The Irish Cancer Society is urging people to buy a pin for Daffodil Day on Friday, March 22nd.150 people are diagnosed with cancer every day in Ireland and the organisation says increased demand on their free services means they’re not abl

HAIR SALON IN LAOIS REFUSES TO SERVE CUSTOMERS IN PYJAMAS

Mar 22nd, 2019 4m 17s

Louise spoke to David Finn, the owner of The Blow Dry Parlour in Portlaoise, after he took to Facebook to say he’ll turn away customers that come in wearing pyjamas.

STUDENTS URGED TO GET VACCINE AS MUMPS OUTBREAK REACHES ALL TIME HIGH

Mar 20th, 2019 5m 27s

The number of cases of mumps in Ireland is up by over 600 per cent compared to the same period last year.There have been more cases of the highly-contagious disease in the first 11 weeks of 2019, than all of last year.The majority of cases ar

CALLS FOR THE REALITY TV INDUSTRY TO PROVIDE PROPER MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT

Mar 19th, 2019 8m 58s

The death of Mike Thalassitis on Friday has raised questions about the amount of support reality stars are given when they leave TV shows.Mike, who found fame on Love Island, died at the age of 26.The former semi-professional footballer was a

A FREE AWARD-WINNING MENTAL HEALTH FESTIVAL IS RETURNING THIS MONTH

Mar 15th, 2019 6m 40s

A free mental health festival is taking place in Sligo later this month.Change Your Mind Festival is an award-winning event organised by Sligo/Leitrim Mental Health Services.The Hub’s Eimear McKeown spoke to one of the festival’s chief orga

SCHOOL STUDENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO STRIKE OVER CLIMATE CHANGE

Mar 15th, 2019 4m 14s

School students across the country are to strike on Friday, March 15th over climate change.Thousands of students will attend protests, coinciding with a global protest in at least 82 countries.Louise spoke to Theo Cullen-Mouze, a 16 year old

BINGE DRINKING AND ITS AFFECT ON OUR HEALTH

Mar 15th, 2019 10m 37s

Irish girls rank third in the world for binge drinking.According to a new study in The Lancet, adolescent girls in Denmark and Finland were the only ones to drink more.Dr Ciara Kelly, medical doctor and health and wellness blogger at The Ir

SHANE’S SKETCHES: LEO VISITS THE WHITE HOUSE ON PADDY’S DAY

Mar 15th, 2019 3m 5s

On St Patrick’s Day, Leo Varadkar popped over to the States to give the traditional bowl of shamrock to Donald Trump.Also in the White House was Michael D Higgins and Tommy Tiernan!Galway impressionist Shane Cunningham joins us on The Hub eve

7 IN 10 GIRLS ARE NOW GETTING THE HPV VACCINE

Mar 15th, 2019 4m 42s

The HSE has revealed that uptake of the vaccine against cervical cancer has risen to 70 per cent.HSE vaccination teams are currently administering the second dose of the HPV vaccine to girls in first year of secondary school around the count

THRIVE FESTIVAL: IRELAND’S NEWEST FITNESS, WELLNESS & FOOD EVENT

Mar 15th, 2019 7m 9s

The team behind Taste of Dublin have created a new event – Thrive Festival. The fitness, wellness and food festival takes place in Dublin’s Convention Centre on Saturday March 30th and Sunday March 31st. Louise caught up with organiser Helen

MOTION TO PROVIDE FREE SANITARY PRODUCTS WINS SUPPORT IN DÁIL

Mar 15th, 2019 6m 5s

An all-party motion calling on the Government to provide free sanitary products in public buildings has won overwhelming support in the Dáil. The motion was put forward by by the Oireachtas Women’s Parliamentary Caucus – the first time in histo

TRAVEL WITH MELANIE MAY: ADVENTURING IN IRELAND

Mar 15th, 2019 8m 57s

Award-winning travel journalist Melanie May talks about the adventures you can get up to at home on Irish soil.

HEALTH INSURANCE: DO WE REALLY NEED IT?

Mar 15th, 2019 11m 22s

Health insurance can be confusing and costly. And do you really need it if you’re in you’re young, fit and healthy? Paul Merriman from AskPaul.ie – one of Ireland’s leading financial advisers – is here to tell us all about health insurance poli

GADGET GURU: A GUIDE TO BUYING BLUETOOTH HEADPHONES

Mar 15th, 2019 8m 21s

The Hub’s resident gadget guru, Anunt, chats about bluetooth headphones.

UCD STUDENTS ARE ANGRY OVER A CONSENT APP

Mar 15th, 2019 4m 15s

Some UCD students say they’re angry over a proposal for a consent app. On Monday, students in the college’s School of Computer Science received an email from a fourth year medicine student asking for help in developing the app. The email explai

STYLIST COURTNEY SMITH ON BREAKING INTO THE FASHION INDUSTRY

Mar 15th, 2019 13m 8s

Stylist and Creative Director Courtney Smith has made a mini-series on the fashion industry in Ireland. ‘Behind the Seams’, in conjunction with Samsung and Image.ie, showcases the vast career opportunities in fashion and what it takes to break

BEANANTEES: THE CLOTHING COMPANY CELEBRATING WOMEN & IRISH

Mar 15th, 2019 9m 21s

Louise chatted to Ciara from Irish clothing brand Beanantees. The company is making Irish cool again with their slogan t-shirts designed and embroidered in Donegal. 10 per cent of sales goes to the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre and the Rape Crisis

GIRLCREW: THE IRISH APP THAT ALLOWS YOU TO MAKE NEW FRIENDS

Mar 15th, 2019 12m 17s

Louise caught up with Elva Carri, the founder of GirlCrew, an Irish social networking app for women. GirlCrew came about one Friday night when Elva wanted to go dancing in Dublin but had no one to go with. It’s since gone international and has

IZZY WHEELS ON BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN FASHION & DISABILITY

Mar 15th, 2019 10m 5s

We’re celebrating Irish women on International Women’s Day. Louise spoke to Ailbhe Keane, whose award-winning wheel covers landed herself and her sister Izzy on Forbes 30 Under 30 list last year. Izzy Wheels was inspired by Izzy, who was

WOMEN’S HEALTH: HPV, SMEARS AND CERVICAL CANCER

Mar 15th, 2019 10m 27s

Cervical cancer kills 90 women in Ireland each year, that’s almost two women a week. Dr Ciara Kelly, medical doctor and health and wellness blogger at The Irish Balance, spoke to Louise ahead of International Women’s Day about the HPV virus, ce

IRISH WOMEN’S HOCKEY CAPTAIN KATIE MULLAN ON ENCOURAGING GIRLS TO PLAY SPORT

Mar 15th, 2019 7m 26s

The captain of the Irish women’s hockey team is asking parents to encourage their daughters to get involved in sport. Katie Mullan captained the team last summer when they made history by reaching the final of the World Cup. Louise spoke to Kat

EATING DISORDERS AWARENESS WEEK: LOUISE CHATS TO DR ED O’MAHONY

Mar 1st, 2019 7m 9s

Children as young as ten are now being diagnosed with eating disorders in Ireland. Louise talked to Dr Ed O’Mahony, a Consultant Psychiatrist with Sligo Mental Health Service, about eating disorders, the myths that surrounds them, and the impac

IRISH CANCER SOCIETY WARNS AGAINST USING SUNBEDS

Mar 1st, 2019 8m 15s

The Irish Cancer Society is warning people against using sunbeds after it found that a third of salons were allowing minors to tan. Louise spoke to the Chief Executive of the Irish Cancer Society, Averil Power, about the investigation the chari

SHANE’S SKETCHES: BRENDAN O’CONNOR REPORTS FROM THE OSCARS

Mar 1st, 2019 3m 7s

The Hub’s roving reporter Brendan O’Connor headed over to Hollywood to report from the red carpet at the 91st Academy Awards. Galway impressionist Shane Cunningham joins us on The Hub every Wednesday.