Lunchtime Live

The Home Squad: Ceilings & Mouldings

When you’re renovating or building a home, there are certain things that make a big impact which you might not realise… The Home Squad are here to discuss ceilings and mouldings! Joining Andrea to discuss is Sarah Carroll (@sand.and.deliver on Instagram) and Founder and Creative Director of Arlene McIntyre Design, Arlene McIntyre.

Do you use your Christmas vouchers?

Gift vouchers are often given as a present when we can’t think of what to get someone. Last Christmas, over 60% of people received one. However, over 20% of us have still not used our gift vouchers from last year! The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission is now advising us to consider giving cash instead… So, do you use yours? Andrea is joined by listeners to discuss.

Impact on parents of adult kids living at home

The CSO’s Longitudinal Growing Up in Ireland survey has revealed that two in three 18 to 34-year-olds still live in their family home, often not by choice. What impact does this have on family dynamics, and on the parents who essentially have adult lodgers in their home? Joining Andrea to discuss is Freelance Journalist Niamh O’Reilly, Newstalk’s Niamh Dunne, as well as listeners.

How do you donate your body to science?

Organ donation and transplantation save lives. It’s nearly six months since the Human Tissue Act came into effect on June 17, stating that if you are aged 18 or over, and you don’t specify otherwise, you will be considered a potential organ donor. But, what happens if, in a final act of altruism, a person wishes to go one step further and give their body to science following death? Joining Andrea to discuss is Danielle Barron, Health & Medical Journalist and Grace Vaughan, whose mother donated her body to science…

Making Babies: What's Available on the Public System?

Every Wednesday afternoon, we’ll be talking Making Babies. Andrea will be joined by Professor Shane Higgins, Master of the National Maternity Hospital, to cover every area of trying to have a baby. From the very start of knowing how to prepare, right up to pregnancy – and all the bumps in the road in between. This week, Shane joins Andrea to discuss what is available to you in the public system.