Lunchtime Live

It’s time for Ask the Medic! Where an expert joins to answer any of your health-related questions.
This week, Andrea is joined by Dr Niall Breen from the Portmarnock GP Clinic to answer your medical questions!

Are you constantly on the phone, or do you actively avoid phone calls and baulk if somebody rings you?
A recent piece in the Guardian newspaper looked at how people living away rely on long phone calls to stay connected, so where do you lie on this? Are you a texter or a talker?
Joining Andrea to discuss is Irish Examiner Columnist Jane Cowan, Journalist and Columnist for the Irish Independent Mary Kenny and Newstalk’s Tech Correspondent, Jess Kelly.

Are the legal rules around a Power of Attorney order too difficult? Independent Senator Gerard Craughwell thinks so, saying that the current process is too complex for the average person, and is too expensive for most people…
Gerard joins Andrea to discuss this further, as well as Áine Hynes, Solicitor with St. John’s Solicitors and listeners.

October marks Dyslexia Awareness Month, so we want to hear about people who have dyslexia.
Rosie Bissett, CEO of Dyslexia Ireland joins Andrea to discuss and Aoife Kilkelly, an entrepreneur from Galway joins to share her experience.

In order to buy a home, you’ll need to borrow money and get a mortgage, but how does this process work?
Conor McGowan, Managing Director of Finance Solutions, which is Ireland’s biggest mortgage broker joins Andrea to discuss and answer your questions!