Highlights From Lunchtime Live

Eoghan, a listener and member of the band The Buachaills got in touch with Lunchtime Live about the lack of late night motorway facilities throughout Ireland. Clare McKenna spoke to Eoghan, and other musicians, truck drivers and night shift workers on Lunchtime Live...

Tomorrow night Katie Taylor is having her long-awaited homecoming fight against Chantelle Cameron in the 3Arena in Dublin. This is the first big boxing event to be held in Dublin since the 2016 Regency Hotel shooting, which took place during a weigh-in for an event that would have been held at the National Stadium. You would wonder - has boxing developed a negative image in recent years? Recently retired assistant garda commissioner John O’Driscoll has said that boxing has been unfairly maligned due to its association with criminal gangs. What do you think? Does boxing have a bad reputation?

A charity that deals with addiction treatment says cocaine is now ‘as accessible as packet of cigarettes’. Where are they getting it? Pubs? Nightclubs? And it’s not just our cities – our rural towns and villages have just as big a problem. Are there more young people using the drug now more than ever and what needs to be done to crack down on this problem?

350 bike bunkers had been proposed for Clontarf, but with no sign of them yet. Siobhan Kelly took matters in to her own hands and put her own bike storage in her front garden. All was fine until she received a letter from the council…

Addressing his parishioners of St John’s Parish Falls Road this week, Fr Martin Magill criticised parents who don’t give money to the church after sacraments such as baptism, communion and confession. Adrian Kennedy was joined on Lunchtime Live by listeners to discuss...

Gardaí are continuing to investigate the assault of a teenage boy in Navan. Gardaí have appealed with people not to re-share footage of the incident that has been circulated on social media. The video highlights the fact that the issue of bullying is alive and well in our schools and amongst our young people. Adrian Kennedy was joined on Lunchtime Live to discuss their experiences of bullying...

Plans to recruit 1000 new gardai this year are already 32% behind target- but why are the numbers so low? Is being a Guard still an attractive career?

Author Salman Rushdie has slammed the trend of making PC edits and rewrites to books. Should that apply also to Ian Fleming's novels? Would you like to see James Bond series more politically corrected or you find the idea of revoking older books damaging?

Talks are due to take place today over the opposition of some Clare locals to the housing of male asylum seekers at a hotel in Inch.

Climate Minister Eamon Ryan is calling for the use of disposable cups and plates to be stopped in public sector canteens. Under a new mandate, being discussed this morning, there are also plans for parking in public sector workplaces to be phased out. Andrea was joined by Mindy O’Brien from VOICE of Irish Concern for the Environment and listeners to discuss...

A new DCU study published today reveals the hostility and abuse that women in journalism have faced online in Ireland. Andrea Gilligan was joined by former Wexford camogie player and pundit and Ivanna Youtchak from the National Women’s Council to discuss... Image: RTÉ

A new study has shown that most workers would like to retire at 60, with others eager to leave employment at an even younger age. Andrea Gilligan was joined by listeners to discuss...

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has condemned the violence that saw a homeless refugee camp set on fire on Friday evening. There was a stand-off between anti-immigration protestors and those who were counter protesting in support of refugees. Has this extremism gone too far? We discussed on the show today.

From the return of the tea trolley to rail routes - Barry Kenny from Irish Rail joined us today to answer your questions.

Chinese online fashion retailer SHEIN is setting up a headquarters in Dublin, creating 30 jobs – but should we be encouraging fast fashion companies in Ireland?

Are we having enough conversations with our children about pornography? And, are we having these conversations at a young enough age? A new study in the UK shows how porn can link to sexually harmful behaviour in children. Andrea discussed the issue today on the show.

It seems like every day or every other day in the US now we are hearing about mass shootings. It has come to a point now where it rarely even registers as news anymore. That is part of a longer video which gives advice on what to do if you are in a mass shooting situation in the US. So we asked our listeners today, are they afraid to visit US?

Mary Immaculate College have launched a campaign to encourage male school leaver to get apply for primary school teaching on their CAO. Do we have a lack of male teachers in our primary schools?

A new NHS Workforce Apprenticeship Scheme plans to fix shortages of staff in the UK. A third of nurses could be trained through this vocational, more hands-on path, as soon as they finish up in school. With an ongoing crisis in our own healthcare system, is this something we should be looking at introducing here?

Klaw - The Seafood Café located in Temple Bar have experienced their third break in four months Andrea was joined by Niall Sabongi, owner of Klaw, based on Sprangers Yard in Temple Bar and Luca from Rosa Madre in Temple Bar to discuss...