Catch Up with Louise McSharry

Thank you to James O'Hagan for enduring our special brand of festive family chaos this morning to record this entertainment catch up. Lots to discuss, from the downfall of Nicki Minaj to Bowen Yang's last SNL.To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's our final news catch-up of the year and Carl Kinsella and I had much to discuss, from what's happening with the Palestine Action Hunger Strikers to Catherine Connolly's first festive presidential address and those vanity fair photos of the Trump crew.To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When we talked about the National Gender Service during the news episode on Monday it occurred to me that it might be a good idea to find out more about what exactly trans people in Ireland are facing when it comes to accessing gender affirming care. Fortunately, Daire Dempsey, Executive Director of the Transgender Equality Network of Ireland was generous enough to give me their time and fill me in on what the reality is. I knew it was bad, but it's actually worse than I thought, but there is hope.This one isn't short, but I didn't want to edit out any of the challenges being faced by Irish people, and I think its important that we educate ourselves on the challenges our trans brothers and sisters are facing so I hope you're up for dedicating a bit of time to that today.NOTE: For some reason static started appearing in the background of the episode as we recorded, so halfway through you'll hear a shift in the audio as we changed platforms. To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Esther O'Moore-Donohoe is on hand to chat through the week's entertainment stories this week from the incredible contribution of Rob Reiner to film and culture to Kate Winslet's take on nepo babies in relation to her children's achievements in film and we add another example of Coldplay's Chris Martin being sound.To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Carl Kinsella and I had lots to discuss this week from the breaking news about Rob Reiner's death to the horrifying events in Bondi over the weekend.To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.