'A labour of love' - Should grandparents be paid for minding their grandchildren?

We get a lot of letters and emails into the show with people outlining experiences that they’re living with.  Frances, a listener, sent a Whatsapp about her situation she has found herself in living with chronic pain following a spinal chord injury. Frances joined Andrea on Lunchtime Live to discuss...

As the cost-of-living crisis continues to bite across the country, Newstalk is here to help with a new online series highlighting the best ways to save on your bills. Cut-the-Cost will offer tips and advice on how to save on everything from energy and the weekly shop to modern essentials like broadband and phone contracts. Aoife Kearns, from our news team has done the hard work and sourced the best deals for your bins and waste costs...

Social media has been full of videos and clips of U2 in Las Vegas over the weekend. The band opened their residency at Sphere in Las Vegas at the weekend, and by all accounts it was an unbelievable show.   But do celebrate U2 enough in Ireland? Andrea was joined by Music journalist with the Mail on Sunday Danny McElhinney and other listeners to discuss...

Thousands of people in Ireland are driving without ever taking a driving test.  Up to 30,000 people are on their 3rd or subsequent provisional licence and have never sat a driving test.  In some cases learners have been driving on Irish roads for over 30 years without ever holding a full licence. To get a third or subsequent learner permit, you must show proof that you’ve applied for a test.  There is no legal requirement to actually sit a driving test before renewing your learner permit. So you can book the test, get the learner’s permit and then never bother sitting the test.  Andrea was joined by Dominic Brophy, Driving instructor and Director of the Professional Driving Instructors Association and listeners to discuss...

72-year-old cancer survivor, Mary O’Regan is watching her house crumble around her due to mica and says she has nowhere to turn. She joined Adrian Kennedy on Lunchtime Live to discuss...