Live95 Limerick Today Podcasts

Joe is joined by Marty Mannering from the Bicycle Engineering Academy in Limerick to discuss the new regulations surrounding e-scooters that are set to kick in.

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Joe is joined by Maureen O’Grady, Clinical Operations Manager in the Cancer Clinical Trials Unit at University Hospital Limerick, to discuss a webinar that includes patient experiences and safety measures around Cancer Trials and gives information on how to access clinical trials on cancer.

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Joe is joined by Limerick great-grandmother, Dorothy Isobel Teskey, to discuss her making big waves online with her rendition of ‘Remember Me and Smile’ and a book she wrote, ‘The Stories of my Life’.

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Joe is joined by Founder and President of Griffith College Professor Diarmuid Hegarty to discuss the college celebrating 50 years in education, 18 years in Limerick, and a celebration that will be taking place at the Strand Hotel to mark the achievement.

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On this week's Ours to Protect, Anna spoke to Leianna Padgett from the Centre for Sustainable Futures and Innovation in UL and Pat O’Connor from Castleconnell River Association to discuss the Revitalised River Shannon Project, which aims to restore and protect the health of the River Shannon.

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Gillian is joined by William O’Neill and Dr Stephen Griffin from Limerick Civic Trust to discuss Limerick Civic Trust along with Limerick Museum and Limerick City and Council Council bringing a new history festival to Limerick at the end of the month.

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Gillian is joined by Emer O’Neill, CEO of CARI, to discuss the latest surrounding CARI's services and funding.

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Joe is joined by Rose Wall from Community Law and Mediation to discuss the new services they offer, including children’s law clinics.

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Gillian is joined by Gemma Brady, Chair of the Parents Council, Elaine McHale, teacher on IT & Internet Safety Responsibility, and parent Charlotte Hanley to discuss parents at Christ the Saviour National School in Ballingarry adopting a policy of keeping childhood smartphone-free.

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Gillian is joined by Fine Gael Senator Maria Byrne to discuss the need to simplify the process of obtaining a medical card for people diagnosed with cancer.

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Gillian is joined by Sgt Kevin Balfe, an advanced Garda motorcyclist and an instructor on the Garda BikeSafe program, to discuss safety while driving motorbikes.

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Gillian is joined by Dr Beatrice Neufeldt from the Personal Medical Clinic in Limerick and Dr Deirdre Forde from Ceile Medical - Together For Women in Westmeath to discuss the insufficient provision of personalised care for those in perimenopause and full menopause.

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Live 95's Anne-Marie is joined by teacher Kate Kennedy and some students to discuss Nicker National School in Pallasgreen taking part in the Junior Entrepreneur project as the 5th and 6th class students set up their own company, “Cookie Company”.

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Joe is joined by Live 95's Emma Dineen to discuss the Europa League Final set to take place later this month and what she will be doing as a volunteer at the event.

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Joe is joined by Independent John Moran, Sinn Féin’s Maurice Quinlivan, and the Green Party’s Brian Leddin to discuss the role of Directly Elected Mayor of Limerick.

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Joe is joined by Nick Rabbitts, Senior Reporter for the Limerick Leader, to discuss Ireland’s chances of winning this year's Eurovision.

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Limerick travel to Supervalu Pairc Ui Chaoimh on Saturday evening to take on Cork in a round 3 Munster Championship round-robin encounter. John Kiely's men are top of the table following two wins from two so far this season with Cork facing elimination from the championship having lost out in their opening two games. Former Limerick hurler Joe Quaid joins Luke Liddy and James Ryan to look ahead to the big game.

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Joe is joined by Denis Tierney, formerly of Live 95, to discuss the Eurovision and the experience of seeing it live in Malmö.

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On this week's Ours to Protect, Anna looks at Limerick's Community Climate Action Programme to see what supports are available to communities to take action against climate change.

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Joe is joined by Treaty United manager, Dominic Foley, goalkeeper, Annie Ulliac, and Treaty United Women’s media officer and Live 95's Emma Dineen to discuss the Treaty United Senior Women’s team having a great start this season as they won three and drew three of their first 7 games, with just one narrow loss.

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Joe is joined by Sinead Hourigan from Limerick City and County Council and Superintendent Andrew Lacey from An Garda Síochána to discuss urging awareness and responsibility among dog owners following a recent surge in dog-related incidents in Limerick.

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Joe is joined by Caitríona Ní Chatháin to discuss her representing the Socialist Party as a candidate for the position of Directly Elected Mayor of Limerick.

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Joe is joined by the band members of Ceol - Daryl Philips, Matthew Crampsey, Cathal Dervan and James O’Sullivan - to discuss the band's new song, "One More For The Road".

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Joe is joined by Justice Marie Baker, Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, and Art O’Leary, CEO of the Electoral Commission, to discuss the role of the Directly Elected Mayor of Limerick.

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Joe is joined by Joe Slattery, Coordinator of the Northstar Family Support Project, to discuss the recently launched research by Northstar Family Support Project, which was developed in 2023.

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Joe is joined by Directly Elected Mayor candidates Dee Ryan from Fianna Fáil, independent candidate Helen O’Donnell and Labour Councillor Conor Sheehan to discuss the role of the Directly Elected Mayor of Limerick.

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Joe is joined by Limerick eating disorder specialist Fierna Kennedy to discuss a Prime Time special on RTÉ television about the struggle one parent faced with getting treatment for her daughter's eating disorder.

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Live 95's Anne-Marie Geraghty is joined by Gabriel Makhlouf, Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland, to discuss mortgage interest rates and his visit to Limerick.

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Joe is joined by Barry Murphy from Hermitage Green to discuss the band's new single, "Driftin", and their recent tour in Australia.

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Joe is joined by Eimear Brophy, Further Education and Training Manager at Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board, and Georgette Lumbe, a graduate of the Diploma in Full-Stack Software Development under the Coding Careers for Women initiative, to discuss the Code Institute, in partnership with the Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board, offering free places on the Full-Stack Software Development Diploma to unemployed women throughout the Mid-West region.

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Live 95's Anne-Marie Geraghty spoke to Ger Reidy from Loughill West who lost his daughter, Miriam, in 1997 and had her organs donated, and Joe is joined by Denis Goggin, joint founder of the National Organ Donor commemorative garden, to discuss further what families go through when a loved one has their organs donated and his own experience of having the organs of his son, Eamonn, donated.

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In this week's Ours to Protect we meet with the team behind Grassland Agro in Limerick.

Specialists in soil, plant and animal nutrition the company sources, produces and sells a range of fertilisers

It's now placing a huge emphasis on its Soil Sustainability Programme.

We will hear how the company lives by its motto - growing sustainably together.

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Joe is joined by Directly Elected Mayor candidates Ruairí Fahy representing People Before Profit, Cllr Daniel Butler from Fine Gael, and Caitríona Ní Chatháin representing the Socialist Party to discuss the role of Directly Elected Mayor of Limerick.

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Joe is joined by Lisa Dike, midwifery student from Limerick, Jennifer Hall, Digital Media Coordinator for Limerick Mental Health Association, and Prav Dana, local run club host, to discuss the surge in running's popularity, especially among women.

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Joe is joined by Seán Golden, Chief Economist and Director of Policy at Limerick Chamber, to discuss Limerick Chamber's priorities for the upcoming elections.

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Joe is joined by Directly Elected Mayor candidates Dr Laura Keyes from Rabharta, Gerben Uunk from the Party for Animal Welfare and Sarah Beasley representing Aontu to discuss the role of Mayor and debate in the run up to the Directly Elected Mayor of Limerick elections.

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Joe is joined by Paul O’Brien from Bank of Ireland Group Security to discuss how to stay safe from fraud.

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Joe is joined by Live 95's Nigel Dugdale to discuss the Bedford Row Family Project, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary in Limerick.

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Joe is joined by Limerick author Karen Fitzgibbon to discuss the launch of her debut book, ‘The World’s End’.

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Joe is joined by Fianna Fáil TD Cathal Crowe to discuss the need to call for stricter regulations around anonymised online bullying and abuse via the website Tattle Life.

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Joe is joined by Limerick entertainer and musician Pat Shortt and Stockton’s Wing frontman Mike Hanrahan to discuss their new TV series, "Songs of Ireland".

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Joe is joined by principal of the Limerick School of Music, Cecilia Madden, to discuss the teaching staff from Limerick School of Music hosting a black-tie fundraising gala at the Gardens International.

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Limerick are back in Munster Championship action this Sunday when they welcome Tipperary to the TUS Gaelic Grounds following a comeback win over Clare in Ennis on the opening day. There's a double header at the venue with Limerick's senior camogie side opening their Munster campaign against Waterford in the curtain raiser. Luke Liddy and James Ryan are joined by freelance sports reporter and commentator John Keogh this week to look ahead to the action.

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Joe is joined by Live 95's Gillian Devlin to discuss the third day of the inquest into the death of Aoife Johnston.

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Joe is joined by singer-songwriter Emmet Scanlan and his daughter Annabelle to discuss the release of their new single, “Every Given Day”.

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Joe is joined by Live 95’s Aislinn Kelly, Sile O'Riordan, Regional Literacy Co-Ordinator with the Limerick Clare Education Board, Mary Murphy, Policy analyst at Age Action and Limerick Solicitor Melanie Power to discuss whether it is unfair to assume that everyone can operate digitally, and if there are members of society being left behind.

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On this week's episode of Ours to Protect, Live 95's Nigel Dugdale took a look at the growing success story that is Limerick's food and drink industry by speaking to some local producers to learn about their focus on creating a more sustainable supply chain.

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On this week's TV Panel, Gillian is joined by Aislinn Kelly, Anne-Marie Geraghty and Trevor Anderson to give their opinions on the inheritance tax and to discuss the 2003 film "Lost in Translation", the Netflix documentary "American Murder: The Family Next Door" and the documentary "Man Vs Ocean" on the RTÉ Player.

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Gillian is joined by Fiona Doyle, CEO of Mental Health Reform, and Limerick author Pat Sheedy to discuss the mental health of prisoners.

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Gillian is joined by Helen Hall, Chief Executive of the Policing Authority as they come to Limerick to discuss local policing challenges with the Garda Commissioner.

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Joe is joined by Live 95's Gillian Devlin to discuss the first day of the inquest into Aoife Johnston's death being held in Kilmallock Court.

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Joe is joined by Gillian Lattimore of Irish Seed Savers, Nell Ward, Director of Development at GIY,  Anne Maher of the Urban Co-Op in Limerick and Orla Ahern of Ahern Nurseries to discuss how people can buy more Irish apples, with up to 95% of the apples sold in Ireland being imported from overseas.

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Joe is joined by Digital Lead at the Limerick Leader and Swiftie Frances Fitzpatrick to discuss her thoughts on the new Taylor Swift album, “The Tortured Poets Department”.

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Joe is joined by Padraig Flanagan, Principal of Casteltroy College and former president of the National Association of Principals and Deputy Principals, to discuss his retirement and to reflect on his career.

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Joe is joined by Limerick woman Mary Tierney to discuss her grief following losing her husband and father within days of each other.

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Joe is joined by Sinn Féin Leader Mary Lou McDonald to discuss launching Senator Paul Gavan’s European election campaign, Maurice Quinlivan running for Directly Elected Mayor of Limerick, and more.

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Joe is joined by Gerben Uunk, founder of the Party for Animal Welfare and candidate in the upcoming directly elected mayoral election, and Independent Cllr Emmett O’Brien to debate whether Limerick should become Ireland’s first vegan city.

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Joe is joined by Michael Ryan from Limerick City and County Fire Service to discuss retiring after years of service and to look back on his career.

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Live 95's Anne-Marie Geraghty is joined by Lorraine MacMahon from Limerick Choral Union to discuss Limerick Choral Union performing Verdi Requiem at University Concert Hall to celebrate 60 years of singing in Limerick city.

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Limerick kick off their Munster Senior Hurling Championship campaign on the road to Clare in Ennis on Sunday afternoon. Luke Liddy and James Ryan preview the action.

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Joe is joined by Karen McLaughlin, member of the music group The Henry Girls, to discuss the band coming to perform in Dolan's.

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Joe is joined by Lisa Daly, Festival Director of Limerick Pride, to discuss Limerick Summer Proms, a three-day festival in partnership with Limerick Pride.

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On this week's episode of Ours to Protect, Aislinn spoke to volunteers Trisha and Nathan from Extinction Rebellion, a global environmental movement with the aim of using non-civil disobedience to compel government action to avoid tipping points in the climate system, biodiversity loss and the risk of social and ecological collapse.

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Joe is joined by Billy Kelleher, Fianna Fáil MEP for Ireland South, to discuss running for the European elections.

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Joe is joined by Ireland AM's Tommy Bowe to discuss the show being broadcast from Limerick.

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Joe is joined by Sean Lavery of the IFA, journalist and organic dairy farmer Hannah Quinn Mulligan and Macra’s Elaine Houlihan to discuss the impact of bad weather on farming.

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Live 95's Gillian Devlin is joined by Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly to discuss the concerns surrounding University Hospital Limerick.

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Joe is joined by Johnny Brady, member of a ten-piece band, to discuss the band celebrating the music of the Eagles at University Concert Hall on April 18th.

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Joe is joined by Limerick playwright Liam McCarthy and actress Georgina Miller to discuss the play "Jilly Morgan's Birthday Party" coming to the Belltable, written by Liam McCarthy and starring Georgina Miller.

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Joe is joined by Adare musician Derek Hickey to discuss receiving the prestigious TG4 Gradam Ceoil Musician of the Year 2024 award.

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Joe is joined by Independent Councillor for Limerick City North Frankie Daly to discuss running for the position of Directly Elected Mayor of Limerick.

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Joe is joined by performance nutritionist Sinéad Bradbury and former camogie player Aislinn Connolly to discuss "Body&Kind: Fueling Women in Sport", an event aimed at empowering and educating young female athletes about nutrition and mental well-being to enhance their performance, taking place in the Fitzgerald's Woodlands House Hotel with all proceeds going to UNICEF.

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Joe is joined by Cllr Daniel Butler to discuss running as the Fine Gael candidate for the Directly Elected Mayor of Limerick

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James Ring, a former CEO of Limerick Chamber says there's still confusion around the role of Limerick's new Directly Elected Mayor.

Dr Ring, who now heads up Ingenium which specialises in leadership, advocated for a no-vote in the Directly Elected Mayor plebiscite in 2019.

Live 95's Nigel Dugdale joined him to discuss some of his concerns.

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Joe is joined by experienced Managing Director David Tighe to discuss being appointed as CEO of CRITICAL, Ireland’s leading emergency medical charity based in Croom.

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Joe is joined by Limerick City TD and directly elected mayor candidate for the Green Party, Deputy Brian Leddin, to discuss the launch of Limerick’s electric city bus service in Colbert Station.

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Joe is joined by Pat Murphy from Uisce Éireann to discuss the building of the Shannon Pipeline by Uisce Éireann from the Parteen Basin at Birdhill to Dublin.

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Joe is joined by Gerben Uunk to discuss running for the position of Directly Elected Mayor of Limerick on behalf of the Party for Animal Welfare.

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For this week’s episode of Ours to Protect, Aislinn looks at the enormous potential Shannon Foynes Port could play in decarbonising Europe. She joined Pat Keating, CEO of Shannon Foynes Port Company, to learn more.

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Joe is joined by Micheal Cowman to discuss testicular cancer and his own experience with it for Testicular Cancer Awareness Month.

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Joe is joined by Labour Councillor for Limerick City Cllr Conor Sheehan to discuss running for the position of Directly Elected Mayor of Limerick.

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Joe is joined by James and Catherine Hayes from Murroe to raise awareness for Sudden Adult Death Syndrome and to discuss their son, Kevin, who they lost to it.

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Joe is joined by Fine Gael TD Patrick O'Donovan to discuss taking on the position of Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science following Simon Harris becoming Taoiseach.

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Joe is joined by Public Health Epidemiologist Dr Laura Keyes to discuss her representing Rabharta in the run for the position of Directly Elected Mayor of Limerick.

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Joe is joined by Daniel O’Donnell to discuss his brand-new single with Scottish singer Brandon McPhee.

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Joe is joined by sociologist Niamh Hourigan to discuss her being selected as the Labour candidate for the Ireland South in the upcoming European Elections.

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Joe is joined by caller Anna Marie to discuss Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly's visit to University Hospital Limerick and her mother's experience of being moved at the hospital. Live 95's Gillian Devlin spoke to Minister Stephen Donnelly to get his response to the situation.

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Joe is joined by friend of the show Lorraine O’Connell, financial adviser Karl Daly and Declan Hughes from Fly Cruise Stay to discuss Storm Kathleen, a cinema holding a movie marathon, and more.

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Joe is joined by former Limerick hurler and manager TJ Ryan to discuss Limerick GAA's Win A Home in Adare competition.

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Joe is joined by Limerick musician Gearoid McCarthy to discuss his solo tour following his recent viral success on social media.

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Joe is joined by Limerick solicitor Melanie Power to discuss the pause put in place six years ago on the use of vaginal mesh as a treatment for incontinence.

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Joe is joined by Mary Cahillane from the Mid-West Hospital Campaign to discuss the issues surrounding University Hospital Limerick and a protest that took place there today as Health Minister Stephen Donnelly visited the facility.

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Joe is joined by Chairperson of Limerick Musical Society Emma Moore, society committee member Fergal Moore and Laura Henebry, who plays Nancy in the society's production of "Oliver!", as they discuss the society bringing their production of the musical to the Lime Tree Theatre.

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For this week’s episode of Ours to Protect, Aislinn takes a visit to Ardnacrusha Generating Station to learn more about this amazing feat of engineering on the River Shannon.

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Live 95’s Sarah Coleman is joined by caller Noreen de Barra from Corbally, who worked in a charity shop for four years, to discuss the quality of communion dresses and suits available in charity shops.

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Joe is joined by Disabilities Officer at the University of Limerick Jack Trehy, journalist Edana Flynn and Live 95’s Jodie Mulcahy to discuss how the housing crisis is impacting the lives of young people.

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Joe is joined by Maurice Quinllivan to discuss him being the Sinn Féinn candidate running for the position of the Directly Elected Mayor of Limerick.

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Joe is joined by Kay Mullane, a member of the River Shannon Protection Alliance, to discuss the building of the Shannon Pipeline by Uisce Éireann from the Parteen Basin at Birdhill to Dublin and why the RSPA are against it.

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In the final part of our wellness series, Live 95's Sandra Quinn tested whether or not you can laugh yourself healthy. Sandra met with Annette Hayes in Kilfinane at a laughter yoga retreat.

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