Catch Up with Louise McSharry

Today is World Refugee Day so I thought it would be useful to catch up with someone who works with refugees every day, to remind ourselves of what leads someone to become a refugee and how we can best support them. Amina Abdulla is Regional Director for the Horn of Africa with Concern, and I really enjoyed learning about her work, as well as what keeps her going when funding is sinking and the work is tough.To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here.Join us in Connolly's of Leap on July 17th! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Esther O'Moore Donohoe and I have lots to discuss this week during our entertainment catch-up, from whether Edinburgh Council was wrong to call Oasis fans fat, middle-aged drunks to whether Sabrina Carpenter is the worst thing to ever happen to feminism (spoiler: I don't think so).To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here.Join us in Connolly's of Leap on July 17th! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Carl Kinsella and I have a lot of ground to cover on this week's news episode, from Israel's continued assault on nearby nations as well as the latest from Gaza, to the riots in Ballymena and protests in America, as well as the man behind Tattle Life finally being named. It's a chunky one.To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here.Join us in Connolly's of Leap on July 17th! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week I was delighted to catch up with Shaquira Knightly and Naomi Diamond, two thirds of Haus of Wig. Haus of Wig, billed as Ireland's fiercest & most formidable drag haus, are responsible for some of my favourite drag performances of recent times and they are taking over The Gate Theatre on June 21st as part of Dublin Pride. I was delighted to catch up with them about what we can expect from that night, how they came to drag, their gorgeous friendship, supporting Chappell Roan and lots more. Get tickets for GATECRASHES: HAUS OF WIG here.To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here.Join us in Connolly's of Leap on July 17th! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week James O'Hagan and I chat about what makes Primavera special and some of the big moments to come out of last weekend, we discuss Tom Felton's awful red carpet answer at the Tonys, as well as what forced Dawn French to apologise this week. To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here.Join us in Connolly's of Leap on July 17th! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apologies for the delay with today's episode, I was travelling this morning but I am home from Primavera and it's time to catch up with Carl Kinsella about the week's news. We discuss the latest on the Madleen, the protests in LA, the deportations in Ireland and the chaos over an even camper Child of Prague at Mayo Pride.To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here.Join us in Connolly's of Leap on July 17th! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423!I was delighted when I got the opportunity to speak to Ruesha Littlejohn, who is a longstanding member of Ireland's Women's National Football Team and is currently also playing for Shamrock Rovers in the Women's Premier Division here in Ireland. Ruesha has made a name for herself online across multiple podcasts and her much loved YouTube channel RuTube, as well as generally being a gas ticket. I really enjoyed catching up with her about what made her come to play in the Irish league, what she's gotten from her career so far, and the growing interest in the personal lives of female football players.To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here.Join us in Connolly's of Leap on July 17th! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423!Emer McLysaght is back to take us through the week's entertainment news, from Taylor getting her masters back to a paternity scandal reminiscent of Jerry Springer.To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here.Join us in Connolly's of Leap on July 17th! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423!Lots of news for me and Carl to discuss this week, from the shooting in Carlow over the weekend to an update on Gaza and what we're doing about it in Ireland to Leo Varadkar announcing a book. To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here.Join us in Connolly's of Leap on July 17th! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423!You know Gavan Reilly as one of Ireland's leading news journalists, whether it's via his reporting for Virgin Media or through his podcast with Richard Chambers and Zara King, The Group Chat. Now, he's released a book which seeks to demystify what goes on in Leinster House, and I was delighted to chat with him last week ahead of the launch. To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423!You may be familiar with Sarah Corbett Lynch from her best-selling book A Time for Truth: My Father Jason and the Search for Justice and Healing, or you may have followed the extensive coverage of the court case around her father's death, or perhaps you've watched the new Netflix documentary A Deadly American Marriage which also looks at the circumstances surrounding her father's death. The story has been told, well. This conversation with Sarah doesn't focus extensively on the night that traumatic incident happened, but more on Sarah herself, how she is, and what her experience of being at the centre of all of this has been like. I found her to be incredibly impressive - centred, articulate and warm. I think you will too.To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423!I've taken my kids on surprise holiday so today's episode features my chat with Carl from the Live Lounge on May 16th. Normal news episode will be back next Monday! Thank you. To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423!This is a special episode because it features the mother of our beloved Cian Sullivan. Marie Sullivan is the founder of ShareJoy, a charity she created her much adored daughter Arwen died by suicide. She joined me to tell us about Arwen and how she inspired ShareJoy, as well as why she believes it's important to talk about suicide.ShareJoy is an initiative that promotes the love for sustainable, preloved fashions while raising money in aid of mental health charities. To date it has raised over 60k.Check out the full range of clothes and accessories available on sharejoy.ie all proceeds go to Pieta House. They currently have a wide range of designer bags (new and preloved) available to buy. And you can get your hands on a Prada bag for only 10 euro in a raffle which launches today.Donate 10 euro on www.sharejoy.ie/donate by 31st May, follow and tag @sharejoy_ie and you could be in for a chance to win. All proceeds go to Pieta House. Best of luck!If you're struggling with suicidal ideation, please contact the Samaritans on 116123, or Pieta on 1800 247247. You can also contact Pieta's therapists by texting HELP to 51444.To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423!After saying last week that I didn't like to cover court cases when they're ongoing, there are two court cases in today's episode. Cian Sullivan and I also discuss the bizarrre popularity of Chris Brown and the snobbery of the Cannes red carpet.To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423!Lots to cover on this week's news catch up with Carl Kinsella from the news of Joe Biden's cancer diagnosis to Ireland's continued issue with 'affordable' housing. To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423!What a pleasure to chat to Shane Daniel Byrne this week ahead of the launch of his new podcast which looks back at the journey towards the marriage equality referendum which was won ten years ago this month. We discuss the podcast and lots more, including his performance origin story, nerves, and his time shooting a new series for RTE. I hope you enjoy listening as much as I enjoyed the conversation!To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423!Esther O'Moore Donohoe is with us this week to chat through the happenings in the world of entertainment. We covered a lot of territory, from the BAFTAs, to Irish band The Murder Capital taking a stand on Palestine and my love for Danny Dyer.Get tickets to the live show in The Laughter Lounge on May 16th here!To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423!There was lots for Carl Kinsella and I to discuss this week, from the new pope to the continued horrors in Gaza. I'm not going to lie, I snapped in the middle of this recording, which means there's a little more colourful language than usual.Get tickets to the live show in The Laughter Lounge on May 16th here!To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423!The word 'skort' did not know what hit it this week as it became the most used word in Ireland, thanks to the Dublin and Kilkenny camogie teams wearing shorts as protest at the Leinster Camogie Final last weekend. It felt only right to talk to Aisling Maher, one of those leading the charge in relation to the LUDICROUS and ANTEQUATED rule which dictates that women and girls must wear skirts or skorts to play the fast-paced, highly physical game. I learned a lot, and some of it left me open-mouthed in shock. Get tickets to the live show in The Laughter Lounge on May 16th here!To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423!James O'Hagan is in the hot seat today taking us through the week's stories from the world of entertainment, including the Met Gala, Lady Gaga breaking records on Copacabana Beach and where oh where is Brooklyn Beckham?Get tickets to the live show in The Laughter Lounge on May 16th here!To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423!Carl Kinsella is back this week and we had a lot of ground to cover. We discuss the ludicrous rule that camogie players must wear skorts as well as the ongoing madness around Kneecap, the chaos around a proposed housing tsar and lots more.Get tickets to the live show in The Laughter Lounge on May 16th here!To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423!I was delighted to have the opportunity to sit down and chat with Alison Lomax, MD of Youtube UK and Ireland this week as the platform celebrates its 20th birthday. I'm not going to lie, when I speak to women like Alison, I'm always a little intimidated. As someone outside the corporate world, I always feel like I'm not smart enough or experienced enough or like I don't speak the language or something, but Alison could not have been kinder or warmer. We discussed her career, and I absolutely learned some things I can apply to my own, as well as the role YouTube plays in our lives, for good and for bad.Get tickets to the live show in The Laughter Lounge on May 16th here!To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423!This week Emer McLysaght and I discuss the week's entertainment stories, and frankly I'm delighted to have had an outlet for my Jojo Siwa thoughts.Get tickets to the live show in The Laughter Lounge on May 16th here!To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423!This week TheJournal.ie's political correspondent Jane Mattews is in for Carl, and she takes us through the week's news from the far right protest in Dublin to a big loss in Dublin Zoo.If you are trans and you need support, check out TENI here and the LGBTQIA+ Switchboard here.Get tickets to the live show in The Laughter Lounge on May 16th here!To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423!We've talked a lot about trans rights this week in response to the UK's supreme court ruling on the 'definition of a woman' so I thought this week's Friday episode should be a conversation with someone from the trans community. Laylah Beattie is an Irish writer, performer and podcaster, and she graciously gave me her time this week to talk about how she's been feeling in the wake of the ruling and the general change in tone when it comes to trans rights both here in Ireland and in the US and UK.You can read Laylah's piece for Image here.If you are trans and you need support, check out TENI here and the LGBTQIA+ Switchboard here.Donate to Trans and Intersex Pride here.Get tickets to the live show in The Laughter Lounge on May 16th here!To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423!Cian Kinsella is back to take us through the week's entertainement stories from major drama in the Cyrus family to Kneecap getting backlash after Coachella Weekend 2. If you are trans and you need support, check out TENI here and the LGBTQIA+ Switchboard here.Get tickets to the live show in The Laughter Lounge on May 16th here!To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423!This week Carl Kinsella and I had lots to discuss including the breaking news of Pope Francis' death. We discuss the UK ruling on the 'definition of a woman', as well as a shocking landlord statistic and my love for Sagrada Familia.If you are trans and you need support, check out TENI here and the LGBTQIA+ Switchboard here. Get tickets to the live show in The Laughter Lounge on May 16th here!To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423!This week I'm catching up with LGTBQ+ campaigner Ranae Von Meding ahead of the tenth anniversay of marriage equality in Ireland, to talk about the fact that marriages are not yet equal here.Sign Ranae's petition HERE.Get tickets to the live show in The Laughter Lounge on May 16th here!To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423!Lots to discuss this week as the all female commercial space rocket launched and the behaviour around it was totally ludicrous. Obviously there was also lots of Coachella chaos to discuss and the madness of Celebrity Big Brother. Fortunately, Esther O'Moore Donohoe was here to take us through the stories.Get tickets to the live show in The Laughter Lounge on May 16th here!To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423!B-b-b-b-back once again with the Kinsella master! Sorry. I felt compelled to type that. Today myself and Carl Kinsella chat through the week's news and there was a lot of ground to cover from tariffs to Israel to Drury Street.Get tickets to the live show in The Laughter Lounge on May 16th here!To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423!As we discuss regularly in the news episode, there are lots of children in Ireland being let down by various systems and some of those children need a safe and caring home. That's where the foster care system comes in. Unfortunately there is a major shortage of foster carers in Ireland at the moment, so today I'm bringing you a chat with Eithne Larkin, Recruitment Lead with Origins Foster Care. Eithne has also been a foster carer herself for 23 years, so she is perfectly positioned to give us an idea of what kind of people make a good foster carer, and the impact it has on the lives of both the children and the carers. I found this conversation incredibly enlightening and moving, and I hope you do too. If you're interested in continuing the conversation, you can contact Origins Foster Care here, or contact Eithne on 0870529749.Get tickets to the live show in The Laughter Lounge on May 16th here!To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here.Theme Song: HowDoILook, Pillow Queens Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423!There's loads for James O'Hagan and I to cover this week: Russell Brand has responded to the charges against him in the smarmiest way ever, there's a whole lot of faux outrage headed Sabrina Carpenter's way and we have to stan Pierce Brosnan. Get tickets to the live show in The Laughter Lounge on May 16th here!To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here.Theme Song: HowDoILook, Pillow Queens Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423!Lots to discuss with Carl Kinsella this week from the charges against Russell Brand to Trump's continued tariff chaos and the campaign to get people to LEAVE MOLLY MALONE ALONE. This episode contains the discussion of sexual assault. Get tickets to the live show in The Laughter Lounge on May 16th here!To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here.Theme Song: HowDoILook, Pillow Queens Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423!SCREAM! It's actual Candace Bushnell! Candace is bringing her one woman show True Tales of Sex, Success and Sex and The City to the Olympia Theatre on May 15th. Ahead of the show, I caught up with her this week to chat Sex and the City, the changing media landscape, ageism, relationships and more. Technology was not on our side today - we had to contend with a delay on the line and some dodgy robot noises. I've edited most of it out, but please excuse moments of crossover. Get tickets to the live show in The Laughter Lounge on May 16th here!To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here.Theme Song: HowDoILook, Pillow Queens Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423!Lots to discuss in the week's entertainment catch up - the cast for Sam Medes' Beatles films has officially been announced, Chappell Roan is getting grief AGAIN for saying that parenting doesn't seem fun, and Helen Mirren's take on James Bond.Get tickets to the live show in The Laughter Lounge on May 16th here!To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here.Theme Song: HowDoILook, Pillow Queens Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423!Carl Kinsella is back! We discuss the big news of the week from Michael Lowry's rude gesture to Washington's ridiculous group chat behaviour and the horror that persists via Israel.Get tickets to the live show in The Laughter Lounge on May 16th here!To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here.Theme Song: HowDoILook, Pillow Queens Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423!When I heard Dr. Louise Fitzgerald talk about her passion for bringing people the best information about menopause and her motivation for doing it, I knew I had to get her on the pod. Listen and learn about the reality of menopause, from the potential symptoms and options to alleviate said symptoms, and the fact that some people don't get symptoms at all! You can find Louise here.Get tickets to the live show in The Laughter Lounge on May 16th here!To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here.Theme Song: HowDoILook, Pillow Queens Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423!Cian Sullivan is back from his big holiday and we've got stories to share from Rosie O'Donnell on the Late Late Show to Elon Musk's daughter's badass interview.Get tickets to the live show in The Laughter Lounge on May 16th here!To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here.Theme Song: HowDoILook, Pillow Queens Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423!Sinead O'Carroll, editor of TheJournal.ie, is stepping in for Carl this week and we had a lot of heavy stuff to discuss. From Conor McGregor's visit to the White House to the end of the ceasefire in Gaza, we get into the week's news.Get tickets to the live show in The Laughter Lounge on May 16th here!To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here.Theme Song: HowDoILook, Pillow Queens Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423!Ever since my own ADHD diagnosis, you guys have been asking me to do an episode on it, and today I'm delighted to bring you a conversation with psychologist Karen Beckett. Karen's work has long focused on ADHD, and it's through her work that she came to seek her own diagnosis. I really enjoyed this conversation about our own experience with ADHD, the way it presents itself in women, and the challenges of parenting with it. You can check out Karen's research Instagram here. To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here.Theme Song: HowDoILook, Pillow Queens Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423!I'm not gonna lie, it was a bit of a bleak week for entertainment news, nonetheless, Esther O'Moore Donohoe and I brought you the stories - from Danny Jones of McFly's public kiss to Kourtney Kardashian putting a stop to crazy rumours about her eldest to the world of drama which surrounds the live action Snow White film.To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here.Theme Song: HowDoILook, Pillow Queens Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423!Carl Kinsella and I had lots to discuss this week after the Taoiseach's annual visit to Washington D.C. We also discuss updates on Gaza, Ukraine and the newly named Eavan Boland Library in Trinity. For some reason I was very generous with the F-bombs this week, so sorry if that's a problem for you!To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here.Theme Song: HowDoILook, Pillow Queens Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423!As you know, I loved Celebrity Bear Hunt on Netflix and I especially loved watching Una Healy's journey on it so I was desperate to catch up with her. We discussed her pop career with the Saturdays, living through a horrendous era of paparazzi intrusion, life in Tipperary and her next chapter.To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here.Theme Song: HowDoILook, Pillow Queens Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423!James O'Hagan was on hand to take us through the week's entertainment stories which run the gamet from tragic to absurd.To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here.Theme Song: HowDoILook, Pillow Queens Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423!This week Carl Kinsella and I discuss the TD involved in a fraud investigation, Trump's 99 minute speech to congress, the continued assault on Ukraine and the creation of the wooly mouse. To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here.Theme Song: HowDoILook, Pillow Queens Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423!As you'll have heard across many episodes of the podcast, I am very passionate about the wellbeing of Ireland's children and our responsibility to ensure that we appropriately care for the most vulnerable of them. This obviously includes the thousands of children growing up in emergency accommodation across the country, as month after month homelessness figures rise. When I learned about the work Sinéad Ryan is doing to give children in emergency accommodation the chance to move and play in a way that isn't often offered to them, I was desperate to learn more. The result of that is today's conversation about her business Little Fitness and how vital it is that all children have the opportunity to flourish.To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here.Theme Song: HowDoILook, Pillow Queens Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423!Emer McLysaght and I get into the Oscars, from the fashion to the awards, as well as the Brits, Katy Perry going to space and lots more besides. To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here.Theme Song: HowDoILook, Pillow Queens Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423!Well lads, let's be honest, the news is getting rougher and rougher, but Carl Kinsella and I are here to bring it to you nonetheless. This week we discuss Zelensky's visit to the Oval Office, Andrew Tate's arrival in America, the Dail's continued fight over speaking rights, and a Mexican drug cartel's Kerry connection. To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here.Theme Song: HowDoILook, Pillow Queens Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423!This Friday's catch up is with Aoife Commins, whose HIV advocacy I have admired for quite some time. Despite the fact that in 2023 the number of women being diagnosed with HIV in Ireland was reported to have doubled since 2019, it's still rare for a woman to share a positive diagnosis. Unfortunately, the stigma around HIV still exists, even though medication now means that a positive diagnosis doesn't need to have a big impact on your life. In this episode you'll hear Aoife's story, how her diagnosis has (and hasn't) impacted her life, and why it's important to get tested. To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here.Theme Song: HowDoILook, Pillow Queens Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423!Esther O'Moore Donohoe is here to take us through the week's entertainment stories and she tolerates a couple of random tangents from me on Beyonce selling stuff and some Alabama Barker TikTok drama - I hope you will do. To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here.Theme Song: HowDoILook, Pillow Queens Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423!Today Carl Kinsella and I discuss back garden cabins as a solution the housing crisis, Mary Lou McDonald's decision not to go to the US for St. Patrick's Day, the use of counselling notes and character references in cases of gender based violence and lots more. To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here.Theme Song: HowDoILook, Pillow Queens Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.