Lunchtime Live

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

How involved should grandparents be?
Research has revealed ‘the grandparent effect’ - showing that grandparents play a significant and positive role in the lives of their grandchildren...
So can you remember your grandmother’s cooking, or are you a grandparent doing the school pick ups everyday and making memories with yours?
Joining guest host Anna Daly to discuss is Broadcaster Claire Ronan and more.

A new report from the Hardware Association of Ireland has said that thousands more ‘one-off’ rural homes could be built each year, but there are significant impediments to actually delivering this housing which needs to be addressed.
Should the planning permission rules be changed? Should we have more one-off rural homes?
Joining guest host Anna Daly to discuss is Eddie Punch, Columnist with Farming Independent and Clare Champion, as well as listeners.

Journalist Jane Cowan described her recent girls’ holiday as “an Aperol-fuelled girlhood pilgrimage to Italy.”
So, how special are girls’ holidays, and have they changed between generations?
Jane joins guest host Anna Daly, as well as Lucy Kennedy, author and broadcaster, to discuss.

Are you determined to finally get on top of your finances once and for all?
For many, looking at your bank account is something you dread, but how should we best manage what’s coming in and what’s coming out?
For this edition of Finance Matters, guest host Anna Daly is joined by Paul Merriman of Ask Paul to discuss how to protect what you have now…