Lunchtime Live Highlights Newstalk

Every Friday, as part of our ‘Ask Me Anything’ series, we put your questions to people from interesting backgrounds or working in different careers.    
Andrea Gilligan is joined by Paulo Nunes dos Santos to learn more about what it’s like to be a war photographer.

The Vatican is changing its guidance towards the supernatural. 
They’ll update things like how to determine if visions of the Virgin Mary are authentic, and how a divine apparition should be confirmed. 
It’s stepping in amid a boom in claims and concern that these prophecies are spreading online faster than ever before. 
Joining Andrea to discuss the history of the supernatural religious claims in Ireland is historian Rob Buchanan.

Previously the show covered birth trauma and the experience of women in this country that aren’t being looked after enough. 
As part of that we heard from a woman named Shannon, who got in touch about her experience.
She joins Andrea alongside other listeners to share their stories.

Wendy Burke was just 1 year old when her life changed forever. Wendy and her heavily pregnant mother were on their way home after a hospital appointment, when the Dublin/Monaghan bombs went off, sadly killing Wendy’s mother and her unborn sibling. 
50 years on from that day – Wendy joins Andrea on the show.

From crow attacks in Kildare to confusion over roads in Kerry: Breakfast briefing Presenter Shane Beatty has some of the stories from around the country that you may have missed this week.

Many countries around the world require you to pass a test on civic knowledge –  geography, laws, politics, history etc to gain citizenship. 
There is no such test in Ireland.  
Do new Irish citizens need to know more about what it means to be Irish? 
Andrea is joined by Gina London, Leadership Communications expert and Sunday Independent Columnist as well as listeners to hear their takes.