Liveline
1,087 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsJoe Duffy talks to the Irish public about affairs of the day. Have you got a story to tell? If you’d like to talk to Joe on-air about an issue that concerns you then we want to hear from you. Email [email protected]. Listen live Monday to Friday at 1.45-3pm on RTÉ Radio 1.
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Episodes
Cheap School Uniforms
July 10, 2019 12:00 - 11 minutesSome parents can't take advantage of €5 uniforms on sale in Aldi because their school insists they buy from an official (and more expensive) supplier.
Bridal Issues
July 10, 2019 12:00 - 26 minutesBrides to be who ordered wedding dresses from Nikki Kavanagh in Ratoath are getting stressed out before their big day because their purchases have not arrived.
Adoption
July 09, 2019 12:00 - 11 minutesSiobhan gave birth 32 years ago but had to give her child up to foster parents. She fought relentlessly to get her child back.
Anti-Abortion Protest
July 09, 2019 12:00 - 53 minutesAn anti-abortion protest outside The National Maternity Hospital in Holles Street included a number of tiny coffins. Some callers took issue with Charles Byrne, one of the organisers. Other callers supported the protest.
Health Screening
July 09, 2019 12:00 - 4 minutesDomhnaill Joyce works in the emergency services and took issue with the Bluecrest Health screening service.
Homophobia
July 05, 2019 12:00 - 16 minutesBeing Gay in Ireland. Robert is getting homophobic abuse from a neighbour and Martin's dream job in the Gardai was ruined because of his sexuality.
Sister Murdered
July 05, 2019 12:00 - 19 minutesJo Forde tells us about her late foster sister Linda Christian who had mental health issues and was murdered in 2017.
Brendan Grace
July 05, 2019 12:00 - 14 minutesComedian Brendan Grace has been diagnosed with Lung Cancer. His son-in-law Frank Gillespie wants to thank everyone for their good wishes.
Security Cameras
July 02, 2019 12:00 - 11 minutesJames discovered that someone in the building in which he works was making inappropriate covert CCTV recordings of members of the public.
Housing
July 02, 2019 12:00 - 8 minutesTreacy wants to move into her late parents' council house but has been told it is needed for another family. Susan, a first time buyer, was all set to buy her dream home, but the vendor was unable to get sitting tenants out , even though they had an RTB judgement against them. As a result, the deal fell through.
Santa Ponsa
July 02, 2019 12:00 - 28 minutesSanta Ponsa is a favourite destination for Irish Leaving Cert students, but Clodagh's daughter has been fined €50 for her group being late or making noise. There have also been gang fights as well. What kind of a holiday destination is it?
Jarvies
July 01, 2019 12:00 - 5 minutesMore on Jarvies dictating to car owners in the Gap of Dunloe
Music Video
July 01, 2019 12:00 - 53 minutesSome listeners object to a video by Irish band Thanks Brother. The video is filmed in a church and features a "priest" lip-synching a song titled "F**K My Life".
Trump and Christianity
June 28, 2019 12:00 - 37 minutesMichael Kelly, editor of The Irish Catholic, suggested in an article today that followers of Jesus of Nazareth should not support President Trump. This led to interesting exchanges from Liveline listeners
Jarvies
June 28, 2019 12:00 - 18 minutesRachel Waters was annoyed when she was actively discouraged by jarvey drivers from proceeding past them up the Gap of Dunloe in Kerry.
Dublin
June 28, 2019 12:00 - 14 minutesTaxi driver Martin was annoyed to hear an Australian passenger tell him of her recent ordeal when she was robbed in Dublin. Mike now refuses to venture up O'Connell Street anymore. Brendan feels Dublin is no worse than any other capital.
Stolen Wedding Video
June 25, 2019 12:00 - 13 minutesJeff and Anna, visitors from Utah, got married on the Hill of Tara last week. But the video recording of their big day has been stolen.
Rees-Mogg Comments
June 25, 2019 12:00 - 42 minutesEnglish politician Jacob Rees-Mogg calls them snoopers and curtain twitchers. Would you report a neighbour if you suspected domestic abuse?
Anti-social Behaviour
June 25, 2019 12:00 - 14 minutesVadym lives in Dublin 8 and has been threatened by a 12 year old in a mask.
Sicily Holiday
June 19, 2019 12:00 - 4 minutesRosaleen's journey home from holiday in Sicily is turning into a marathon.
Work Issues
June 19, 2019 12:00 - 1 hourMathew was 22 years of age in the early 80's and a member of An Garda Síochána, but was made leave the force because he was gay. Trevor's dad, a bank official, was advised not to marry his mother as she was 15 years younger than him!
Irish priest compares gay people to 'infected zombies'
June 12, 2019 12:00 - 5 minutesPat says he turned away from the Catholic Church because of controversial and extreme homilies given by some priests.
Jehovah's Witnesses Beliefs
June 12, 2019 12:00 - 42 minutesMore on the Jehovah Witnesses including Noel, a current member, who refuses to talk to his brother Gerard, a former member.
Anti Social Behavior on Trains
June 12, 2019 12:00 - 17 minutesLisa and Carla tells us she approached the man who racially abused tourists from India on a train recently.
Brain Injury
June 07, 2019 12:00 - 1 hourEmer has an Acquired Brain Injury. She walks two miles from her home to a nearby town but its very dangerous because there are no footpaths and the hedges aren't cut. Emer tells Joe about having a very poor short term memory and the problems this causes her. She also startles easily and people tend to laugh at her reactions.
D-Day Landings
June 06, 2019 12:00 - 1 hourOn the 75th anniversary of the D Day landings, 96 year old Denis Boardman relived that fateful day as he parachuted into the village of Ronville France in 1944. Other callers remembered family members who were there.
Funny Friday Live from Bloom
May 31, 2019 12:00 - 1 hourA Funny Friday from Bloom at the Phoenix Park with Al Foran, June Rodgers, Bob Carley, Liam Hourican, Sil Fox, Yann O'Brien, Frank Twomey, Aidan Tierney , Sharon Mannion and Declan O'Brien.