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Looking for some inspiration today?  Have a listen to the conversation between Gerry and Eileen Rushe from her hospital bed at St Lukes where she's undergoing treatment for cervical cancer.  Mag Cooney told us about a great idea one of her children at ABC Playschool in Dunboyne came up with to tackle the scourge of dog poo on the streets of the village.  Kate Gunn's alc...

To mark our 10th anniversary on Late Lunch we'll be dipping into the archives each month and today we featured Nuala Early who sadly passed away in late December.  Nuala was a lifetime advocate for the rights of less fortunates, involved in several campaigns to save hospital services, founder of Drogheda Senior Citizens, committed union activist and hailed from a fine republican tradition...

Gerry had his say on the Nurses Dispute and boy did he call out many of the inequities elsewhere in the context of what nurses are seeking!  As he declared his unconditional support for them an almost wholly huge positive reaction and response followed from listeners.  Vet Sinead Kelly answered every question that came her way from Late Lunchers.  Author Claire Allan and Margaret Ma...

We enjoyed the company of a true sporting great today in the guise of  Ronnie Delany the only Irish athlete to ever win a track gold medal at the Olympics.  Dolores Whelan and Evelyne Bourton joined us ahead of the celebrations to mark St Brigids Day and at the end of the second week of Lose Weight & Feel Great everyone has lost yet again!!  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privac...

Linda Murray told us that Huckleberry's, her Indoor Soft Play Adventure Centre in Navan, will have to close as she can't get Insurance?  Following a very bleak start to the year on Irish roads Meath County Council Road Safety Officer Mick Finnegan joined us to once again to talk about all of our responsibilities as road users.  Siobhan Murray believes we simply can't multitas...

Charlie O'Brien paid a glowing tribute to his great friend Louth and Newtown Blues star Liam Leech who passed away yesterday.  Angela McCormick, Carmel McCarthy and Ciara Burke are Women never short of an Opinion!  Gerry dropped in on Siobhan O'Neill-White as she continued her push to Lose Weight & Feel Great under the watchful eye of Personal Trainer Fran Moniz at Integral F...

Louth GAA Great and Newtown Blues Legend Liam Leech passed away yesterday at the age of 81.  Here his lifelong friend Charlie O'Brien joined Gerry Kelly on Late Lunch to pay tribute to Liam. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Andrea Hayes has figured out life and how to live it in peace & harmony which she captures brilliantly in her new Mind, Body and Soul Journal - you'll gather why Gerry just loves her!  Orla Crilly is a wonderful Foster Parent to ten children at this stage and doesn't she just fit the bill perfectly?  Counsellor, Psychotherapist and our Agony Aunt Bairbre Kelly offered he...

They each have their own Star on Hollywood Boulevard- Tom, Matt and Owen Moore from Fordstown in County Meath were Movie Superstars in the early part of the 20th Century - sadly they've been almost forgotten!  On Wednesday's Late Lunch Gerry Kelly in conversation with Historian Turtle Bunbury began a fresh push to have the Moores recognised and remembered.   Hosted...

Mary O'Growney will close the doors of the Post Office in Tara for the final time on Saturday afer her 44 year time there and 150 years since it first opened - she will miss it and be really missed by the community - have a listen to a poignant story.  Another Cracker - The Moore Brothers from Fordstown are Hollywood Superstars yet their legacy and memory is almost non-existent - Turtle B...

Hear Ye Hear Ye....Records tumble all round after the first week of Lose Weight & Feel Great 2019 - what a crew we have this year - have a listen!!!  Gerry was also joined by The Money Doctor John Lowe who had lots of suggestions on improving everyone's finances.  While your host got the greatest surprise ever when he discovered that the wonderful Mary Helen Hensley was accompani...

Have a listen to Aoife Moggan's story of coming through childhood cancer and the difficulties she now faces in her early thirties and why she and Dr Julieanne Byrne are advocates of Cancare4Living.   Joe Gavin CEO of Celtic Wind Crops appears to have struck gold in North Louth with their Hemp cultivating and processing. Sandra Higgins from Eden Farmed Animal Sanctuary in Meath and th...

What a lovely story Declan Murray told about his connection with Laurel & Hardy which was followed by Liam Muldowney founder of their fan club in Ireland called The Jitterbugs Tent.  Late Lunch Book Club Friday as Margaret Madden brought us her Book of the Month and more great recommendations besides.  Our Virtuoso of Vino Rick Kronje turned the spotlight on the Cabernet Sa...

Margaret Madden selects Anne Griffin's debut "When All is Said" as her Book of the Month and waxes lyrical about a book she expects to be one of the best of the 2019 crop - WOW and its only January!!  There's more great reads besides - enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A GAA club has come up with a creative plan to help clear its debt - auctioning off a graveyard plot for two. Corduff Gaels GAA in Co Monaghan also have VIP All Ireland final and Ireland v England Six Nations tickets along with a golden Charolais heifer up for grabs in their unique auction .  Hear Seamus 'Banty' Mc Eneaney chairman of the club speaking to Late...

Approaching his 16th birthday Eugene Smyth's son Patrick died by suicide - a devastating time for the family as Eugene told us today.  Joseph McGuire reads people's faces and boy did he reveal the real Gerry from his "radio face"!  Nicky Kyle had her say about the recommendations made in The Lancet about our diet and the way we produce our food.  While Se...

Professor Alf Nicholson Head of Paediatrics at the RCSI Medical School who spent a number of years at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda joined us for the "Big Interview" ahead of taking up his new role in Bahrain.  Artistic couple Els Borghart and Declan Kelly were meant to be together in life and art - have a listen and check out their cretivity on - eddeart.com! ...

It's Back - Lose Weight & Feel Great 2019 in association again with Integral Fitness & Leisure!  This time round Ann Meade, Donal Waters, Siobhan O'Neill-White and Alan Fedigan aim to shed pounds over the next six weeks and we'll be with them all the way on Late Lunch.  Weigh-In Night and the scales never lie?  Mark O'Neill is about to open his fourth Soup Ki...

Colm Corrigan explains the proposed new format for the Louth Football Championship which was surprisingly passed at last night's County Board Meeting. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're looking for an Unsung Hero each month on Late Lunch have a listen and lets be having your nominations!  Businessman and motivational speaker Pat Slattery offered his take on what's required to be successful.  Denise Brady's two children both had meningitis and pulled through - quite remarkable.  While Glen Patten from Pawprints Crematorium told us ab...

With Meningitis in the news we spoke to Daraine Mulvihill who at 16 survived the potentially fatal condition - what a story!  Two years on from his passing at the age of 100 TK Whittaker's great friend and biographer Anne Chambers joined us to reflect on the life and times of the great man.  Martin Murphy was on his way to work in 2013 when his car went off the road - paralysed from...

Following her interview with us last Spring when she was diagnosed with breast cancer writer Nicola Pierce returned to Late Lunch to reflect on a really tough year which ended recently with great news - Nicola is now cancer free!  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Following a challenging year writer Nicola Pierce got the all-clear fron cancer recently - today Nicola returned to Late Lunch to reflect and look forward.  Cian Cooney got more than he bargained for on First Dates Ireland!!!  Body Builder Maeve Kavanagh is looking forward to settling back into life in Perth.  Siobhan O'Neill -White from mams.ie was revealed as our third pa...

Three years on since he stepped down as President of the Irish Farmers Association Eddie Downey reflected on a difficult time which far from dissuaded him from being involved in many other aspects of public life.  Nickolas Boyle and his wife are setting up a new Whiskey Distillery on the Cooley Peninsula.  Sophie White didn't buy a stitch of clothes during 2018, she managed fine and...

A Very Special Late Lunch!  We celebrated our 10th Birthday in beautiful Bellingham Castle in the company of so many of our friends.  Keith Barry weaved his magic, Pat Coldrick made his classical guitar sing, original producer Deirdre Hurley returned for the afternoon and we caught a word with many of our regular contributors to the Show.  This was Show number 2,449 featuring in exc...