Catch Up with Louise McSharry

*Send me your thoughts, opinions and suggestions via voicenote to 0892096423* This week I start with a BIG ANNOUNCEMENT! EXCITING! Then we get into the news. Myself and Carl Kinsella chat through the latest in Gaza, anti-immigration arson attacks, and the first case of a parent being charged as a result of their child's role in a school shooting. Then I'm joined by Sinead O'Carroll, editor of TheJ...

*Send me your thoughts, opinions or topics via voicenote to 0892096423* This week Carl Kinsella and I chat through the latest in Gaza, the idea of cannabis legalisation in Ireland and why Adobe had to weigh in on a photoshopping incident in Australia. I chat to writer and lecturer in philosophy Kate Manne about her latest book Unshrinking: How to Face Fatphobia. Jenn Gannon and I discuss the Nicki...

*Send me your voicenotes! I want to hear what you think, your opinions, your ideas, or if there's something you'd like me to discuss. Whatsapp me at 0892096423* Hello! Thank you so much for coming back my friend! This week Carl and I discuss the developments with the government's approach to Israel and Gaza, the damage done by the week's storms and the death of Ian Bailey. I chat to THISISPOPBABY'...

For extra episodes and to support the podcast visit the Patreon here ! This week Carl Kinsella and I discuss the ongoing events in Gaza as well as the protests this week outside accommodation for refugees and asylum seekers in Roscrea, PLUS a bit of good news via some energy price cuts. I catch up with Gearoid Farrelly about doing around 180 shows with Joanne McNally's Prosecco Express tour and ho...

*Send me your thoughts! I love to hear your feedback, opinions, takes and ideas via 0892096423* This week Carl Kinsella and I chat through what's happening in the Hague at the moment with South Africa bringing a genocide case against Israel. We also discuss the pope proving that he actually is a regular pope, not a cool pope, and the case for regular STI tests. I chat to Dermot Bannon about what i...

*** Send me your thoughts, feedback, ideas and opinions! Voice notes and text messages welcome at 0892096423*** We're BAAAAACK! Hope you had a nice break. If not, no worries. Thank you so much for coming back here to me, I so appreciate it. This week Carl Kinsella catches us up on the latest on what's been happening in Gaza and now, elsewhere, as well as why we all got into the Darts this year. I...

CW: addiction, childhood poverty, sexual assault No person has been suggested more for this podcast than Dr. Katriona O'Sullivan, so she immediately came to mind when I was considering who I'd like to speak to for these extended episodes over Christmas. Katriona is an award-winning professor whose memoir Poor was published this year and went on to recently win two Irish Book Awards. Poor tells the...

Monica Heisey's year began with the January publication of Really Good, Actually, her debut novel, and finished with the launch of Smothered, a television series she co-created and wrote. Really Good, Actually was loved by both critics and readers thanks to its sharp writing and frighteningly accurate portrayal of life in the immediate aftermath of a big break-up. It also gives great insight into...

Send me a voicenote of your thoughts, opinions and feedback to 0892096423! I'm back with a regular episode! I so enjoyed this one so I hope you do too. We get an update from Carl Kinsella on his new personal achievement along with the latest updates on Gaza, Cop 28, a tornado in Leitrim and a female Deputy President of the IFA! Green Party MEP Grace O'Sullivan tells us about her journey to politic...

Unfortunately due to my recorder flatlining, there's no regular episode this week but happily this is an opportunity to bring you the recording of the live show I did with the wonderful Anna Nolan in Limerick in October. Anna is a charming, funny, and super smart person with loads of fascinating experiences behind her, including a stint on the very first Big Brother. We had a ball chatting Big Bro...

*Please send me your thoughts, feelings and feedback via voicenote to 0892096423.* DO NOT WORRY IT IS NOT FRIDAY! You did not sleep through Thursday, I'm just bringing you the episode a day early this week as I'm on the road to Other Voices. I thought it was important that we talk about what happened last week, and I hope you find this episode useful. Carl Kinsella and I chat through what happened...

This was recorded across the day, the entertainment section at 10:30AM before we knew what the day was going to hold, the news at 3pm just after the stabbing incident in the city centre and the interview a couple of hours later not long before rioting commenced. I don't really remember what I said in the intro to this episode, recorded around 9pm, but I know I was emotional. I hope you are all saf...

* Send your thoughts, feedback or anything else you'd like via voicenote to 0892096423! * This week Carl Kinsella and I discuss Gaza once again, as well as the mess that is UK politics at the moment and the fact that renters are now spending more than mortgage holders. I catch up with Young Hot Guys (Killian Sundermann, Shane Daniel Byrne and Tony Cantwell) about their new podcast. Then, Emer McLy...

*Send your voicenotes, thoughts and opinions to 0892096423* This week Carl Kinsella and I discuss the ongoing events in Gaza, as well as why the government are going so hard on their smartphones in schools policy and the Northern Lights appearing in Ireland. FYI - the Aisling Murphy verdict came in after we recorded, so we will cover that next week. I chat to Eve McDowell, co-founder of Stalking I...

*Send your thoughts, opinions, feedback or anything you'd like to hear from me on to the pod phone on 0892096423* This week Carl Kinsella and I discuss the continued atrocities in Gaza but also hope that the tide is turning as the world makes it clear that it will not accept Israel's continued actions. We also discuss the floods in Ireland and a law change which will make offences like stalking mo...

This week Carl Kinsella brings us another update on what's going on in Gaza as well as news of flooding in Ireland, the Citizen's Assembly on drugs, a 'mystery man' and a good news story for Donegal! In the interview slot this week I'm sharing a chunk of this month's Patreon culture episode in which author and fabulous woman Laura de Barra and I discuss Netflix's Beckham. For the full chat and mor...

Send me your thoughts and feedback via voicenote to 0892096423. This week's episode felt a little doomed thanks to equipment failure (ok, it was human failure but the consequence was equipment failure) but I had to make it work after one of the most consuming week's of news I've ever experienced. Carl Kinsella and I go through what's happened over the last week in Gaza, as well as the start of the...

A tall order for Carl Kinsella this week as he explains the week's news, from Gaza to the budget. I chat to authors of The I'm Grand Mamual, PJ Kirby and Kevin Twomey about their origin story and how they wrote their brilliant and hilarious book. Finally, Cassie Delaney takes us through the week's celeb news from Holly Willoughby leaving This Morning to who Victoria Beckham sent a bottle of champa...

*** Send me a voice note ON 0892096423! I love to hear your thoughts, questions and ideas. *** This week I'm joined by journalist Carl Kinsella who is super smart and clued in when it comes to the news, and is going to help us sound super smart and clued in too. We discuss the Tory conference, what we can expect from next week's budget and the horror of the Parisian bed bugs. I chat to TKB and Gem...

Send me your thoughts, feedback and opinions - the pod phone is open. 089 Well, the moment has come for the last news catch-up with Aoife Moore, who's leaving the nest for a new job with the big bad BBC. I'm so proud, and also so sad, but mainly happy for her. We've got some good stories to cover in our final conversation in this context! Gra ar an Tra launched this week on Virgin Media Television...

Send your thoughts, questions and feedback to 0892096423! This week Aoife Moore and I catch you up on the news from the Dail Protests to a world record at the Ploughing Championships. I chat to pod listener Hugo Mills about his experience of moving to Berlin due to the hostile rental market in Ireland, and what we could learn from them in terms of improving the rental market. Cian Sullivan and I c...

Send your thoughts, feedback, questions or opinions to the Catch Up phone at 0892096423. This week it's an Aoife Moore double bill with our usual catch-up on the news and a chat with her about her BEST-SELLING book, The Long Game: Inside Sinn Fein . James O'Hagan and I discuss the Aston and Mila mess-up as well as WTAF Drew Barrymore is thinking and James' close and personal encounter with a Holly...

Lads, I'm really sick. Unfortunately I couldn't produce an episode this week as a result. However, I'm delighted to share with you the audio from a brilliant panel I hosted at All Together Now. It was produced by Vickey Curtis, and features the brilliant Louise Bruton, Ruadhán Ó Críodáin and Pradeep Mahadeshwar. We discussed the meaning of allyship, and heard some truly eye watering stories o...

This week Aoife Moore brings us the news including the new electoral map and the horror of doctors finding a worm in your brain. Then, you'll hear my chat with Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen from Saturday's live show at the Cork Podcast Festival. We discuss saying goodbye to Aisling and where they're headed next. Finally, myself and Esther O'Moore Donohoe discuss the week's celebrity news, includi...

This week Aoife Moore and I discuss the week's news, including the announcement that armed gardai are going to be deployed onto the streets of Dublin, and the horror of the Lucy Letby case (it's from 7:15 to around 12:39 if you'd prefer to avoid it, which I totally understand). Our interview this week is Ashling Golden of Solas Project who work to deliver a rounded intervention for all young peopl...