Ask Me Anything: Skydiving Instructor

For this week’s Ask Me Anything, Skydiving Instructor Coleman Brouder joins Andrea to answer any of your questions!

Are butter boards the next cheeseboard?

Are butter boards going to be the new cheeseboards? Cheese has long been on the shopping list for tourists keen to taste the local cuisine during their visits to France, but it seems that luxury butter is now top of the shopping lists. Russell Alford from Gastrogays joins Andrea to discuss!

How does the family court system work? - Sarah Madden Reports

A warning that the next item references sensitive topics that some listeners may find upsetting including domestic violence, coercive control and suicide. This week here on Lunchtime Live we’ve been discussing barring orders, protection orders and safety orders – the rulings available to victims of domestic violence here in Ireland. On Tuesday, we spoke to Donna, who bravely talked about her experience in trying to obtain a safety order against her former partner. Donna never obtained her safety order. Yesterday we spoke to SiSi, an organisation which supports women who are survivors of intimate partner abuse about whether these orders are fit for purpose, but to get a better sense of how they’re given out, and why in some cases they aren’t, we sent Newstalk Reporter Sarah Madden down to the family courts to observe the system as it works. Sarah joins Andrea to discuss what she found.

The experiences of women working in trades

Sunday the 8th of March is International Women’s Day. To mark it, we will be speaking to women who work in trades, a typically male field, about their work. Joining Andrea to discuss Lisa Dooley, Chartered Quantity Surveyor for Ormonde Construction, Shauna Doyle (@the_tarmacing_mammy on Instagram) and Apprentice Plumber Emma Louise Crimmins with Gas Networks Ireland.

Regional Roundup with Shane Beatty

Breakfast Briefing Presenter Shane Beatty joined Andrea with a roundup of some of the stories from across the country this week.