Cork's 96fm Opinion Line

When a table offering handwritten affirmations and artisan perfumes appeared on French Church Street, PJ Coogan just had to catch up with boutique owner Manal to hear her story.

From shamanic forest healing to high-flying dates across the Atlantic, Louise O’Neill tells PJ why taking her father’s advice to "take bigger risks" changed her life. Her memoir "A Bigger Life" is available now and you can see her at An Evening with Louise O'Neill (presented by West Cork Literary Festival) Thursday, 8 October 2026 at Live At St Luke’s, Cork City.

With just over two weeks until the Guinness Cork Jazz Festival takes over the city, Triskel's Tony Sheehan joins PJ to preview nine incredible weekend gigs.

Councillor Brian McCarthy explains to PJ why a message of solidarity from Cork is vital for residents standing their ground in Portadown.

Priscilla Granger joins PJ to confront the systemic failures leaving domestic violence victims with an impossible ultimatum: stay in danger or become homeless.

When Patrick "Patsy" O'Sullivan disappeared in 1992, his family never stopped hoping; his brother Jerry joins PJ to share the bittersweet closure of finally learning where he was.

After witnessing a goose hit by a speeding car and a pedestrian struck months earlier, local caller Anne joins PJ to plead for immediate traffic-calming measures around The Lough.

After a worker was refused time off following the sudden death of her cat, PJ and caller John clash over whether pet grief should be treated like human bereavement.