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Limerick's own James McCarthy and Maurice Noonan are set to join Ireland's Wheelchair Rugby League Team at the World Cup in Australia.Both players join Anne Marie on the show, talking about their background in wheelchair rugby and their expectations for the big competition.

Hope, a 5-foot-tall Make-A-Wish bear, went missing recently at the Irish Open in Doonbeg.Speaking to Anne Marie, Susan McQuaid O’Dwyer with Make-A-Wish gives us an update on the teddy and gives us some insight into efforts to make special moments for young children in Limerick.

Anne Marie is joined by this week's TV panel, with Caleb chatting through his Hardy Bukes rewatch in preparation for its renewal on RTÉ.The TV panel also features Trevor chatting about his watch of All Of Us Strangers, and Kate reviewing one of her favourites The Social Network as the sequel hits the theatres.

The Government has announced a major childcare package in Budget 2027, including a reduction in maximum fees for full-time childcare from €735 to €550 per month from September next year.But questions have emerged about how those savings will work in practice, with the Department of Children clarifying the details this week. Mary Moloney is an Associate Professor in Early Childhood Policy at Mary Immaculate College in Limerick, and she joins the show to look at what the changes mean for families and the wider childcare system.Image via Getty.

Thursday is Baby Loss Awareness Day – a day dedicated to remembering the babies who have died during pregnancy or shortly after birth, and supporting the families who live with that loss every day.It’s a subject that can be incredibly difficult to talk about. Sometimes, people are afraid to mention a baby’s name or ask a bereaved parent how they’re doing because they’re worried they might upset them. But for parents who have lost a child, that baby is still their son or daughter, and they remain part of the family forever.A Little Lifetime Foundation was established by bereaved parents who understood just how important it is to have support from people who truly understand what you’re going through.Vincent Phelan is the chairperson of the charity. He works in Limerick, has his own experience of baby loss, and he joins the show.Image via Getty.

From singing priests and the Housewife of the Year competition to Fat Frog ice cream and some of Ireland’s biggest celebrity scandals, our popular culture has given us plenty of memorable moments over the years.A new book, Pop Culchie: The Irish Popular Culture That Made Us, looks back at the television, music, scandals and oddities that have shaped modern Ireland — and asks what these seemingly trivial moments tell us about who we are as a nation.Its author, Páraic Kerrigan, a lecturer at University College Dublin, joins the show...Image via Getty.

Bullying doesn't always start with one big incident, but can gradually build with small things including exclusion, messaging in group chats, and small acts of intimidation.Chris Sherlock joins Anne Marie to share his firsthand experiences of being bullied in his childhood, including an incident of assault in which he was pushed down a flight of stairs.

Anne Marie catches up with Luke Liddy and Tom Savage on the weekend in sports.