Cork's 96fm Opinion Line

Paul Byrne talks to Dermot O'Leary General Secretary of the NBRU about what his members have to put up with on the route. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Vincent Cashman talks to Paul about the confusion surrounding the court cases challenging the ban on Friday and also the amount of people abandoning their XLs to the wild Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

PJ takes calls on Cork's water problems, gets tips from Neven Maguire on Portugal's spicey and fishy cooking, learns how you can get a haircut in a horsebox in Blarney. And more... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

PJ chats to Orla O'Donovan about Love Island and how the new documentary is making a bit of a Boyzone fan of her. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

PJ asks psychologist Catherine Hallissey is it just a thing we say or is there actually a recognized addiction to smartphones Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Cian decided if coffee shops can be in horseboxes, so can barbers! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Neven's been to Portugal, where fish is big and PJ gets some tips from him heading into the St Brigid's weekend. See Neven on the telly, RTE 1, Wednesdays at 8pm Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Opinion Line producer Paul Byrne takes to the street to ask people if they could live without one Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gillian Powell has great ideas to bring nature to kids this Brigid's Bank Holiday Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

PJ talks to Cork's Chris Kenefick whose digital fitness app is a hit the world over Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

PJ talks to Jackie who says uncertainty in her son's treatment plan is made worse by the long delays of the understaffed ambulance service and all that keeps her going is making sure her son gets care and the support of hardworking staff who try to help everyone Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Louise tells PJ about a vicious attack she saw last night. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Last night, the state of Cork's drinking water was featured on RTE's Prime Time. PJ talks to listeners and to one of the people who appeared on the show. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

PJ chats about who might take over the Jackie Lennox premises, asks how you power your house with juice from an EV battery in an emergency, debates whether female hygiene ads make fun of women's bodies. And more... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Alan O'Reilly of Carlow Weather spills the tea to PJ Coogan Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Margaret says hygiene products should be marketed on comfort and hearing "I peed my pants" in an ad makes her cringe and feel disrespected Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Cllr Paudie Dineen tells PJ it's high time we protected our power lines like almost every place in Europe Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

PJ chats with Donal O'Connell, Chair of Dromina Community Development, who asks why we have to wait for a bad weather to start looking for ways to help people? Why not just assume it will happen one day and have the tools ready? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

PJ talks to Su Duff of Work Equal who help you get back into the workplace after a break in your career and they look at the news that 75% of women have been called "emotional" in a performance review. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Plumber Dave Gibbons has some tips for Air To Heat Exchange Pump householders for a power outage, especially when it comes to using a generator he tells PJ Coogan Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

PJ Coogan talks to Hugh Hall, Co-founder of ePower, and Matthew Sealy of the Irish Elective Vehicle Association about a possible unexpected bonus of owning an Electric Vehicle Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

PJ and Cllr Des Cahill discuss if it is fair to have an ad hoc response to homes and businesses threatened with foul water or if there should be a plan to deal with mechanical failures that might cause contamination. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

PJ chats with Brian Lennox and asks listeners who should take it over? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

PJ chats to Michael Gillespie of the TUI who says the reason your kid cannot study subjects like engineering at school is because the government is not solving the crisis in teacher recruiting and losing teachers to places like Dubai Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

PJ talks about the upskirt photo investigation centred on MacCurtain St, chats to Grace an amazing lady who is thanking the Mercy after her son, brother and husband had cancer, discusses with George Patterson how drugs policy should help both drug users and those who live in the city. And more... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.