Liveline

Public sector strikes involving more than 300,000 workers are the focus here, as nurses, doctors, teachers and civil servants prepare for a 24-hour stoppage. Kieran speaks with voices both supporting and opposing the action, including calls to respect the picket line in person and remotely.

George Gibney is now serving a 15-and-a-half-year sentence for sexually abusing girls in the 1970s and 1980s. This episode focuses on the reaction to that outcome through conversations with victims, relatives, and advocates who spent years campaigning for justice.

This episode explores Lesbian Lines, an underground network of helplines run by a community of lesbians. Kieran speaks with women who volunteered on the lines and reflects on the lives, needs, and connections that shaped this hidden support system.

The episode catches up with the family of the famous Carlow Quadruplets as all four siblings celebrate recently passing their driving tests. It looks at how a once headline-making childhood story has turned into a very grown-up family milestone.

The episode centers on Tracey Finnegan’s loss of her cat Felix, who was stolen in Blackrock, Cork last week. Speaking with Kieran, she reflects on the pain of that loss and the emotional weight of a pet being taken away.