Live95 Limerick Today Podcasts

A stark new report from HIQA has laid bare the ongoing crisis at University Hospital Limerick, warning that chronic overcrowding continues to put patient safety at risk.Minister Patrick O'Donovan gave his reaction on Limerick Today Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Live95's Luke Liddy spoke to Limerick man Maurice Noonan who had the honour of captaining the Munster Wheelchair Hurling/Camogie team to a famous five-in-a-row of All-Ireland titles recently. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Live95's Anne Marie Geraghty spoke to Stephen Shiel from Hail Housing (Ireland's specialist mental health housing association), who provide 26 homes in Limerick City and County, as they see a demand for their services. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Joe is joined by Limerick woman and breast cancer survivor Donna Ray, who is supporting the Irish Cancer Society's Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign and encouraging the public to host a Big Pink Breakfast to help fund vital breast cancer support services and life-changing breast cancer research projects. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Joe is joined by John Leamy, General Manager for Ballyneety Golf Club, to discuss Ballyneety Golf Club hosting the Junior Ryder Cup. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Joe is joined by Joanne Ryan, writer and presenter, actor Meg Hennessy, and Pom Boyd, who is the lead actor playing Connie, as the show comes to the Theatre Royal. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Joe is joined by Live95's Luke Liddy to discuss the Ryder Cup 2025 and its handing over to Adare, Limerick for 2027. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Live95's Nigel Dugdale spoke with Michael Foryune to discuss "Banshee in the Handball Alley" twenty years on. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Joe is joined by David Irwin, owner of Lucky Lane, Anna Gibson Steel of the Holistic Centre and UL Journalism Student, Stephen Kelly, to discuss the top stories of the week during the Friday morning coffee break chat. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Joe is joined by Sam Madden, Irish freestyle football champion and Pat Quigley of Limerick Sports Partnership to discuss Madden's visit to Limerick this weekend. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

UL Student Kieran Murphy joins Joe to discuss his journey through loss and the importance of looking after men's mental health. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Joe is joined by Liam McCarthy, curator of the Bualadh Bos festival, Monica Spencer, from The GAFF, who is presenting Revisiting the Banshee, and Joanne Beirne, former producer with Branar, who is bringing their brand-new show Leaves to this year's programme to discuss Bualadh Bos. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Joe is joined by Joe Cleary of Mr Binman to discuss a radical waste-collection system shake-up that would let bin firms take over entire regions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Joe is joined by Tom Flavin, chef and food consultant, to discuss how to step up your everyday basic meals. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Live 95's Tara Byrne chats to American saxophonist and composer Benjamin Boone about the Limerick Jazz Festival and a song he wrote inspired by the Limerick hurling team, 'The Clash of the Ash'. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Joe is joined by Kevin Wallace, Limerick farmer and food producer, to discuss grocery price inflation rising to 6.3% from 5.4% Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Joe is joined by Niamh Griffin, Health Correspondent for the Irish Examiner and Liz Kelly from Birth Rights Alliance Ireland to discuss the home-birth system being deemed a ‘risk to patient safety', according to audit findings. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Joe is joined by Marian Dineen, Limerick-based house stager and declutterer, to discuss how to navigate clearing a loved one's home when they pass away. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Live95's Anne Marie Geraghty, Caleb Brennan and Emma Dineen join Joe for this week's TV Panel discussion, where they talk all things Traitors final and everything from Charlie Sheen to K-pop Demon Hunters. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Live95's Anne Marie spoke with Jorian Szkudlarski of SVDP to talk about the new push needed for volunteers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tracie Tobin, principal of St. Michael's Infant School in Limerick, joins Joe to discuss a new curriculum for primary schools that will be phased in. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Joe is joined by former Steelers player and two-time Super Bowl Champion Max Stark ahead of a historic NFL game at Croke Park. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Joe is joined by Paudie and Andrew Maloney to discuss their time on The Traitors Ireland, from grand reveals to drama, to their love of being from Limerick. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Joe is joined by Aisling Maher, who owns a boutique in the village of Adare and serves as Business Liaison for the Ryder Cup with Adare Community Trust, to discuss a special community engagement event in the village on Sunday, September 28th. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Joe is joined by Oscar-winning filmmaker Jim Sheridan and writer-director David Merriman to discuss their new film “Re-Creation”, which places the audience in a jury room, where twelve fictional jurors examine the real case files of the 1996 West Cork murder of French filmmaker Sophie Toscan du Plantier. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Joe is joined by Sarah Coleman of the Limerick Post, Joe Cleary of Mr Binman and Sara Gleeson, UL Journalism Student, to discuss the top stories of the week during the Friday morning coffee break chat. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Joe is joined by Limerick Arts Officer, Etain McCooey, and Assistant Arts Officer, Ella Daly, to discuss more than 70 free events taking place across the city and county tonight for Culture Night. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Comedian Tom O'Mahony joins Joe to discuss University Concert Hall's Comedy Weekend, which is taking place on October 10th and 11th. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Joe is joined by Diarmuid McIntyre of Grey Heron Media and Justyna Cwojdzińska from the Polish Arts Festival to discuss a new documenatry and events happening this week. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Joe is joined by Trish Dunne, a Limerick mum, to discuss the surge in the sale of zero-alcohol beverages. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Joe is joined by Limerick Today producer Anne Marie Geraghty to discuss the CCPC's recall of electric heaters. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Live95's Luke Liddy caught up with Mungret Chairperson Fintan Hynes to discuss Mungret St Paul's new state-of-the-art facilities being unveiled this weekend. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Joe is joined by Ciara Kane of Northside Family Resource Centre to discuss that more than half of Limerick's Early Years and School Age Care programmes reported staff vacancies in the last year. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Joe is joined by Live95's Anne Marie Geraghty, Emma Dineen and Trevor Anderson to discuss their picks this week for your small screen viewing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Joe is joined by Colm McCarthy, Director of Rathbane Golf Club, to discuss their upcoming junior golf classic. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Joe is joined by Cllr Sean Hartigan to discuss the issues with bin collections and parking in Castletroy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Joe is joined by Darragh Bourke from Ballyneety Dogs of Ireland, and the coordinator of the 2026 Irish Dog Calendar, to discuss how your dog can be featured. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Joe is joined by Live95's Nigel Dugdale to discuss a story broken by Live95 News: eighteen people living in a two-bedroom rental house in Limerick City claim they were misled about how many occupants the property would accommodate. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Joe is joined by Rhiannon Laubach of the PolliConnect "Help Us Grow A Network" to discuss Ballyhoura looking for grassland for their PolliConnect project. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Live95's Anne Marie Geraghty spoke with Vanessa McTigue to discuss Shannon Airport Group's plans to bury a time capsule commemorating 80 years of transatlantic flights. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Joe is joined by Dr Tríona McCaffrey, Associate Professor of Music Therapy at UL and the lead researcher behind the program designed to support maternal wellbeing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Joe is joined by Bressie (Niall Breslin) as they discuss his new album and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Joe is joined by Jeff Stanford, a Limerick-based typewriter poet, as he gives Joe a live demonstration. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Joe is joined by Irish singer-songwriter Gavin James as they discuss his new album, and Live95 becomes the first radio station to play his new single "Storm Warnings". Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Joe is joined by David Fitzgerald, General Manager of the Milk Market, Lynda Sheehan from Rockbarton Garden Centre and Dave O'Hora of Southern Advertising for our weekly coffee break chat. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Limerick's Beat Clubs are to be remembered thanks to a special experience planned for Culture Night later this month.The event, organised by Cha Haran will remember a movement that saw the city's youth getting a new voice when the beat scene hit Limerick in the mid-1960s.In this special documentary, Live 95's Nigel Dugdale takes a look at a music movement in Limerick that challenged the status quo... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Joe is joined by a friend of the show, Limerick man Ronan Madigan, who is in the United States to discuss the assassination of Charlie Kirk and potential repercussions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Joe is joined by Mick Collins of the HSE office for suicide prevention to discuss ‘Let's Talk About Suicide', a new online suicide prevention training programme. Find more information here: traininghub.nosp.ie Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Joe is joined by Brendan Coleman, Chairman of Limerick Musical Society, to discuss their new information evening, which is calling for cast members for their new production about Michael Collins. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Joe is joined by Live95's Anne Marie Geraghty, Caleb Brennan and Liam Butler to discuss their picks this week for your small screen viewing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Joe is joined by Karla Bowen, a Limerick-based travel agent with the Travel Counsellors, to discuss where Limerick people may be going on their winter holidays this year. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.