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    What are your rights when a flight is cancelled?

    04/03/2026 | 15 mins.
    Travel chaos caused by the events in the Middle East: what are your rights when it comes to cancelled flights and disrupted plans?
    Eoghan Corry, Editor of Air & Travel Magazine joins guest host Anna Daly to discuss.
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    Reasons to be Happy: Grand Stretch, Dancing, CMAT X O’Neills

    04/03/2026 | 9 mins.
    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.
    98FM’s Cathal O’Sullivan joined guest host Anna Daly in the studio to put a smile on your faces…
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    How are teacher shortages impacting children?

    04/03/2026 | 18 mins.
    One in five schools have been forced to drop a subject due to teachers' retention and recruitment issues, according to a survey carried out by the Teachers Union of Ireland.
    Three-quarters of the schools surveyed had advertised positions in the previous six months for which no teacher applied. A further 60% have unfilled vacancies…
    Have you or your children been affected by the teacher's shortage?
    Joining guest host Anna Daly to discuss is Paul Cuddihy, teacher of history and geography at Kilkenny College, primary school Principal Simon Lewis and more.
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    Making Babies: Morning Sickness

    04/03/2026 | 15 mins.
    Every Wednesday afternoon, we’ll be talking Making Babies.
    Professor Shane Higgins, Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist joins to cover every area of trying to have a baby. From the very start of knowing how to prepare, right up to pregnancy – and all the bumps in the road in between.
    This week, Shane joins guest host Anna Daly to discuss morning sickness…
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    Storm damage repairs exceed council budgets - what should be done?

    04/03/2026 | 18 mins.
    An estimated €15.6 million will be needed to repair damaged roads after Storm Chandra.
    Elected members of Wicklow County Council, one of the worst affected areas, have called on the Department of Transport, Taoiseach and Tanaiste to provide extra emergency funding to aid this.
    The “extraordinary scale of destruction” caused far exceeds the road maintenance budget for the council.
    Joining guest host Anna Daly to discuss this is Tom Fortune, Wicklow County Councillor representing Greystones electoral district, Ciaran Feghan, Managing director of PMS Pavement Management Services engineering consultancy, Louis O’Hara, Sinn Fein TD for Galway East and listeners.

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