Catch Up with Louise McSharry Louise McSharry

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This week journalist Aoife Moore joins us from sunny Tenerife - such is her commitment to news that even on holiday she wants to catch you up! We discuss a Good Friday visit from President Joe Biden, and Bill and Hillary Clinton as well as a wardrobe decision with significance from Ireland's women's rugby team.
I chat with actor Siobhán McSweeney about the impact Derry Girls has had on her career and all the brilliant stuff she's been working on from Extraordinary to the Great Pottery Throw Down. (Btw - the final has aired now - I spoke to Siobhán last week before it aired.)
Emer McLysaght and I revel in a break news story - the announcement by Ryan Tubridy that he's stepping down from the Late Late Show. Who will be stepping up? We also chat about the Oscars and the Gary Lineker debacle.
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This week Aoife Moore and I discuss the end of the eviction ban, the double standard when it comes to the Burkes, and teaching kids about the existence of trans people. Claire Walsh tells me about how finding free diving in her thirties changed her life, and all about her book Under Water: How Holding My Breath Taught Me to Live. Cassie Delaney and I discuss the IFTA nominations, scumbag of the decade Stephen Bear, and the Vanderpump Rules scandal.


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I can hardly believe it but this is the fiftieth episode of Catch Up with Louise McSharry! Thank you so much for being with me so far. This week's episode is chockablock, starting with a lengthy intro from me in which I discuss this article from The Cut. I think many of us would be better off if Ozempic wasn't a thing and I appreciate that this article has been triggering for many, so if you'd like to skip that section, skip to 17:30.
Aoife Moore and I discuss the week's news as usual, from the Windsor Framework (don't worry if you don't know what that is, we got you), to Holly Cairns becoming leader of the Social Democrats, and a pathetic attempt by us to explain why the Northern Lights were visible from Ireland this week. We really just shouldn't talk about science.
In the interview segment I chat to Lisa Connell and Cormac Cashman about the wonder that is Mother, the party they're throwing as part of St. Patrick's Festival and why safe queer spaces are so important.
In entertainment, James O'Hagan and I digest the SAG Awards, whether Paul Mescal was slighted by Zendaya (he wasn't), Dwayne Wade's beautiful speech in support of his trans daughter Zaya and the sheer audacity, nerve and gumption of one of Lady Gaga's dognappers.
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M&S Mac and Cheese Bombs (yes, really)
Self Esteem - Prioritise Pleasure

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Well. This turned into a really long episode - sorry about that! There was just so much to talk about! Aoife Moore, Political Correspondent with the Sunday Times Ireland and I discuss the absolutely horrific attempted murder of a PSNI officer in Omagh, as well as the movement within the Social Democrats and the anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. We also talk about Nicola Bulley, and social media's influence on active investigations.
I chat to comedian and actor Willie White about his experience of addiction and how it led him to Mountjoy which ended up leading him to the stage. You can check him out in The Examination as it tours nationwide next month.
Esther O'Moore Donohoe and I discuss the BAFTAs, from gaeilge on the red carpet to Angela Bassett doing the thing, plus Molly Mae and how mothers can never win in the public eye.
Fleishman is in Trouble is this week's reccomendation.
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In this week's news catch-up Aoife Moore and I talk about Nicola Sturgeon stepping down and how desperately we need more female leaders, as well as the horror of the murder of Brianna Ghey and the rest of the week's news. Ruadhán Ó Críodáin, executive director of ShoutOut, tells us about the work being done by the organisation to get into schools to make them as safe as possible for young LGBTQ+ people, as well as what we can do to ensure young trans people in Ireland are safe. Then, myself and Orlaith Condon of My Pod on Paper chat through the week's celeb news, and I finally release my thoughts on Rihanna's Halftime Show (safe space engaged, please do not come for me, or if you want to come for me, send it via 0892096423).
Only one recommendation this week, and it's Monica Heisey's Really Good, Actually.
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This week Aoife Moore of the Sunday Times Ireland breaks down what's happened with the earthquake in Turkey and Syria and how we can help, as well as the latest survey on child hunger and the madness of the State of the Union Address in America. I chat to Dr. Maeve O'Rourke about her work with survivors of the Magdelene Laundries and Mother and Baby Homes. She explains how we can have an impact in terms of ensuring all people who survived Mother and Baby Homes are included in the Redress scheme. Finally, Emer McLysaght and I chat through the week's entertainment stories, including the wild online response to the Grammys and Kourtney Kardashian's vagina gummies.
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New Girl
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