Catch Up with Louise McSharry
- Episodes
- 523
- Released
- several times a week
- Latest episode
- Oct 26, 2026
About the podcast
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.
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Episodes 523
News Catch-Up: Grandparents, Vittorio Angelone and the Triple Lock
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Catch Up with Emer about the Girls Reboot!
Emer McLysaght and I were frankly DESPERATE to discuss the Girls reboot - so we did!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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Emer McLysaght and I were frankly DESPERATE to discuss the Girls reboot - so we did!
To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here.
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Entertainment Catch-Up: Music Special
This week Cian Sullivan and I catch up on what's going on in music. To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
News Catch-Up: Waterford Arson Attack, Strike Update and Joanne McNally on Jimmy Fallon
CW: During the discussion of Jeffrey Donaldson's sentencing there is mention of sexual assault.To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here. Hosted on Acast. See …
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CW: During the discussion of Jeffrey Donaldson's sentencing there is mention of sexual assault.
To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here.
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Catch Up with Djamel White, Author of All Them Dogs
Today's guest is author Djamel White, author of All Them Dogs, which was longlisted for this year's Booker Prize. The novel follows Tony Ward as he returns to Dublin and the gangland world of west Dublin, and …
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Today's guest is author Djamel White, author of All Them Dogs, which was longlisted for this year's Booker Prize. The novel follows Tony Ward as he returns to Dublin and the gangland world of west Dublin, and ultimately begins a physical relationship with his colleague.
Djamel and I discussed his journey to writing, the success of the book and lots more besides. I hope you enjoy.
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Entertainment Catch-Up: Kelly Clarkson's Animatronic Bird, Shane Gillis on SNL and Liberty Kiss is Back
Esther O'Moore Donohoe is back to take us through the week's entertainment stories, featuring Kelly Clarkson, Shane Gillis, Liberty X and lots more.To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the …
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Esther O'Moore Donohoe is back to take us through the week's entertainment stories, featuring Kelly Clarkson, Shane Gillis, Liberty X and lots more.
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News Catch-Up: The Budget, the Strikes and a Public Execution(?!)
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Catch Up with Doireann Ní Ghlacáin
Today's episode is a catch up with fiddler, sean-nós singer, tv presenter, podcaster and expert in irish folklore, Doireann Ní Ghlacáin. Doireann and I discussed her forthcoming musical project An Tairseach, as …
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Today's episode is a catch up with fiddler, sean-nós singer, tv presenter, podcaster and expert in irish folklore, Doireann Ní Ghlacáin. Doireann and I discussed her forthcoming musical project An Tairseach, as well as her upcoming tour, among many other things.
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Entertainment Catch-Up: CMAT on the Daily Show, Angela Scanlan on BBC Radio 2 and AJ Pritchard on GB News
James O'Hagan takes us through the week's entertainment stories, from CMAT on Ed Sheeran, AJ Pritchard on GB News and Naomi Campbell's exoneration.To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the …
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James O'Hagan takes us through the week's entertainment stories, from CMAT on Ed Sheeran, AJ Pritchard on GB News and Naomi Campbell's exoneration.
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News Catch-Up: Drumcree, Cornell University and Public Sector strikes
In this week's new catch up Carl Kinsella and I discuss the latest from Drumcree, the Public Sector strikes, the conversation arising from Cornell University and lots more.To support the podcast and access …
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In this week's new catch up Carl Kinsella and I discuss the latest from Drumcree, the Public Sector strikes, the conversation arising from Cornell University and lots more.
To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here.
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Catch Up with Grace Campbell
This week I was thrilled to catch up with comedian, writer and presenter Grace Campbell who is super smart, super funny, and super fun to talk to. We discuss the cost of sharing personal experience, ADHD …
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This week I was thrilled to catch up with comedian, writer and presenter Grace Campbell who is super smart, super funny, and super fun to talk to. We discuss the cost of sharing personal experience, ADHD, relationships and lots more.
Get tickets for Grace's gig in Dublin next month here.
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Entertainment Catch-Up: Bitch, I'm Madonna (Big VMAs Chat, plus Adam Brody is on the Right Side of History))
Emer McLysaght takes us through the week's stories from Madonna's victorious VMAs to Adam Brody on Palestine and the Celebrity Traitors.To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on …
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Emer McLysaght takes us through the week's stories from Madonna's victorious VMAs to Adam Brody on Palestine and the Celebrity Traitors.
To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here.
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News Catch-Up: Israel and the FAI, the Garvaghy Road and Maternal Mental Health
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PATREON OPEN DAY! Chronically Online: Lindsay Clancy, Iced Coffee at Interviews and Reality TV
Today I'm bringing you a chance to hear this week's Chronically Online, one of the patreon episodes Emer McLysaght and I do every second week. Chronically Online focuses on the interesting things our algorithms …
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Today I'm bringing you a chance to hear this week's Chronically Online, one of the patreon episodes Emer McLysaght and I do every second week. Chronically Online focuses on the interesting things our algorithms have been bringing up which means we can really talk about anything - and we do! I hope you enjoy.
If you sign up for the Patreon, not only are you supporting the podcast, you're also getting access to all the previous Chronically Online episodes as well as all the Screens (where Emer and I talk about film and tv). Sign up here today!
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Entertainment Catch-Up: Presley Gerber, Phones in Theatres and Channing Tatum's Troll Account(?)
Cian Sullivan takes us through the week's stories including Cate Blanchett taking on phones in theatres, the latest on the response to Ed Sheeran and London Fashion Week lactation.To support the podcast and …
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Cian Sullivan takes us through the week's stories including Cate Blanchett taking on phones in theatres, the latest on the response to Ed Sheeran and London Fashion Week lactation.
To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here.
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News Catch-Up: Ed Sheeran, Maternity Leave for TDs and the Far Right in Germany
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Catch Up with Lindsay and Bobby from Who Weekly? (!!)
Guys, this week I got to interview the hosts of my favourite podcast Who Weekly? Lindsay Weber and Bobby Finger are my go-to voices on pop culture, celebrity and its interaction with the media and society. They …
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Guys, this week I got to interview the hosts of my favourite podcast Who Weekly? Lindsay Weber and Bobby Finger are my go-to voices on pop culture, celebrity and its interaction with the media and society. They make me laugh with every episode, and I feel incredibly lucky to be a Wholigan (thanks for bringing me in Emer McLysaght.)
Lindsay and Bobby's book, I Want to Be Famous: When Everybody and Nobody is a Celebrity, explores fame and its interaction with society beautifully. I devoured it, and I know you will too when it comes out on September 29.
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Entertainment Catch-Up: Ed Sheeran, The Emmys and Sydney Sweeney
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News Catch-Up: Trump in Ireland, Mary McAleese and the Sandwich Census
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Catch Up on Integration with Dublin Camogie Captain Aisling Maher
A lot of people are learning this week for the first time that women's gaelic games are not a part of the GAA, so I thought it might be good for us to chat to someone in on the action who can explain why that …
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A lot of people are learning this week for the first time that women's gaelic games are not a part of the GAA, so I thought it might be good for us to chat to someone in on the action who can explain why that is, why it's a problem, and where we go from here.
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Entertainment Catch-Up: Chicken Shop Date, Pink vs. Macklemore and Elizabeth Holmes
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News Catch-Up: Katie Taylor, Lindsay Clancy and Transport Fares
This week Carl Kinsella and I have much to discuss, including the fact that the map we've been using our entire lives is wrong.To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon …
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This week Carl Kinsella and I have much to discuss, including the fact that the map we've been using our entire lives is wrong.
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Catch Up with Roisin Kiberd
When I heard that Irish writer and creative writing lecturer Roisin Kiberd had written a book of essays on beauty, I knew I had to read it. Once I'd read it, I knew I had to chat to her about it, so that's what …
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When I heard that Irish writer and creative writing lecturer Roisin Kiberd had written a book of essays on beauty, I knew I had to read it. Once I'd read it, I knew I had to chat to her about it, so that's what you're going to hear today. The Most Normal Woman explores Roisin's relationship with beauty, beauty ideals, beauty niches and beauty standards and I absolutely loved it.
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Entertainment Catch-Up: Electric Picnic, John Galliano and a Tupac Conviction
This week Emer McLysaght and I discuss the week's entertainment stories, including our thoughts on this year's Electric Picnic, the conviction in relation to the murder of Tupac Shakur, Olivia Rodrigo's Daisy …
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This week Emer McLysaght and I discuss the week's entertainment stories, including our thoughts on this year's Electric Picnic, the conviction in relation to the murder of Tupac Shakur, Olivia Rodrigo's Daisy Chain Fields festival and why Mel Gibson just can't stop being a jerk.
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Catch Up on Facing Death with Professor Kimberly D. Acquaviva
Today’s guest is Professor Kimberly D. Acquaviva. Kimberly has spent more than a decade working in education around inclusivity for LGBTQIA people in end of life care, A year and a half after she published …
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Today’s guest is Professor Kimberly D. Acquaviva. Kimberly has spent more than a decade working in education around inclusivity for LGBTQIA people in end of life care, A year and a half after she published LGBTQ-Inclusive Hospice & Palliative Care: A Practical Guide to Transforming Professional Practice in 2017, Kim learned that her wife Kathy had ovarian cancer. Kim and Kathy spent the next six months sharing their experiences via social media and giving people a sense of what it's like to be living while dying. Shortly after Kathy died in August 2019, a New Yorker documentary film was made about Kim, Kathy, and their son Greyson.
Kimberly is coming to Ireland as part of Palliative Care week, and I was so happy to catch up with her this week ahead of her trip.
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Entertainment Catch-Up: Dolly Forever
Lots to discuss with Cian Sullivan this week from Meghan Markle's reported return to acting to Zara Larsson's charming fit of the giggles.To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on …
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Lots to discuss with Cian Sullivan this week from Meghan Markle's reported return to acting to Zara Larsson's charming fit of the giggles.
To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here.
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News Catch-Up: Hind Rajab, Friedrich's Ataxia and Natalie Harp
This week Carl Kinsella and I discuss the fallout from last week's awful crash on the M9, the drug people with Friedrich's Ataxia are begging for and the strange case of Natalie Harp, aide to Donald Trump.To …
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This week Carl Kinsella and I discuss the fallout from last week's awful crash on the M9, the drug people with Friedrich's Ataxia are begging for and the strange case of Natalie Harp, aide to Donald Trump.
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Catch Up with Anna Haugh
This week I'm chatting to chef, restauranteur and tv STAR Anna Haugh.To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Entertainment Catch-Up: Hayden Panettiere, the Tupac Murder Trial and Kaia Gerber's Exorcism
This week Esther O'Moore-Donohoe was on hand to take us through the week's entertainment stories.To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here. Hosted on Acast. See …
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This week Esther O'Moore-Donohoe was on hand to take us through the week's entertainment stories.
To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here.
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News Catch-Up: Road Safety, Jason Arday and the Magic of the Eclipse
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