Catch Up with Louise McSharry

This week Carl Kinsella and I have a lot of ground to cover, from the worrying expansion of bombing in the Middle East, to Ireland's new rent rules as well as the erection and removal of a giant statue of St. Patrick in Temple Bar.To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here.

Jen Bray is Political Editor at The Sunday Times. Her 18-year journalism career includes work with the Irish Times, The Times, the Sunday Tribune and the Irish Daily Mail. We’ve met a few times but there was lots I didn’t know about her, and I massively enjoyed learning more in this conversation which we had in relation to her debut novel, The Lies Between Us. We discuss struggles with confidence, big sibling age gaps, and how sometimes you can think you can just push your way past a traumatic experience, but it will often come back to haunt you when you least expect it.To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here.

James O'Hagan and I cover the week's biggest entertainment stories from the BAFTAs to the Foofighters and Zayn Malik's baffling tooth fairy behaviour. To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here.

Carl Kinsella and I have news coming out of our ears this week, from the arrest of Andrew Windsor-Mountbatten to Barack Obama's chat on aliens.To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here.

This week I was delighted to catch up with Aimee Connolly, the founder and CEO of Sculpted by Aimee. I loved learning more about her path to success, and what it's like to create and grow a business as successful as hers.To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here.

There's lots to discuss this week as Emer McLysaght and I go through the entertainment stories of the week, from the tragic death of James Van Der Beek to terrible behaviour by terrible men. Emer also provides some entertaining commentary as I chase some bin-men down the street. To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here.

Carl Kinsella is back and we have lots to talk about from the prospect of Ireland playing Israel in the Nations League to the incredibly Australian boy who saved his family's lives. To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here.

Today's guest is Deputy Ivana Bacik, leader of the Labour Party and TD for Dublin Bay South. We discuss her background, how she came to politics, how she nearly ended up in prison via activism, and what we need to do as a society to remain diverse and inclusive.Unfortunately, this file became corrupted and I have done my best to edit out the areas which were affected by this, but there may still be brief glitches. I hope you can be patient, as the conversation is still absolutely worth listening to and I have ordered replacement equipment to ensure it doesn't happen again.To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here.

Lots to discuss with Cian Sullivan this week from all the celebrity action at the Superbowl to Majella O'Donnell's powerful contribution to the Late Late Show on Friday.To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here.