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Catch Up with Louise McSharry

Louise McSharry

Catch Up with Louise McSharry keeps you up to date on the week’s news and culture, from the lowest of brows to the relatively high. Armed with recommendations for music, books, telly and the rest, Louise takes you through the week’s events with the help of experts and relevant guests. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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58:57

Catch Up with Shane Daniel Byrne

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2025/05/16

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423!What a pleasure to chat to Shane Daniel Byrne this week ahead of the launch of his new podcast which looks back at the journey towards the marriage equality referendum which was won ten years ago this month. We discuss the podcast and lots more, including his performance origin story, nerves, and his time shooting a new series for RTE. I hope you enjoy listening as much as I enjoyed the conversation!To support the podcast and

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45:24

Entertainment Catch-Up: Joe Duffy Retires, the BAFTAs...

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2025/05/14

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423!Esther O'Moore Donohoe is with us this week to chat through the happenings in the world of entertainment. We covered a lot of territory, from the BAFTAs, to Irish band The Murder Capital taking a stand on Palestine and my love for Danny Dyer.Get tickets to the live show in The Laughter Lounge on May 16th here!To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

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News Catch-Up: A New Pope, More Skorts, and...

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2025/05/12

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423!There was lots for Carl Kinsella and I to discuss this week, from the new pope to the continued horrors in Gaza. I'm not going to lie, I snapped in the middle of this recording, which means there's a little more colourful language than usual.Get tickets to the live show in The Laughter Lounge on May 16th here!To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

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49:30

Catch Up with Dublin Camogie Captain Aisling Maher

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2025/05/09

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423!The word 'skort' did not know what hit it this week as it became the most used word in Ireland, thanks to the Dublin and Kilkenny camogie teams wearing shorts as protest at the Leinster Camogie Final last weekend. It felt only right to talk to Aisling Maher, one of those leading the charge in relation to the LUDICROUS and ANTEQUATED rule which dictates that women and girls must wear skirts or skorts to play the fast-paced, highly

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49:48

Entertainment Catch-Up: The Met Gala, Copacagaga and...

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2025/05/07

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423!James O'Hagan is in the hot seat today taking us through the week's stories from the world of entertainment, including the Met Gala, Lady Gaga breaking records on Copacabana Beach and where oh where is Brooklyn Beckham?Get tickets to the live show in The Laughter Lounge on May 16th here!To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more

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News Catch-Up: Camogie Skorts, Yet More Kneecap and...

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2025/05/05

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423!Carl Kinsella is back this week and we had a lot of ground to cover. We discuss the ludicrous rule that camogie players must wear skorts as well as the ongoing madness around Kneecap, the chaos around a proposed housing tsar and lots more.Get tickets to the live show in The Laughter Lounge on May 16th here!To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

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53:45

Catch-Up with Alison Lomax, MD of YouTube UK and Ireland

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2025/05/02

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423!I was delighted to have the opportunity to sit down and chat with Alison Lomax, MD of Youtube UK and Ireland this week as the platform celebrates its 20th birthday. I'm not going to lie, when I speak to women like Alison, I'm always a little intimidated. As someone outside the corporate world, I always feel like I'm not smart enough or experienced enough or like I don't speak the language or something, but Alison could not have

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44:15

Entertainment Catch-Up: Leave Jojo Alone, the Kim K...

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2025/04/30

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423!This week Emer McLysaght and I discuss the week's entertainment stories, and frankly I'm delighted to have had an outlet for my Jojo Siwa thoughts.Get tickets to the live show in The Laughter Lounge on May 16th here!To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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45:59

News Catch-Up: Far Right Protest, Conclave and the...

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2025/04/28

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423!This week TheJournal.ie's political correspondent Jane Mattews is in for Carl, and she takes us through the week's news from the far right protest in Dublin to a big loss in Dublin Zoo.If you are trans and you need support, check out TENI here and the LGBTQIA+ Switchboard here.Get tickets to the live show in The Laughter Lounge on May 16th here!To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here

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48:42

Catch Up on Being Trans in 2025 with Laylah Beattie

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2025/04/25

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423!We've talked a lot about trans rights this week in response to the UK's supreme court ruling on the 'definition of a woman' so I thought this week's Friday episode should be a conversation with someone from the trans community. Laylah Beattie is an Irish writer, performer and podcaster, and she graciously gave me her time this week to talk about how she's been feeling in the wake of the ruling and the general change in tone when it

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59:37

Entertainment Catch-Up: Elizabeth Hurley and Billy...

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2025/04/23

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423!Cian Kinsella is back to take us through the week's entertainement stories from major drama in the Cyrus family to Kneecap getting backlash after Coachella Weekend 2. If you are trans and you need support, check out TENI here and the LGBTQIA+ Switchboard here.Get tickets to the live show in The Laughter Lounge on May 16th here!To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here. Hosted on Acast. See

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50:28

News Catch-Up: RIP Pope Francis, the 'Definition of a...

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2025/04/21

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423!This week Carl Kinsella and I had lots to discuss including the breaking news of Pope Francis' death. We discuss the UK ruling on the 'definition of a woman', as well as a shocking landlord statistic and my love for Sagrada Familia.If you are trans and you need support, check out TENI here and the LGBTQIA+ Switchboard here. Get tickets to the live show in The Laughter Lounge on May 16th here!To support the podcast and access bonus

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45:00

Catch up on Marriage Equality with Ranae Von Meding

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2025/04/18

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423!This week I'm catching up with LGTBQ+ campaigner Ranae Von Meding ahead of the tenth anniversay of marriage equality in Ireland, to talk about the fact that marriages are not yet equal here.Sign Ranae's petition HERE.Get tickets to the live show in The Laughter Lounge on May 16th here!To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more

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45:16

Entertainment Catch-Up: Coachella, Katy Perry in...

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2025/04/16

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423!Lots to discuss this week as the all female commercial space rocket launched and the behaviour around it was totally ludicrous. Obviously there was also lots of Coachella chaos to discuss and the madness of Celebrity Big Brother. Fortunately, Esther O'Moore Donohoe was here to take us through the stories.Get tickets to the live show in The Laughter Lounge on May 16th here!To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the

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56:10

News Catch-Up: Golf (!!!), Online Gossip and Drury...

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2025/04/14

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423!B-b-b-b-back once again with the Kinsella master! Sorry. I felt compelled to type that. Today myself and Carl Kinsella chat through the week's news and there was a lot of ground to cover from tariffs to Israel to Drury Street.Get tickets to the live show in The Laughter Lounge on May 16th here!To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more

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56:54

Catch Up on Foster Care with Eithne Larkin of Origins...

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2025/04/11

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423!As we discuss regularly in the news episode, there are lots of children in Ireland being let down by various systems and some of those children need a safe and caring home. That's where the foster care system comes in. Unfortunately there is a major shortage of foster carers in Ireland at the moment, so today I'm bringing you a chat with Eithne Larkin, Recruitment Lead with Origins Foster Care. Eithne has also been a foster carer

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52:47

Entertainment Catch-Up: Russell Brand Responds, Faux...

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2025/04/09

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423!There's loads for James O'Hagan and I to cover this week: Russell Brand has responded to the charges against him in the smarmiest way ever, there's a whole lot of faux outrage headed Sabrina Carpenter's way and we have to stan Pierce Brosnan. Get tickets to the live show in The Laughter Lounge on May 16th here!To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here.Theme Song: HowDoILook, Pillow Queens

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50:46

News Catch-Up: Russell Brand gets Charged, Mothers...

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2025/04/07

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423!Lots to discuss with Carl Kinsella this week from the charges against Russell Brand to Trump's continued tariff chaos and the campaign to get people to LEAVE MOLLY MALONE ALONE. This episode contains the discussion of sexual assault. Get tickets to the live show in The Laughter Lounge on May 16th here!To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here.Theme Song: HowDoILook, Pillow Queens Hosted on

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37:18

Catch Up with Candace Bushnell (Yes, Sex and the City...

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2025/04/04

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423!SCREAM! It's actual Candace Bushnell! Candace is bringing her one woman show True Tales of Sex, Success and Sex and The City to the Olympia Theatre on May 15th. Ahead of the show, I caught up with her this week to chat Sex and the City, the changing media landscape, ageism, relationships and more. Technology was not on our side today - we had to contend with a delay on the line and some dodgy robot noises. I've edited most of it

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45:59

Entertainment Catch-Up: The Beatles movies, Chappell...

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2025/04/02

Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423!Lots to discuss in the week's entertainment catch up - the cast for Sam Medes' Beatles films has officially been announced, Chappell Roan is getting grief AGAIN for saying that parenting doesn't seem fun, and Helen Mirren's take on James Bond.Get tickets to the live show in The Laughter Lounge on May 16th here!To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here.Theme Song: HowDoILook, Pillow Queens

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