News Catch-Up: Katie Taylor, Lindsay Clancy and Transport Fares
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What news and topics does Louise introduce at the start of the episode?
Hello, my friend, and welcome to Catch Up with Louise McSharry. This is the podcast where I do my best to keep you caught up with what's going on in the world. On Monday, we talk news, Wednesday, entertainment, and Friday, we chat to someone interesting with an interesting perspective. I hope you guys have been enjoying the return to interviews. The last two have been really good. On Friday, if you missed it, I chatted to Roisin Kybird, who is a writer who I've really admired for a long time. She's really, really smart and And she has written a kind of book of essays on appearances. It's called The Most Normal Woman. And it's so smart. And it's really fun as well and interesting and kind of looks at a lot of the different things that we do as human beings to kind of alter our appearance and what that says about us.
I think, you know, sometimes the fear with a book like that is that it's going to be very like a bit snooty or like anti-appearance. Like I think there's some conversations happening on social media at the moment around Botox, which I just found myself going like, there's just been this flux of people posting, you know, being like, I don't have Botox and Botox is bad and blah, blah, blah. And honestly, I just feel like it's just another stick to flog ourselves with as women. Like, you know, you flog yourself because you don't look young enough. You flog yourself because you look old and haggard. Then you do something about that. And then all of a sudden everybody turns on you and decides that, no, it's actually bad to do.
Like, just do what you want. Do what you want. do what you want. I think it's good to acknowledge the context in which we make our decisions and the way we're influenced by the society we exist in, but ultimately you should just do what you want. And I feel like that's very much the vibe of the most normal woman. I don't know if Roisin would love that summation, but I really, really enjoyed the conversation and I think you will too. So that was on Friday's episode. And then the previous week I spoke to this fascinating woman called Professor Kimberly Aquaviva, who is coming to Ireland for the Irish Palliative Care Conference. And Kimberly works in the area of palliative care for the LGBTQ plus community and making sure essentially that palliative care is inclusive, but she also has her own personal experience of loss.
Her wife was diagnosed with end stage ovarian cancer and they decided to document that online. It was a really, really interesting conversation about death and about our attitudes to death and that was a couple of weeks ago. So And I know sometimes maybe you might see the name and you might go, oh, I don't know that person. I don't want to listen to it. But I promise you, I pick my people very carefully and the conversations are good. So they're they're available for you now. Anyway, let's get into the week's news with Carl Kinsella. Good morning, Carl Kinsella. How are you?
I'm not too bad, Louise. How are you?
Well, let's be real. We've both just been moaning about being tired.
We don't want to make the people feel bad.
Well, it's just, I don't know. Sometimes I feel like a truck of tiredness hits me. Like I can go, go, go. I think I've said this here before. Obviously I do a lot of things and I can go, go, go, go, go. And then all of a sudden I'll be like, okay, no more. I'm dead now. I need to sleep for 36 hours.
Yeah, I can't go and I'm always tired. There's honestly really no... I
can't go and I'm always tired. Oh, man. And also not to also do the same chat that I'm insisting on us doing every single time. But like, it's really autumn-y, isn't it?
Yeah, I don't even mind the autumnalness so much. I'm just tired. I think it's me. I don't think it's the season that's the problem. I think there's something. I'm just tired. I remember I like a while ago I got like blood tests done, assuming that I'd be deficient in something. I was like, presumably I just need more iron or something. But they were like, no, all your levels of everything are fine.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What news and topics does Louise introduce at the start of the episode?
0:21–8:11
2
How did Katie Taylor’s retirement fight impact Irish sport history?
8:11–16:23
3
What were the key arguments and outcome of the Lindsay Clancy trial?
16:23–26:02
4
Why are public‑transport fares being increased and what are the reactions?
26:02–34:42
5
How is Donald Trump’s visit affecting access to Phoenix Park and public opinion?
34:42–42:16
6
What happened with the Israeli athletes at the Derry triathlon and why?
42:16–51:32
7
Why is the world’s map considered inaccurate and what change did the UN adopt?
51:32–54:31
Speakers
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