Louise McSharry

Catch Up with Louise McSharry

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Catch Up with Louise McSharry keeps you up to date on the week’s news and culture, from the lowest of brows to the relatively high. Armed with recommendations for music, books, telly and the rest, Louise takes you through the week’s events with the help of experts and relevant guests.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Author

Louise McSharry

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Society

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Latest episode

Jul 10, 2026

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Episodes

Entertainment Catch-Up: Goodbye Maggie Smith, Lana Gets Married and Naomi Campbell's Charity Ban 02.10.2024

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423! This week Cassie Delaney takes us through the entertainment stories, which of course, begin with our sadness over Maggie Smith's death. We also say goodbye to Kris Kristofferson, discuss Lana Del Rey's marriage, Naomi getting barred from charity work and tv and real lifes blurring lines. To support the podcast and access bonus e...

News Catch-Up: Extreme Weather, Israeli Attacks and ADHD Waiting Lists 30.09.2024

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423! Well pals, Carl is on his holidays (I'm very jealous) so this week we have the brilliant Sinead O'Carroll, editor of TheJournal.ie, joining us to tell us about the week's stories. We discuss Israel's expanding attacks in the Middle East, what the hell is going on with the government's spending, and lots more. To support the podc...

Catch Up with the Hope and Courage Collective 27.09.2024

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423! The Hope and Courage Collective was set up in 2021 to supporting and empower communities to take action against hate, bigotry and extremism. As this is something I know many of us have been struggling with, I thought it would be helpful to learn about the ways the organisation is taking action to ensure hatemongers don't take ho...

Entertainment Catch-Up: Chappell Roan and Janet Jackson talk politics, Rihanna the Fangirl and a One Tree Hill Reboot? 25.09.2024

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423! This week Cian Sullivan takes us through the celebrity stories, from Chappell Roan's political stance to a millennial tv show's potential return. To support the podcast and access bonus episodes (including my brand new monthly tv/movies/whatever you're having yourself episode with Emer) join our community on Patreon . Hosted on...

News Catch-Up: Simon Harris's Immigration comments, Policing, and What's Happening with Diddy 23.09.2024

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423! Today TheJournal.ie's Carl Kinsella and I discuss Simon Harris' comments on immigration and homelessness, RTE Investigates report on policing anti-immigration protests vs. events in town on Culture Night plus what's going on with the Diddy case. To support the podcast and access bonus episodes (including my brand new monthly tv/...

Catch-Up with Ava Hennessy 20.09.2024

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423! Ava Hennessy was sexually assaulted two years ago, and while it wasn't an easy decision to report what happened to the gardai, she ultimately decided it was the right thing to do. Now, she's keen to share her experience of the legal system as a victim of sexual assault, and why she found it disappointing but ultimately doesn't r...

Entertainment Catch-Up: The Emmys, The VMAs and Dave Grohl's Demise 18.09.2024

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423! Emer McLysaght is on deck this week to take us through the week's stories. It was a double awards ceremony week with the Emmys and the VMAs, we also discuss Dave Grohl's downfall, some cool stamps, and a truly heartening Jon Bon Jovi story. To support the podcast and access bonus episodes (including my brand new monthly tv/movie...

News Catch-Up: Debate chat, Apple's Billions and a Genuinely Impressive Political Plan? 16.09.2024

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423! This week TheJournal.ie's Carl Kinsella and I discuss the weekend's assassination attempt on Donald Trump as well as last week's presidential debate. We fill you in on what's happening with Apple owing Ireland literally billions of dollars, discuss Sinn Fein's childcare plan, and the Irish language protest in Belfast's new stati...

Catch Up with Zainab Boladale 13.09.2024

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423! Zainab Bolodale was just twenty when she became a news reporter for RTÉ via their kids news show News2Day. These days you'll see her on Nationwide, or indeed on bookshelves via her new YA novel Braids Take a Day. It was a real pleasure to chat to her about her career, Nigerian culture, going your own way in terms of career and,...

Entertainment Catch-Up: Beyoncé is Snubbed, Matt Damon is Nice and Heidi Klum's Sex Closet 11.09.2024

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423! After the heaviness of Monday's news episode, I'm happy to report that the stories from the world of entertainment are largely light this week. We say goodbye to James Earl Jones, chat about Beyoncé being snubbed by the Country Music Awards, Heidi Klum's incredible privilege (imagine having the space to have a designated sex clo...

News Catch-Up: School Abuse, Showbiz Politics and a Very Bleak Week for Women 09.09.2024

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Catch Up with Emma Doran 06.09.2024

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423! You probably know Emma Doran as a comedian, you've probably seen her on Amazon Prime's Last Man Laughing, or via her viral social media videos, or through her stand up gigs or whatever you're having yourself. Now, she's also an author. Her book, Mad, Isn't It? , shares her youth in Dublin, experience of becoming pregnant at eigh...

Entertainment Catch-Up: Coldplay, Angelina Jolie and Sabrina Carpenter's Bed Chem 04.09.2024

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423! This week Cassie Delaney and I chat through the latest in pop culture developments from Coldplay's impact to Angelina Jolie's return to the big screen, Sabrina Carpenter's need to talk about Barry Keoghan's schlong and lots more besides. To support the podcast and access bonus episodes (including my brand new monthly tv/movies/w...

News Catch-Up: Racism, Fake News, Puberty Blockers and Fat Foster Carers 02.09.2024

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423! Carl Kinsella and I start this week's news episode with some heavy moustache discourse triggered by some personal devlopments in Carl's life, but then we get into the meaty stuff. Carl catches us up on what's been going on in Palestine, both in Gaza and the West Bank, we discuss the protests around Dundrum House in Tipperary, fa...

Catch Up with James Kavanagh and William Murray 30.08.2024

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423! This week I catch up with James Kavanagh and William Murray about their new podcast and how things are going as they make the transition from city to rural life. We talk about whether they'll survive a winter, and William shares the most beautiful story of connecting to his mother via their new home. To support the podcast and a...

Entertainment Catch-Up: Taylor's Silence, an Oasis Reunion and Chappell Sets Boundaries and 28.08.2024

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423! This is a long episode but there really was so much to discuss. Emer McLysaght is our shepherd through this week's entertainment stories and they are beefy. Having just returned from the final gig of Taylor Swift's final stop on the European leg of the eras tour, she had a lot to say on that, and we obviously had to get into the...

News Catch-Up: The DNC, the kids love the Rose of Tralee and RIP Nell McCafferty 26.08.2024

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423! Lots of news today but unfortunately not much of it is happy. Carl Kinsella and I discuss the DNC, the arrest of Telegram's CEO in Paris, the latest in Gaza, and the death of Nell McCafferty and lots more. To support the podcast and access bonus episodes join our community on Patreon . Get tickets for my live show featuring Mari...

Catch Up with Gaff of Seanchoiche 23.08.2024

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423! I'm always really impressed by people who manage to turn an idea into a success and love grilling them on how it happened, so I've wanted to chat to Ciaran Gaffney, aka Gaff, of Seanchoiche for a while. Seanchoiche is a storytelling event you'll probably be familiar with my now as it's been such a success in Ireland, at festival...

Entertainment Catch-Up: Molly Mae, Blake Lively and Being Demure 21.08.2024

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423! Hollywood! La la la la la la la Hollywood! We're back in the world of celebs this week and we start with the news about Molly Mae and Tommy Fury's breakup before discussing what's going on with Blake Lively, demurity and the power of TikTok to solve people's financial problems. To support the podcast and access bonus episodes jo...

News Catch-Up: A Housing Plan, Trump vs. Hitler and Raygun 19.08.2024

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423! Carl and I are back with your regularly scheduled programming! We discuss the last couple of weeks' news including Sinn Fein's plans for housing, Eoghan Murphy's return to the public eye, Gaza, the American election, the ambulance service and Australia's Raygun. To support the podcast and access bonus episodes join our community...

Entertainment Catch-Up: Pop Culture in the 2000s 14.08.2024

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423! I'm still on holidays so this week Esther and I decided to discuss the pop culture of the 2000s from Paris Hilton, to The Hills, Les Deux and the 'fire crotch' incident, as well as what coming of age within that culture did to us. Spoiler: Nothing good. To support the podcast and access bonus episodes join our community on Patre...

News Catch-Up: Who is Tim Walz and How Exactly Does The US Election Work? 12.08.2024

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423! I'm on holidays so instead of your usual news catch up this week Carl and I do a (kind of) deep dive into the American election. If you've always wanted to know what a swing state is or what exactly the electoral college is, this is for you. Fortunately, we also got the news about Tim Walz joining the Democratic ticket before re...

Catch Up with Tim Chadwick 09.08.2024

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423! This week's Friday catch up is with Tim Chadwick, an incredibly talented and, in my opinion, underrated Irish musician whose debut album Pulverise comes out today. We discuss growing up gay, being vulnerable and putting yourself out there, and what it takes to be an artist in Ireland these days. To support the podcast and access...

Entertainment Catch-Up: Brat Summer is BACK, No More Boy Bands and Who TF is Mr. Beast? 07.08.2024

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423! It's time to catch up with the world of celebs and entertainment! This week Cian Sullivan is here to take us through the stories which include Snoop Dogg's continued lols at the Olympics, Charli and Billie bringing Brat summer back from the brink of death, the controversy around Mr. Beast and more! To support the podcast and acc...

News Catch-Up: Olympic Controversy, Trump Being 'Weird' and Ballerina Farm 05.08.2024

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423! It's Monday, let's get into the news. Carl Kinsella and I discuss our incredible Olympics performance, the Democrats new approach to the election (calling Republicans weird, basically), the riots after tragic events in Southport and the discussion around the Ballerina Farm TikTok account. To support the podcast and access bonus...

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