Cork's 96fm Opinion Line

Together for decades but "strangers in law"— James Sexton tells PJ why 177,000 unmarried couples in Ireland face losing the roof over their heads to a €190k tax bill if one partner dies.

Changing surgical catheters at home, locked out of Carer’s Allowance, and left without enough cash for a coffee, Katie Healy Nolan reveals to PJ the brutal reality of caring for the little girl, Penelope, she loves

Bracing for crèche fees, burning cash driving to Dublin for work, and deciding between a jumper or turning on the heat Paul Byrne hears how working-age Cork is getting hammered.

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