Episodios

  • AI Therapy is it a threat?
    Apr 2 2026

    More and more people who are struggling with their mental health are turning to AI chatbots for help. So much so, that experts here are calling for a ban on AI being used for therapy. All to discuss with Lorcan Martin is President of the College of Psychiatrists of Ireland.

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    10 m
  • What is it like to grieve a public figure?
    Apr 2 2026

    What is it like when your grief becomes public property? Dealing with loss is incredibly complicated for anyone. But that really adds another, very difficult dimension.

    How do you cope with loss, when there are cameras in your face? Or people you don’t know laying claim to the one you’ve lost? To talk more about with Claire was Siobhan MacGowan, sister of Shane MacGowan.

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    11 m
  • Can you continue your good Lent habit for longer?
    Apr 2 2026

    With Lent ending for many this weekend, some may already be planning to begin enjoying all that they have been going without for the last while.

    But should you and can you continue your good habit for longer? To discuss this further Claire spoke to Iseult White, Psychotherapist and Author and Conor Pope, Consumer Affairs Correspondent.

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    15 m
  • Are we being too targeted about exercise?
    Apr 2 2026

    There is so much messaging around exercise now. We need to get our 10,000 steps in a day. We need to train 5 days a week. We need to make sure we eat large amounts of protein a day. We should be fasting.

    It’s really hard to cut out all the noise and understand what’s good for us, and what’s unnecessary. Claire discusses this and more with Physiotherapist Lowry O’Mahony.

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    7 m
  • How badly behaved are road users outside schools?
    Apr 2 2026

    Reports of lollipop staff, employed to help children cross the roads near schools, being ignored and abused by drivers are on the increase. But it’s not just happening here. In parts of the UK, they are being equipped with bodycams in a bid to combat the bad behaviour.

    So how badly behaved are road users outside schools? Our reporter Josh Crosbie has been looking into this for us.

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    13 m
  • Wicklow GAA is being heavily criticised for an ‘April Fools’ joke
    Apr 2 2026

    Wicklow GAA is being heavily criticised for an ‘April Fools’ joke described as disrespectful and mocking. A post on the Wicklow GAA Facebook page announced the approval of a €160m redevelopment of Echelon Park in Aughrim, saying the ladies football and Camogie Association would be sharing the stadium as “equal partners”.

    Claire gets reaction to this with the Chair of Wicklow Camogie Leane Lifely and Social Democrats TD for Wicklow Jennifer Whitmore.

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    15 m
  • US President moved to ease nerves around the Iran War
    Apr 2 2026

    US President Donald Trump moved to ease nerves around the Iran War, but largely left some key questions in the air. Claire gets reaction to President Trump's address was Channel 4 presenter Matt Frei and also Newstalk’s political correspondent Sean Defoe.

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    10 m
  • Artemis II blasted off from Florida for the moon last night!
    Apr 2 2026

    Artemis II launched as planned late last night, carrying astronauts to the moon for the first time in nearly 54 years. It launched at 11.36pm Irish time. Niamh Shaw, a science communicator specialising in space, was there and she spoke to Claire live from the Kennedy Space Centre.

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    6 m