Catch Up with Louise McSharry

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423! This week we were back in the awards place via the BAFTAs, we had some breaking news about Paul Mescal and Daisy Edgar-Jones and we discuss Daniel O'Donnell's continued decency including Emer McLysaght bringing us an anecdote about seeing him in his underpants. Tickets for the live show in the Laughter Lounge on May 29th are ava...

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423! There's loads to talk about in the news this week. Carl Kinsella and I discuss the horrors taking place in Rafah, the controversial events at Eurovision, Darkness into Light and the fact that we're not at all bitter about missing the Northern Lights. Tickets for the live show in the Laughter Lounge on May 29th are available here...

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423! This week's Catch Up is with Ali Dunworth, food writer and author of A Compendium of Irish Pints: The Culture, Customs and Craic. We chat about her career in food including her years working on programmes like Saturday Kitchen, Nigella and Market Kitchen, and then we get into the magic of pints! I really enjoyed this conversatio...

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423! It feels a little weird to talk about the fluff and frippery of the world of entertainment in the context of what's happening in Rafah but this is the entertainment episode so that's what Cian Sullivan and I did. We discussed the Met Gala, the Kendrick vs. Drake hip hop beef, Jeff Goldblum's children's inheritance, and the myste...

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423! This week's news update with Carl Kinsella features a gaza update from Rafah to Universities and Eurovision. We also discuss protests outside politicians' homes, Leinster rugby coming to the north side and an RIP.ie update. Tickets for the live show in the Laughter Lounge on May 29th are available here ! To support the podcast a...

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423! This week I asked you for your skin-related questions and they flooded in. I put as many of them as I could to Professor Caitriona Ryan, consultant dermatologist and expert in both cosmetic and medical dermatology at the Institute of Dermatologists. I learned loads and I hope you do too! Tickets for the live show in the Laughter...

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423! This week James O'Hagan and I chat about the Electric Picnic lineup, the Baby Reindeer backlash, the Irish nominees at the Ivor Novellos and lots more besides. James also shares an exciting piece of personal news! Tickets for the live show in the Laughter Lounge on May 29th are available here ! To support the podcast and access...

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423! This week Carl Kinsella of TheJournal.ie and I discuss the latest in Gaza and the protests taking place around the world, the current conversation happening between the UK and Ireland on immigration, what happened with Harvey Weinstein and lots more. Tickets for the live show in the Laughter Lounge on May 29th are available here...

*Send your thoughts, opinions and feedback via voicenote to 0892096423* Many of you sent me the recent research by DCU's Anti-Bullying Centre which shone a light on the way anti-feminist, misogynistic content ends up on young men's social media fees. I really wanted to hear more about the research and to learn more about the origins of this kind of content as well as what we can do to help the boy...

In this week's entertainment episode we're joined by Cassie Delaney who brings us up to date on the week's biggest and most interesting entertainment stories. We chat about the IFTAs, Taylor Swift's Matty Healy takedown, and, unfortunately, some truly gross sexism and misogyny. Light and shade, wha? To support the podcast and access bonus episodes join our community on Patreon . Hosted on Acast. S...

This week's news catch-up with Carl Kinsella is chockalock with juicy stories. We discuss the latest from Gaza, the results of the Stardust inquest, the protest outside Minister Roderic O'Gorman's home, and the Cass Report. To support the podcast and access bonus episodes join our community on Patreon . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

*Send your thoughts, opinions and feedback via voicenote to 0892096423* You may have heard people talking about this week's RTE Investigates documentary on the fact that many Irish people are still being forced to travel to access abortion services. The issues raised are really troubling, and it seems that many people weren't aware of the awful circumstances in which people still find themselves i...

*Send your thoughts, opinions and feedback via voicenote to 0892096423* This week Esther O'Moore Donohoe and I have much to discuss after the celebs hit the desert for another Coachella weekend. We also chat about Sharon Osbourne's frankly incredible response to comments by Amanda Holden, Ryan Gosling on SNL and why it would be better if some celebs didn't have a giant platform. To support the pod...

*Send your thoughts, opinions and feedback via voicenote to 0892096423* This week we have loads to talk about, from Iran's attack on Israel over the weekend, to the heartbreaking loss of lives in a Sydney shopping centre and the absolute insanity of the GAA requiring women to wear skorts while playing camogie. To support the podcast and access bonus episodes join our community on Patreon . Come an...

*Send your thoughts, opinions and feedback via voicenote to 0892096423* For some time now I’ve wanted to speak directly to someone impacted by what’s happened over the last six months in Gaza, and lately that desire intensified as I sensed myself and others becoming a little desensitised to the continued horror. Then, I was flicking through tiktok last week and I came across a post from today’s gu...

*Send your thoughts, opinions and feedback via voicenote to 0892096423* It's time to talk celebs! Cian Sullivan of Sissy That Pod and I get into Isla Fisher's interestingly timed divorce announcement, Billie Eilish's announcements, Nicola Coughlan's special edit and I have opinions about Nathan Carter's opinions about Beyonce (don't come for me Nathan Carter stans). To support the podcast and acce...

*Send your thoughts, opinions and feedback via voicenote to 0892096423* It's Monday, so it's time to catch up on the news with Carl Kinsella of TheJournal.ie. We start by discussing Simon Harris' vision for Fine Gael as he prepares to become taoiseach, the latest in what was another horrific week in Gaza, and what Supermacs did to piss off the GAA. To support the podcast and access bonus episodes...

*Send your thoughts, opinions and feedback via voicenote to 0892096423* I know, there will be loads of you who are already huge fans but I didn't know a lot about Hannah Tyrrell ahead of leading a panel she was on for IWD this year. Once I began my research, though, I was blown away. Not only has she won a women's football All-Ireland with Dublin, she's also won the Six Nations with Ireland's Wome...

*Send your thoughts, opinions and feedback via voicenote to 0892096423* This week's entertainment chat is a corker. I have many opinions, and am all set to be disagreed with - feel free to send all feedback to the number above. James O'Hagan and I discuss Cowboy Carter, whether adult Harry Potter fans need to grow up, what we make of Lizzo 'quitting' music, and lots more. To support the podcast an...

*Send your thoughts, opinions and feedback via voicenote to 0892096423* It may be a bank holiday but you bettter believe Carl Kinsella and I got to our microphones this morning to bring you a news update. My voice was barely playing ball, but we persevered and manages to chat about Jeffrey Donaldson's resignation, the continued conversation about Israel at Eurovision and some stolen hanging basket...

*Send your thoughts, opinions and feedback via voicenote to 0892096423* This week's Friday catch-up is with pop artist Pastiche, who has had a very tricky couple of years. She shares the challenges she faced on her journey to an endometriosis diagnosis, and what it's like to be freezing her eggs at 26. I really enjoyed this conversation, and have massive respect for Pastiche's generosity with her...

*Send your thoughts, opinions and feedback via voicenote to 0892096423* This week Esther O'Moore Donohoe and I chat through the raid on P Diddy's homes, the bleak revelations about what was going on behind the scenes of some of Nickelodeon's most popular programmes, and why Sasha Baron Cohen has shot himself in the foot. As always, when Esther and I get together, silliness ensues. Accessorise Acce...

*Send your thoughts, opinions and feedback via voicenote to 0892096423* A very newsy week indeed! We discuss Leo Varadkar's resignation and all the subsequent events, Kate Middleton's cancer diagnosis and the fallout from it, and the ongoing events in Gaza. Plus, some good news at the end! I found some! To support the podcast and access bonus episodes join our community on Patreon . Come and join...

*Send your thoughts, opinions and feedback via voicenote to 0892096423* This week's interview is with with Mark Mehigan, author of This is Not a Self Help Book , in which he writes about his experience with alcohol and drug addiction. I read most of this book in one sitting, it is frank and honest and really well written. I was delighted too get the chance to discuss it with him, and our conversat...

*Send your thoughts, opinions and feedback via voicenote to 0892096423* Emer McLysaght joins me this week to discuss the stories gifted to us by the world of showbusiness. Jedward are having absolutely none of Louis Walsh's nastiness, there are rumours about a Paul Mescal/Ayo Edebiri romance, Lindsay Lohan is BACK BABY and several other very pleasing stories for those of us who came of age in the...