Catch Up with Louise McSharry keeps you up to date on the week’s news and culture, from the lowest of brows to the relatively high. Armed with recommendations for music, books, telly and the rest, Louise takes you through the week’s events with the help of experts and relevant guests. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Catch Up with Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen
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Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423! Sarah Breen and Emer McLysaght are the co-authors of the Oh My God What a Complete Aisling series, a true publishing phenomenon. While the book series has ended, Sarah and Emer couldn't bear to let go of Aisling, and have just launched The Ballygobbard Project. I was delighted to…
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Entertainment Catch-Up: Actors on Actors, Nicola Coughlan in Ireland and the Daniel O'Donnell Scam
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Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423! Lots to talk about in the world of entertainment this week so thankfully Cassie Delaney was on hand to fill us in. We discuss Kim Kardashian on Actors on Actors, Nicola Coughlan's visit to Ireland, Daniel O'Donnell's warning to his fans and LOADS more. To support the podcast and …
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News Catch-Up: The Election, the Nuseirat Massacre and a Papal Convention of Comedians
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Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423! It's a bumper news day for Carl Kinsella and I as we discuss the election results so far, the latest atrocities in Gaza, dogs and danger and lots more besides! To support the podcast and access bonus episodes join our community on Patreon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy f…
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Catch Up with Sarah Sproule: How to talk to kids about sex
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Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423! Over on Patreon recently, we were discussing chatting to children about difficult topics and Sarah Sproule's name came up. Sarah is an incredible educator when it comes to sex and relationships, and how and when to approach them with children. I often check in with her instagram …
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Entertainment Catch-Up: J-Lo Cancels, a Sister Act 2 reunion and Justice for Lily Allen
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Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423! This week Sissy That Pod's Cian Sullivan and I get into lots of showbiz stories from J-Lo cancelling her tour, to a Sister Act 2 reunion, North West and nepotism and people giving out about Lily Allen (I am not having it). To support the podcast and access bonus episodes join our…
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News Catch-Up: A Biden Deal, Trump the Felon,
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Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423! In this week's news catch-up Carl Kinsella and I discuss the latest in Gaza, Donald Trump's conviction and whether it'll make any difference, the chaos of the National Children's Hospital and Pope Francis' choice of words. To support the podcast and access bonus episodes join our…
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Catch-Up on Drugs with Nicki Killeen
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Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423! This week's interview is with Nicki Killeen, who is HSE Project Manager on emerging drug trends, harm reduction and nightlife. I met Nicki this week after following her work in the drugs sector for years, and was so impressed by her passion for harm reduction when it comes to dru…
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Entertainment Catch-Up: STFU about Nicola Coughlan's Body, Taylor vs. Billie and some Showbiz Fraud
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Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423! It's time to catch up on what's been happening in the world of entertainmnent, and James O'Hagan and I have got some beefy stuff to talk about. We discuss the horrendous discourse around Nicola Coughlan's body, the Taylor vs. Billie chart battle, Nicki Minaj's tour mess and the f…
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News Catch-Up: Rafah, 2fm and Rishi Sunak's Bad Week
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Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423! It's news catch-up time and unfortunately we have to talk about the horrors overnight in Rafah, I give my take on the chaos in 2fm and we discuss the fact that Rishi Sunak accidentally standing in front of the word 'MORON' wasn't even the worst part of his week. To support the po…
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Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423! I promised you a recording of a conversation I had with David Nicholls on Monday night at ILDF, but unfortunately that recording appears to have been lost. I'm devo - there was a technical issue during the chat where our microphones went out and apparently what actually had happe…
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Entertainment Catch-Up: The P-Diddy Video, Girls Aloud, and Harrison Butker
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Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423! This week Esther O'Moore Donohoe and I chat through the week's entertainment stories. From the horrific video of P Diddy assaulting Cassie, to the joy of Girls Aloud in Ireland and Harrrison Butker's bleak commencement address which even managed to piss off some nuns. Tickets for…
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News Catch-Up: Iranian Helicopter Crash, Palestine vs. Bohs and the magic of The Portal
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Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423! Lots to discuss this week with Carl Kinsella, from the death of the Iranian president in a helicopter crash to the Palestinian women's football team's visit to Dublin and the chaos of The New York/Dublin portal. Tickets for the live show in the Laughter Lounge on May 29th are ava…
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Catch Up on the European Election with Sinead O'Carroll
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Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423! The European election is coming up and there are ONE HUNDRED MILLION CANDIDATES* and it can all be a little confusing so I got the brilliant Sinead O'Carroll, editor of TheJournal.ie, back to help. She explains why our vote is so important, how to get basic info about the candida…
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Entertainment Catch-Up: The BAFTAs, Paul and Daisy Together Again and Daniel O'Donnell in his Underpants
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Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423! This week we were back in the awards place via the BAFTAs, we had some breaking news about Paul Mescal and Daisy Edgar-Jones and we discuss Daniel O'Donnell's continued decency including Emer McLysaght bringing us an anecdote about seeing him in his underpants. Tickets for the li…
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News Catch-Up: Rafah, Eurovision and Northern Lights-Apalooza
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Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423! There's loads to talk about in the news this week. Carl Kinsella and I discuss the horrors taking place in Rafah, the controversial events at Eurovision, Darkness into Light and the fact that we're not at all bitter about missing the Northern Lights. Tickets for the live show in …
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Catch-Up about Pints with Ali Dunworth
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Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423! This week's Catch Up is with Ali Dunworth, food writer and author of A Compendium of Irish Pints: The Culture, Customs and Craic. We chat about her career in food including her years working on programmes like Saturday Kitchen, Nigella and Market Kitchen, and then we get into the…
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Entertainment Catch-Up: The Met Gala, Kendrick vs. Drake and the Powerful Charisma of Derek Blasberg
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Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423! It feels a little weird to talk about the fluff and frippery of the world of entertainment in the context of what's happening in Rafah but this is the entertainment episode so that's what Cian Sullivan and I did. We discussed the Met Gala, the Kendrick vs. Drake hip hop beef, Jef…
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News Catch-Up: University Protests, Dobbo's Retirement and the Most Irish Story Imaginable
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Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423! This week's news update with Carl Kinsella features a gaza update from Rafah to Universities and Eurovision. We also discuss protests outside politicians' homes, Leinster rugby coming to the north side and an RIP.ie update. Tickets for the live show in the Laughter Lounge on May …
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Catch Up with Consultant Dermatologist Professor Caitriona Ryan
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Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423! This week I asked you for your skin-related questions and they flooded in. I put as many of them as I could to Professor Caitriona Ryan, consultant dermatologist and expert in both cosmetic and medical dermatology at the Institute of Dermatologists. I learned loads and I hope you…
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Entertainment Catch-Up: Electric Picnic, Baby Reindeer and the Irish at the Ivor Novellos
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Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423! This week James O'Hagan and I chat about the Electric Picnic lineup, the Baby Reindeer backlash, the Irish nominees at the Ivor Novellos and lots more besides. James also shares an exciting piece of personal news! Tickets for the live show in the Laughter Lounge on May 29th are a…
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News Catch-Up: Palestine Protests, Immigration 'Protests' and What's Going on with Weinstein
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Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423! This week Carl Kinsella of TheJournal.ie and I discuss the latest in Gaza and the protests taking place around the world, the current conversation happening between the UK and Ireland on immigration, what happened with Harvey Weinstein and lots more. Tickets for the live show in …
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Catch Up with Dr. Catherine Baker on Online Misogyny
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*Send your thoughts, opinions and feedback via voicenote to 0892096423* Many of you sent me the recent research by DCU's Anti-Bullying Centre which shone a light on the way anti-feminist, misogynistic content ends up on young men's social media fees. I really wanted to hear more about the research and to learn more about the origins of this kind of…
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Entertainment Catch-Up: Taylor Swift x Matty Healy, the IFTAs and Courtney Love Courtney Loving
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In this week's entertainment episode we're joined by Cassie Delaney who brings us up to date on the week's biggest and most interesting entertainment stories. We chat about the IFTAs, Taylor Swift's Matty Healy takedown, and, unfortunately, some truly gross sexism and misogyny. Light and shade, wha? To support the podcast and access bonus episodes …
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News Catch-Up: The Cass Review, Far Right Protests, and Stardust
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This week's news catch-up with Carl Kinsella is chockalock with juicy stories. We discuss the latest from Gaza, the results of the Stardust inquest, the protest outside Minister Roderic O'Gorman's home, and the Cass Report. To support the podcast and access bonus episodes join our community on Patreon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mor…
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Catch Up with The Abortion Support Network
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*Send your thoughts, opinions and feedback via voicenote to 0892096423* You may have heard people talking about this week's RTE Investigates documentary on the fact that many Irish people are still being forced to travel to access abortion services. The issues raised are really troubling, and it seems that many people weren't aware of the awful cir…
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Entertainment Catch-Up: A Coachella Digest, Ryan Gosling on SNL and Sharon Osbourne's Filthy Read
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*Send your thoughts, opinions and feedback via voicenote to 0892096423* This week Esther O'Moore Donohoe and I have much to discuss after the celebs hit the desert for another Coachella weekend. We also chat about Sharon Osbourne's frankly incredible response to comments by Amanda Holden, Ryan Gosling on SNL and why it would be better if some celeb…
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News Catch-Up: Iran Attacks Israel, Sydney Attack and GAA Skorts
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*Send your thoughts, opinions and feedback via voicenote to 0892096423* This week we have loads to talk about, from Iran's attack on Israel over the weekend, to the heartbreaking loss of lives in a Sydney shopping centre and the absolute insanity of the GAA requiring women to wear skorts while playing camogie. To support the podcast and access bonu…
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*Send your thoughts, opinions and feedback via voicenote to 0892096423* For some time now I’ve wanted to speak directly to someone impacted by what’s happened over the last six months in Gaza, and lately that desire intensified as I sensed myself and others becoming a little desensitised to the continued horror. Then, I was flicking through tiktok …
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Entertainment Catch-Up: Isla Fisher's Big Announcement, Billie Eilish's Close Friends and the Joy of Alison Hammond
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*Send your thoughts, opinions and feedback via voicenote to 0892096423* It's time to talk celebs! Cian Sullivan of Sissy That Pod and I get into Isla Fisher's interestingly timed divorce announcement, Billie Eilish's announcements, Nicola Coughlan's special edit and I have opinions about Nathan Carter's opinions about Beyonce (don't come for me Nat…
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News Catch-Up: A New Fine Gael?, Endometriosis, and Supermacs vs the GAA
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*Send your thoughts, opinions and feedback via voicenote to 0892096423* It's Monday, so it's time to catch up on the news with Carl Kinsella of TheJournal.ie. We start by discussing Simon Harris' vision for Fine Gael as he prepares to become taoiseach, the latest in what was another horrific week in Gaza, and what Supermacs did to piss off the GAA.…
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*Send your thoughts, opinions and feedback via voicenote to 0892096423* I know, there will be loads of you who are already huge fans but I didn't know a lot about Hannah Tyrrell ahead of leading a panel she was on for IWD this year. Once I began my research, though, I was blown away. Not only has she won a women's football All-Ireland with Dublin, …
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Entertainment Catch-Up: Cowboy Carter, Harry Potter Fans and Lizzo 'Quits' Music
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*Send your thoughts, opinions and feedback via voicenote to 0892096423* This week's entertainment chat is a corker. I have many opinions, and am all set to be disagreed with - feel free to send all feedback to the number above. James O'Hagan and I discuss Cowboy Carter, whether adult Harry Potter fans need to grow up, what we make of Lizzo 'quittin…
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News Catch-Up: Jeffrey Donaldson, Stolen Hanging Baskets, and Thailand's Same Sex Marriage Progress
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*Send your thoughts, opinions and feedback via voicenote to 0892096423* It may be a bank holiday but you bettter believe Carl Kinsella and I got to our microphones this morning to bring you a news update. My voice was barely playing ball, but we persevered and manages to chat about Jeffrey Donaldson's resignation, the continued conversation about I…
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*Send your thoughts, opinions and feedback via voicenote to 0892096423* This week's Friday catch-up is with pop artist Pastiche, who has had a very tricky couple of years. She shares the challenges she faced on her journey to an endometriosis diagnosis, and what it's like to be freezing her eggs at 26. I really enjoyed this conversation, and have m…
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Entertainment Catch-Up: P. Diddy's Downfall, Sasha Baron Cohen the Asshole and A SUPER Sweet 16
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*Send your thoughts, opinions and feedback via voicenote to 0892096423* This week Esther O'Moore Donohoe and I chat through the raid on P Diddy's homes, the bleak revelations about what was going on behind the scenes of some of Nickelodeon's most popular programmes, and why Sasha Baron Cohen has shot himself in the foot. As always, when Esther and …
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News Catch-Up: Goodbye Leo, Kate Middleton's Cancer Revelation and the Truth About Ireland's Feelings on Immigration
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*Send your thoughts, opinions and feedback via voicenote to 0892096423* A very newsy week indeed! We discuss Leo Varadkar's resignation and all the subsequent events, Kate Middleton's cancer diagnosis and the fallout from it, and the ongoing events in Gaza. Plus, some good news at the end! I found some! To support the podcast and access bonus episo…
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*Send your thoughts, opinions and feedback via voicenote to 0892096423* This week's interview is with with Mark Mehigan, author of This is Not a Self Help Book, in which he writes about his experience with alcohol and drug addiction. I read most of this book in one sitting, it is frank and honest and really well written. I was delighted too get the…
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Entertainment Catch-Up: Jedward vs Louis Walsh, the Lohanaissance, and a Paul and Ayo Romance?
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*Send your thoughts, opinions and feedback via voicenote to 0892096423* Emer McLysaght joins me this week to discuss the stories gifted to us by the world of showbusiness. Jedward are having absolutely none of Louis Walsh's nastiness, there are rumours about a Paul Mescal/Ayo Edebiri romance, Lindsay Lohan is BACK BABY and several other very pleasi…
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News Catch-Up: Tents Slashed, Leo in D.C. and Pierce Brosnan's Ill-Advised Yellowstone Adventure
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*Send your thoughts, opinions and feedback via voicenote to 0892096423* This week Carl Kinsella of TheJournal.ie and I discuss the movement of men camped outside the IPO to Crooksling and how appalled many people are, we also discuss Leo Varadkar's trip to D.C. for Paddy's Day as well as Catherine Martin travelling to SXSW despite all Irish artists…
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Catch Up with Saoirse, international DJ and Cultúr Club Headliner
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*Send your thoughts, opinions and feedback via voicenote to 0892096423* If you're in any way into electronic music, you know Saoirse. She's a DJ who's played all over the world, a producer, a record label head, and the co-founder of London's queer electronic music festival Body Movements. This weekend, she's also the headliner at Mother's Cultúr Cl…
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Entertainment Catch-Up: The Oscars, Kate Middleton's Photo Palaver and Artists Taking a Stand Over Gaza
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*Send your thoughts, opinions and feedback via voicenote to 0892096423* There's loads to talk about in this week's entertainment catch up in which I'm joined by Cassie Delaney. Cassie and I discuss the Oscars, the absolute madness around Kate Middleton's amateur editing, Irish artists taking a stand for Gaza and Louis and Sharon's antics on Celebri…
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News Catch-Up: Referendum Defeat, Gaza, Late Night Licensing Laws and the Importance of Empathy
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*Send your thoughts, opinions and feedback via voicenote to 0892096423* Carl and I have crawled out of sick beds to bring you this week's news, which is CHOCKABLOCK between ongoing events in Gaza, the Referendums, the State of the Union drama in the US and lots more. To support the podcast and access bonus episodes join our community on Patreon. Ho…
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Catch Up with Cathy Sweeney author of Breakdown
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*Send your thoughts, opinions and feedback via voicenote to 0892096423* Welp, I did it again, I bawled while interviewing another author. I can't remember the last time I connected so deeply with a book as I did with Breakdown by Cathy Sweeney, which tells the tale of a woman who walks away from her seemingly perfect home and seemingly perfect husb…
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Entertainment Catch-Up: A Bit of Craic at the Brits, Goodbye Che Diaz and Weeping at J-Lo
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*Send your thoughts, opinions and feedback via voicenote to 0892096423* In this week's entertainment catch-up, Cian Sullivan and I discuss the Brit Awards, Tiffany Haddish's trip to Israel, Che Diaz's departure from And Just Like That... and lots more besides. To support the podcast and access bonus episodes join our community on Patreon. Hosted on…
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News Catch-Up: The Flour Massacre, Children in Care and Pouring Beans Over Queen Victoria
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*Send your thoughts, suggestions and feedback to 0892096423* In this week's news catch-up TheJournal.ie's Carl Kinsella and I discuss the horrific events in Gaza over the last week as well as some upsetting revelations about for-profit care agencies for vulnerable children failing to appropriately vet staff. We talk drone deliveries in Blanchardsto…
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*Send your thoughts, opinions and feedback via voicenote to 0892096423* Today's catch-up is with Laura De Barra who many of you already know and love. Laura's third book, Garment Goddess, launched last week. It follows Gaf Goddess and Decor Galore in empowering us all to make informed decisions and care for our belongings the to best of our ability…
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Entertainment Catch-Up: A Drunk Pedro Pascal, Feral Taylor Swift Fans, and the Tragic Story of Wendy Williams
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*Send your thoughts, opinions, suggestions and anything else you'd like via voicenote to 0892096423* In this week's entertainment catch-up James O'Hagan and I chat about the SAG Awards, including a surprising win for a tipsy Pedro Pascal, the truly wild behaviour of some Taylor Swift fans and Graham Norton's departure from radio. To support the pod…
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Hey pals! A good few of you have been in touch with me to ask about the referendum as you'd missed this explainer from a few weeks ago, then over the weekend one of you suggested I release it as a standalone so that it could be shared easily. Genius! So here it is - please excuse the slightly rough edit at the beginning - I didn't have the standalo…
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News Catch-Up: Kneecap, the Price of Formula and Goodbye to Vice as we Know It
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*Send your thoughts, opinions, suggestions and anything else you'd like via voicenote to 0892096423* Today Carl Kinsella of TheJournal.ie and I are catching up on the news and there's loads to talk about. We discuss the latest in Gaza, Kneecap on the Late Late Show, the latest in RTE chaos, the price of baby formula, Body and Soul's pause and the e…
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*Send your thoughts, opinions, suggestions, and anything else you'd like to share via voicenote to 0892096423* This week's standalone interview is with drag queen, musician and HIV activist Veda. I've been admiring Veda's drag for a frankly shocking number of years now, but have been even more impressed by her work in HIV activism. Veda co-hosts Po…
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