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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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46:24

Catch Up with Catherine Connolly

Catch Up with Louise McSharry ·

2025/09/26

This week I had the opoprtunity to spend some time with independent presidential candidate Catherine Connolly, and I really enjoyed learning more about her and why she decided to seek the role of Uachtarán na hÉireann. We discuss some of the challenges facing Ireland at the moment, her early life growing up in social housing as one of fourteen, and why she thinks you should vote for her.Unfortunately, the table our microphones were on was a little wobbly which occasionally resulted in a little bump,

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39:07

Entertainment Catch-Up: Jimmy Kimmel's Back, Taylor...

Catch Up with Louise McSharry ·

2025/09/24

Esther O'Moore Donohoe takes us through the week's entertainment stories, from Taylor's inability to chill and the dark story about D4VD.To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here.Come to the Catch Up Cabaret (ish) - get your tickets here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:06:44

News Catch-Up: Charlie Kirk Fallout, Presidential...

Catch Up with Louise McSharry ·

2025/09/22

This week Carl Kinsella and I discuss the fallout from Charlie Kirk's death including Jimmy Kimmel being taken off air and the enormous event that happened in Arizona last night, we chat about racism in Ireland and the discussion of it in the Dail and the good news coming out of Dublin Airport.Pre-order Carl's book here.To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here.Come to the Catch Up Cabaret (ish) - get your tickets here. Hosted on Acast. See

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37:07

Catch Up on the Flotilla

Catch Up with Louise McSharry ·

2025/09/19

The latest batch of ships involved with the Global Samud Flotilla has set sail, so I thought it might be a good time to speak with one of the organisers to get a greater understanding of what is involved and what the hopes are for this movement. Fortunately, Karen Moynihan, Irish co-ordinator with the Global Movement to Gaza campaign generously gave us some time, and also, a renewed sense of hope.To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here.Come to the Catch

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45:38

Entertainment Catch-Up: The Emmys, the Westlife...

Catch Up with Louise McSharry ·

2025/09/17

It's been a hefty week in the world of showbiz with the Emmys happening along with An Post launching Westlife stamps and somehow causing controversy in the process. James O'Hagan joins me to take us through the stories.To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here.Come to the Catch Up Cabaret (ish) - get your tickets here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:07:30

News Catch-Up: Charlie Kirk, the Flotilla Sets Sail...

Catch Up with Louise McSharry ·

2025/09/15

It's a heavy week of news this week, and Carl Kinsella and I do our best to take you through it all. We explain who Charlie Kirk was and discuss the responses to his death, we give you an update on what's going on with the flotilla setting sale for Gaza and talk about RTE's decision that Ireland will not take part in Eurovision this year if Israel do.Pre-order Carl's book here.To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here.Come to the Catch Up Cabaret (ish) -

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53:23

Catch Up with Una Mullally on Saving the City

Catch Up with Louise McSharry ·

2025/09/12

Journalist Una Mullally has been writing about Dublin for most of her adult life, including the challenges its faced since the pandemic. Lots of us spend a lot of time talking about and worrying about the loss of culture, social spaces and general buzz in the city centre, but what can we do to actually make changes? Una investigates this in a new podcast series, Saving the City. Saving The City offers an injection of hope and positivity for Dublin, with practical solutions to revolutionise how our

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51:52

Entertainment Catch-Up: The VMAs, CMAT's Domination...

Catch Up with Louise McSharry ·

2025/09/10

Emer McLysaght is back to take us through the week's entertainment stories and there was a lot to cover. We discuss the VMAs and I explain KATSEYE to Emer, we chat about the discourse around the new Wuthering Heights film and the trailer for The Walsh Sisters which is coming next month to RTE.To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here.Come to the Catch Up Cabaret (ish) - get your tickets here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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59:09

News Catch-Up: The Real Housewives of Áras an...

Catch Up with Louise McSharry ·

2025/09/08

We go around the world in this week's news catch-up, from an update on Gaza and Israel to what's happening in our presidential race and Donald Trump's latest batch of strange behaviour.Pre-order Carl's book here.To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here.Come to the Catch Up Cabaret (ish) - get your tickets here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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57:07

Catch Up on Queer Georgians with Dr. Anthony Delaney

Catch Up with Louise McSharry ·

2025/09/05

This Friday's guest is Dr. Anthony Delaney, actor, historian and author of Queer Georgians: A hidden history of lovers, lawbreakers and homemakers. We discuss our time in college together, twists and turns in career paths and of course, the queer history he covers in his brilliant book. Get your Catch Up Cabaret(ish) tickets 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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44:29

Entertainment Catch-Up: The Traitors, Cardi B on...

Catch Up with Louise McSharry ·

2025/09/03

Cian Sullivan is on duty this week, taking us through the week's entertainment stories. Cardi B is serving pure comedy in her trial, people won't let Sabrina Carpenter be an adult, and the internet simply can't be normal about The Summer I Turned Pretty.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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1:07:28

News Catch-Up: Protester Punched, Presidential...

Catch Up with Louise McSharry ·

2025/09/01

It's a hefty news episode this week. We discuss the latest from Gaza, the Irish protester punched by police in Berlin, the continued madness of the presidential race, the rumour that Donald Trump was dead and lots more.Pre-order Carl's book 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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43:23

Catch Up on Wine with Sinead Smyth

Catch Up with Louise McSharry ·

2025/08/29

I have officially retired for the Autumn and to me that often means cosy nights in with a lovely glass of wine. This week, so, I thought it might be nice to have some wine chat with wine expert and educator Sinead Smyth. We get right down to the basics of how wine is made, how to figure out what you like, and why wine should be for everyone, not just people with massive budgets and a wealth of knowledge.You can find Sinead here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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47:05

Entertainment Catch-Up: Lil Nas X, Zoe Kravitz and...

Catch Up with Louise McSharry ·

2025/08/27

It was very rude of Taylor Swift to announce her engagement after this episode was recorded, to be honest. Fortunately I was able to talk a bit about it in the intro!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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1:01:37

News Catch-Up: Gaza, Ukraine and the Electric Picnic...

Catch Up with Louise McSharry ·

2025/08/25

Today Carl Kinsella and I discuss a wide range of stories from the horrors continuing in Gaza to Donald Trump's militarisation of Washington D.C. and the Electric Picnic scam everyone's talking about. Check out the church moving imagery here.Pre-order Carl's book At Least it Looks Good From Space 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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1:02:22

Catch Up with Sophie White on Such a Good Couple

Catch Up with Louise McSharry ·

2025/08/22

Today Sophie White is back on the podcast - hooray! This time she's here to chat about her excellent new book Such a Good Couple, which tells the tale of three couples who've been friends since college grappling with the real life issues people face in their forties. Sophie and I discuss some of those issues and the great effort she made to approach them with sensitivity, ahead of the book coming out next week. This includes conversation about fertility challenges and eating disorders.Apologies for

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1:00:16

Entertainment Catch-Up: Oasis in Dublin, a New Era...

Catch Up with Louise McSharry ·

2025/08/20

I got off the plane this afternoon and went straight to my microphone to record this week's entertainment catch-up with James O'Hagan. We had lots to cover from Oasis in Dublin to Saoirse Monica Jackson's DEEPLY cool wedding and Netflix's new Guinness series. Oh and there's a lot of bad language when I get incensed re: the end of And Just Like That... (sorry not sorry.) Enjoy!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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53:48

Catch Up on the State of Pop Music

Catch Up with Louise McSharry ·

2025/08/18

Since I'm on holidays this week, Cian Sullivan and I are taking the opportunity to chat about the evolution of the music industry. We discuss why there is no song of the summer this year, the role Tiktok plays, live music and bad audience behaviour, standoms and much more!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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1:02:43

Screens: Is Too Much... too much?

Catch Up with Louise McSharry ·

2025/08/15

I'm still away so this week I'm sharing this month's Screens, our monthly film and television episode which is usually Patreon-only. This month Emer McLysaght and I discussed:Too Much (Netflix)Normal People (Netflix)Feels Like For a Girl (BBC)The Beach (Disney Plus)Real Housewives of Orange County, Real Housewives of Miami, Real Housewives of Atlanta and The Valley (Hayu)To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for

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40:46

Entertainment Catch-Up: Emer McLysaght on Nepo Babies...

Catch Up with Louise McSharry ·

2025/08/13

As I'm away, I'm bringing you another recording from our recent live show at Connolly's of Leap. This time it's myself and Emer talking about nepo babies, and Emer's endless fascination with them. 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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