Cork's 96fm Opinion Line

With Cork rents hitting €2,600 and childcare wiping out an entire salary, Affordable Ireland campaigner Maggie O'Kane warns PJ that working families have reached breaking point ahead of the budget.

Paul Byrne talks to everyday people from preschool owners facing closure to mums budgeting for basic car services about why Budget 2027 needs to deliver for ordinary earners.

Lily and Derek tell PJ it took weeks of tears to get three-year-old James settled into playschool; now, a sudden mid-term cut leaves an autistic toddler without the only daily routine he knows.

PJ hears from NBRU's Dermot O'Leary as antisocial behaviour forces bus cancellations across Cork, midwife Grace O'Brien on the fight to save CUMH's Domino birth scheme, legend Leo Moran of The Saw Doctors on their latest return. And more...

Sharon Gleeson tells PJ all about it and he finally finds out why a great local bakery is called "The Grumpy Baker" The party is on Sunday between 11 and 1 to grab your treat, or check out @the_grumpy_bakers https://www.instagram.com/the_grumpy_bakers to see the moves

PJ chats to Leo Moran, founder of The Saw Doctors, in advance of their Virgin Media Park gig on Saturday 3rd July 2027. Tickets on sale today here

PJ hears how Cork camogie star and PE teacher Emma Murphy brings the O’Duffy Cup into Carrigtwohill Community College to talk tackling teenage dropout rates, social pressures on young girls, and the power of female role models.

Ahead of representing Cork at Lady of Ireland, solo parent Lydia O’Keeffe chats to PJ about how the pageant scene is empowering local mothers, and expanding her sell-out Cork Runway show.

Are you a "right fighter" turning minor gripes into major rows? PJ Coogan chats with therapists Darrell Christie and Cork-based Derek Waugh on radical acceptance, managing high emotions, and learning to let the small stuff go.