Lunchtime Live

For this week’s Ask the Expert, Andrea is joined by Blake Boland, Spokesperson with Dublin Bus, to answer any of your bus-related questions!

Hannah Leonard, a young woman from County Wicklow, suffered catastrophic brain injuries after being hit by a car while out jogging in Sicily in 2024. She is finally returning to her home in Bray this week.
Hannah’s dad Kevin joins Andrea to discuss…

Yesterday, Andrea spoke to TJ Hegarty, Founder of online maths school Breakthrough Maths, who said that 85% of students say they use ChatGPT to do their homework…
A study from UL has also revealed that ‘short bursts’ of homework are better than long assignments.
So, do we need to rethink our homework approach?
Joining Andrea to discuss is Ollwyn Moran, Neurodevelopmental Therapist & Founder of Cogniclinic.ie, Jen Hogan, Journalist at The Irish Times and host of the ‘Conversations with Parents’ podcast and listeners.

‘Up Close with Oprah Winfrey’ took place last night in the 3Arena, not only marking Oprah’s first show in Ireland, but her first time in general visiting!
So, how was it? Did you go?
Joining Andrea to discuss is Georgie Crawford, creator of the ‘Good Glow’ & podcaster, Consultant Endocrinologist Dr. Mary Ryan and Professor Katriona O'Sullivan, author of ‘Poor’.

Payments to homeowners for selling solar power back to the electricity grid may be phased out. This comes after the Netherlands has said it is scrapping its energy credit system.
Energy providers pay between 15.89c to 19.5c per kilowatt-hour (kWh) for electricity supplied to them from homeowners with solar panels.
If you have solar panels, what do you think of them? Would you recommend them? Or does removing the option to sell back take away the benefits of them?
Joining Andrea to discuss is Peter Finn, AKA Pete the Builder, as well as listeners.