Catch Up with Louise McSharry

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423!This week's guest spent ten years interviewing women who are not mothers, via a range of circumstances including personal choice, fertility issues and more. Nicole Louie's search for other women's experience in order to help her process her own choice to live child-free resulted in Others Like Me: The Lives of Women Without Children, which you can buy here. This week, Nicole and I discussed the book as well as the way society treats women who choose not to become parents. To support the podcast and access bonus episodes join our community on Patreon.Get tickets for my live show featuring Marian Keyes here! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423!The world of entertainment has been hopping this week, so thankfully Cassie Delaney was on-hand to discuss the week's stories. We discuss the mystery surrounding Travis Kelce's Garda public order cap, the death of Shannen Doherty and whether she was misunderstood, Elton John weeing in a bottle in a shop in France, the Gladiator trailer and lots more.To support the podcast and access bonus episodes join our community on Patreon.Get tickets for my live show featuring Marian Keyes here! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423!This was the newsiest week that ever newsed, but Carl Kinsella and I did our best to bring you up to date on all the most interesting and revelant stories (I'll admit there was stuff I wanted to discuss that we didn't have time for unfortunately - we will discuss tampons next week). We discuss the Trump shooting and its potential impact on the political landscape in America, Tori Towey's horrific experience in Dubai and her return to Ireland, Nathan Carter's prison gig and the strange decision not to allow prisoners to attend, and lots more.To support the podcast and access bonus episodes join our community on Patreon.Get tickets for my live show featuring Marian Keyes here! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423!Erica Tierney was one of the first guests I had on in the early days of this podcast. Life was getting back to normal for her after having a baby and being treated for breast cancer all at the same time, but she was determined to make a change for women like her whose maternity leave was taken up by cancer treatment. The political will was there, and it felt like change was coming, but two years later nothing has changed. This week, I spoke to Erica again. She is back in the world of cancer, having been diagnosed with breast cancer again, and more determined than ever to improve things for other women. To support the podcast and access bonus episodes join our community on Patreon.Get tickets for my live show featuring Marian Keyes 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 back from Australia and boy have we got some stories for you! Nicki Minaj's gig in Dublin did not go well and neither did Derek Blasberg's stay in Gwyneth's house.To support the podcast and access bonus episodes join our community on Patreon.Get tickets for my live show featuring Marian Keyes here! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423!This week's news catch-up begins with ELECTION MADNESS via the UK and French elections - some very exciting goings-on indeed. We also discuss the incredible Bláthnaid Raleigh, the investigation into abuse in women's football and the newest catholic saint.To support the podcast and access bonus episodes join our community on Patreon.Get tickets for my live show featuring Marian Keyes here! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423!I can't believe I got to meet living icon Beth Ditto, let alone have her on my podcast! Beth was in many ways THE gal at the centre of the indie sleaze era, and incredibly important to lots of people, but especially those of us in bigger bodies. We discuss that, where she shops, and the band's upcoming gig in Collins Barracks.To support the podcast and access bonus episodes join our community on Patreon.Get tickets for my live show featuring Marian Keyes here! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423!Cian Sullivan is on duty this week to take us through the week's entertainment stories and there is much to discuss. We talk about the Taylor takeover, Glastonbury, Charli XCX and Lorde, Jojo Siwa and much more. To support the podcast and access bonus episodes join our community on Patreon.Get tickets for my live show featuring Marian Keyes 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 cover a lot of ground from this year's Dublin Pride to the sad news of several maternal deaths in Ireland and the shocking performance of Joe Biden in the U.S. presidential debate.To support the podcast and access bonus episodes join our community on Patreon.Get tickets for my live show featuring Marian Keyes here! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423!I have adored Lyra since I first met her when I was doing my new music show on 2fm, and it was a joy to catch up with her this week to chat about her number one album, the tangents life can take you on, and whether she'd ever do Eurovision.To support the podcast and access bonus episodes join our community on Patreon.Get tickets for my live show featuring Marian Keyes here! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423!There is a lot for James O'Hagan and I to get through this week from Justin Timberlake's arrest to Katy Perry's single and Woody Harrelson's no phone policy, We hope you enjoy. To support the podcast and access bonus episodes join our community on Patreon.Get tickets for my live show featuring Marian Keyes here! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423!There is so much to discuss today in our news recap. Carl Kinsella and I discuss the national reaction to the sentencing of Cathal Crotty and the bravery of Natasha O'Brien, as well as the homophobic attacks in the Phoenix Park, the Aer Lingus disruption, Kneecap taking on the British government and lots more. To support the podcast and access bonus episodes join our community on Patreon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.