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Andrea Gilligan invites callers to have their say on the topics of the day - get in touch by emailing lunchtimelive@newstalk.com

Listen and subscribe to Lunchtime Live Highlights on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

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    Ask the Expert: Physio

    Ask the Expert: Physio

    From shin splints to getting back to exercise after injury - Andrew Dunne, Senior Physiotherapist and Founder of Personal Health - Medical Exercise Clinic joins Andrea to answer your physio questions.

    • 13 min
    What’s behind the Waterford sex noises?

    What’s behind the Waterford sex noises?

    A church in Waterford has received a number of complaints about unwanted noises happening during funerals and mass.
    People attending the church said there were noises being played into the church over a speaker, some of which were pornographic.
    The church is in the village of Kilgobnet near Dungarvan and Andrea is joined by local councillor Conor D. McGuinness to discuss.

    • 7 min
    How will the Aer Lingus strike affect your flights?

    How will the Aer Lingus strike affect your flights?

    Pilots at Aer Lingus have served notice to the airline that they intend to go on an “indefinite” work to rule starting next week as they refuse to work overtime. 
    Holiday makers are worried about the disruption this will cause now at the busiest time of the year.  
    What does it mean for your flight?
    Andrea is joined by Sinead Ryan, Consumer Expert and Presenter of the Home Show, Maura Fahy from Fahy Travel and those who might be affected by the strikes, to discuss.

    • 20 min
    Taking mushrooms to deal with empty nest syndrome?

    Taking mushrooms to deal with empty nest syndrome?

    When your kids leave home for the first time, people can suffer from empty nest syndrome. How would you deal with it? Well, journalist Jane Green has been tackling this issue in a unique way to say the least.
    She joins Andrea to talk about how mushrooms can help, and journalist Suzanne Harrington also joins to discuss the syndrome.

    • 10 min
    Reasons to be Happy: Summer concert season!

    Reasons to be Happy: Summer concert season!

    Lunchtime Live's Reasons to be Happy looks at some of the news stories that you might have missed that will leave you feeling more optimistic.
    Today FM’s Cathal O’Sullivan joined Andrea in the studio to put a smile on your faces…

    • 9 min
    Hospital parking fees - a ‘tax on the sick’?

    Hospital parking fees - a ‘tax on the sick’?

    A ‘tax on the sick’ that’s what the Irish cancer society have dubbed hospital parking charges, with some hospitals charging cancer patients €3.20 an hour in parking fees.
    Have you been affected by this?
    Andrea is joined by cancer survivors who had to pay a lot for parking, as well as Samantha Vaughan from the Irish Cancer Society, to discuss.

    • 20 min

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