Catch Up with Louise McSharry

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423!Ava Hennessy was sexually assaulted two years ago, and while it wasn't an easy decision to report what happened to the gardai, she ultimately decided it was the right thing to do. Now, she's keen to share her experience of the legal system as a victim of sexual assault, and why she found it disappointing but ultimately doesn't regret the choice she made.TW: We do not discuss the details of Ava's sexual assault but obviously there is mention of it throughout.To support the podcast and access bonus episodes (including my brand new monthly tv/movies/whatever you're having yourself episode with Emer) join our community on Patreon.

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423!Emer McLysaght is on deck this week to take us through the week's stories. It was a double awards ceremony week with the Emmys and the VMAs, we also discuss Dave Grohl's downfall, some cool stamps, and a truly heartening Jon Bon Jovi story.To support the podcast and access bonus episodes (including my brand new monthly tv/movies/whatever you're having yourself episode with Emer) join our community on Patreon.

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423!This week TheJournal.ie's Carl Kinsella and I discuss the weekend's assassination attempt on Donald Trump as well as last week's presidential debate. We fill you in on what's happening with Apple owing Ireland literally billions of dollars, discuss Sinn Fein's childcare plan, and the Irish language protest in Belfast's new station.To support the podcast and access bonus episodes (including my brand new monthly tv/movies/whatever you're having yourself episode with Emer McLysaght) join our community on Patreon.

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423!Zainab Bolodale was just twenty when she became a news reporter for RTÉ via their kids news show News2Day. These days you'll see her on Nationwide, or indeed on bookshelves via her new YA novel Braids Take a Day. It was a real pleasure to chat to her about her career, Nigerian culture, going your own way in terms of career and, of course, her book.To support the podcast and access bonus episodes (including my brand new monthly tv/movies/whatever you're having yourself episode with Emer McLysaght) join our community on Patreon.

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423!After the heaviness of Monday's news episode, I'm happy to report that the stories from the world of entertainment are largely light this week. We say goodbye to James Earl Jones, chat about Beyoncé being snubbed by the Country Music Awards, Heidi Klum's incredible privilege (imagine having the space to have a designated sex closet?!?) and lots more.To support the podcast and access bonus episodes (including my brand new monthly tv/movies/whatever you're having yourself episode with Emer McLysaght) join our community on Patreon.

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423!You probably know Emma Doran as a comedian, you've probably seen her on Amazon Prime's Last Man Laughing, or via her viral social media videos, or through her stand up gigs or whatever you're having yourself. Now, she's also an author. Her book, Mad, Isn't It?, shares her youth in Dublin, experience of becoming pregnant at eighteen, and building the lovely life she has now. It's really funny, but it also acknowledges a lot of the less funny experiences women our age had as we attempted to find our place in the world. I loved it, and loved having the opportunity to talk to her about it this week. I hope you do too.To support the podcast and access bonus episodes (including my brand new monthly tv/movies/whatever you're having yourself episode with Emer McLysaght) join our community on Patreon.

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423!This week Cassie Delaney and I chat through the latest in pop culture developments from Coldplay's impact to Angelina Jolie's return to the big screen, Sabrina Carpenter's need to talk about Barry Keoghan's schlong and lots more besides.To support the podcast and access bonus episodes (including my brand new monthly tv/movies/whatever you're having yourself episode with Emer McLysaght) join our community on Patreon.

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423!Carl Kinsella and I start this week's news episode with some heavy moustache discourse triggered by some personal devlopments in Carl's life, but then we get into the meaty stuff. Carl catches us up on what's been going on in Palestine, both in Gaza and the West Bank, we discuss the protests around Dundrum House in Tipperary, fake news, Ticketmaster scandals and I have a lot to say about anti-fat discrimination.To support the podcast and access bonus episodes (including my brand new monthly tv/movies/whatever you're having yourself episode with Emer McLysaght) join our community on Patreon.