Lunchtime Live

Ask the GP with Dr Niall Breen

Dr Niall Breen from the Portmarnock GP Clinic joined Andrea Gilligan to tackle your medical queries.

What needs to be done for carers?

For the past few weeks, we’ve heard heartbreaking stories from listeners about their experiences of being carers for their disabled adult children – and their worries about what’ll happen to them when they die… So, where do we go from here? Joining Andrea to discuss is Derval McDonagh, CEO of Inclusion Ireland.

Vaping added to Confirmation pledge: is it necessary?

The pledge taken by children at confirmation has been updated to include abstinence from smoking and vaping, alongside drinking and using illicit drugs. The change follows a sharp increase in young people smoking and vaping, which the church described as a “thoughtful and prayerful response to the lived realities of young people today.” Andrea is joined by listeners to discuss.

Summer McKesson on discovering dark truths after DNA test

DNA tests have become very popular, whether to find long lost relatives, to trace your ethnicity, or maybe to find out some answers about your health – but sometimes the results can bring up more questions than answers... That was certainly the case for Summer McKesson, who joins Andrea to discuss…

The Pod Squad: Ill-advised by Bill Nighy

Welcome to The Pod Squad! We review podcasts every week so you always have something new to listen to. Newstalk’s Rory Galvin and Host of the ‘For Tech’s Sake’ podcast Elaine Burke join Andrea Gilligan to review ‘Ill-advised by Bill Nighy’! Image: EYEPOD Studios