Highlights from High Noon: Recent Episodes
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The Snowflake Test, the 8th Committee, changing county borders, biomass is a waste of crop, the Irish diaspora, Austria, Internet safety and Essential Songs.
Laws against wolf whistling, Catalonia independence deadline tomorrow, Myanmar, plastic destroying the environment, part time women's rugby coach, MH370 search continues.
Prosecuting for stupidity, Ophelia and climate change, animal testing, financial abuse of the elderly, Trump and Iran, credit unions, adult colouring books and more.
Cara Augustenborg explains to Kieran why Ophelia is unlikely to be one off event in terms of hurricanes approaching our shores. There will be more.
Kieran Cuddihy doesn't believe the idiots who swam in Galway during Ex-Hurricane Ophelia should be prosecuted or punished. Where do you draw the line?
Mental health budget, Muslims need to 'catch up', Ireland's most haunted house, banning petrol and diesel cars, the Irish workforce, children's eating and more.
Aoife Hearne tells Kieran why she's passionate about the idea of 'one family, one meal', and we need to stop pandering to our children when it comes to food.
UCC's Amanullah de Sondy tells Kieran why it's a myth that Muslim countries' morals need to 'catch up' with the West.
Spoiling kids with Christmas presents, asteroids could destroy Earth, Brexit and aviation, health insurance, curing hangovers, defecting from North Korea, Storm Ophelia
Keeping politics out of concerts, unhappy marriages, what Budget 2018 means for you, GPs to strike, Catalonia reaction, more cyber attacks and TripAdvisor is awful.
Roisin Shortall, co-leader of the Social Democrats and Eamon Ryan. leader of the Green Party discuss the prospects for Budget 2018 with Ciara.
Disability rights campaigner Suzy Byrne and Carole Pollard, President of the HIAI discuss the challenges facing the disabled in public places with Ciara Kelly.
Che Guevara on stamps, Pence walks out of NFL game, banning 'puppy mills', explaining the Iranian nuclear deal, Budget preview, disabled people's issues in public places.
No screen policies in restaurants, ethnic cleansing in Burma, open plan offices, Brendan Kelly's new book on mental health, The Plague, washing once a week and more.
Joan Wynn tells the story of her husband, who suffered from a brain tumour after years of playing rugby.
McIlroy on Keane, 15 years for viewing online terror, Liam Cosgrave RIP, direct provision, Catalonia on the verge of independence, stress in your job and Essential Songs
Lecturer in Criminology in Kent Simon Cottee tells Ciara why giving substantial jail time to those who view terror online is a stupid idea.
Lahinch horticulturist Fergal Smith tells Ciara why community farms need to be built to save global food production.
Trump's paper towels, rebranding businesses, VHI slash their insurance rates, forgetfulness, pesto pasta is bad for you, female firefighters and community farms.
Ciara Kelly was less than impressed with Donald Trump's words and actions in Puerto Rico.
Jim Wallace, Director of Gun Owners Action League in Massachussets tells Ciara Kelly why Las Vegas doesn't mean there should be tighter gun control.
The need for gun control, Bishop apologises for HPV vaccine comments, solidarity with Catalonia, foiled terror attack in Paris, outdoors and mental health, Make-It-Meath
Ciara Kelly cannot understand why gun controls are so loose in the US, and why nothing will be done following the Las Vegas massacre.
Lucy Wolfe of 'Sleep Matters' tells Kieran why getting your sleep health right is so important.
Whole foods against money to the homeless, smelly colleagues, super unions, great Irish brands, Vegas latest, Road Safety Week and can a lack of sleep kill you?
Sabina Brennan and Harry McCann popped in to discuss whether society is ageist towards the young, old or both. Should the voting age be lowered, for instance?
Former army officer Tom Clonan talks to Ciara about the first female marine to pass the Infantry Officer training course, and how women will take over the army.
Kardashians always in the news, the Committee on the 8th Amendment, the future of Ryanair, tricking driverless cars, first female US marine and ageism.
On todays High Noon Ciara Kelly discusses the discovery of an Irish Terror Cell, why praising your children can be bad for them and The Right To Die debate.
Banning alcohol advertising, Right to Die, third level education for emigrants, naming bridges after women, Breakthrough, tourism VAT rate, Catalonia, funeral costs.
Professor Allyson Pollock tells Ciara why she wishes she had stopped her children playing rugby a lot sooner than they did.
Banning alcohol in hairdressers, banning school rugby, the Irish pays less tax than most, dementia, too many referendums, the male Pill, how to recycle and more.
Dr Jack Lambert of the Mater Hospital tells Kieran why Lyme Disease doesn't seem to be on health professionals' radars like it should be.
James Parnell tells Kieran how he returned to Ireland from Australia and made a success of himself. He says the country is the 'land of opportunity'.
House prices rising by €500 a week, NFL v Trump, Ireland: the land of opportunity, the future of spending money, German elections fallout, lyme disease and antibiotics.
UCC's lecturer in Contemporary Islam Amanullah de Sondy tells Ciara why he believes science will never be able to kill of religion completely.
Auto enrollment pension schemes, living with schizophrenia, birth order, science isn't killing religion, Thomas Ashe remembered, family time instead of homework and more.
Dietitian Aoife Hearne tells Ciara whether superfoods really are all that - especially after news of faecal bacteria potentially compromising some of them.
Mums want to stay at home, superfoods, high speed rural broadband, Mary's Meals, Culture Night in Ofaly, Tom Keogh of Keogh's, Brown bread baking and more.
Author and agony aunt Hilary Freeman has been receiving terrible abuse for not wanting to send her daughter to childcare with morbidly obese carers.
Jimmy Magee RIP, people struggling with digital skills, Culture Night in Kerry, Ellen's Oscars tweet, sex and sleep the key to happiness, fat shaming, climate change.
Tax changes in Budget 2018, fun is still in the fashion industry, focusing on Kilkenny Culture Night, tech security tips, strictness in school and traveling to Turkey.
Arthur Godsil and Brian Mooney debate the issue of discipline in school. Do schools need to be stricter, or are they too soft?
Emergency department overcrowding, Icelandic government collapse, ghosting, Cassani space mission, party think-ins, parental leave and twinning Cobh and Sydney.
Recycling, Greens' think-in, London attack, National Bread Week, Catalonian Independence, Men's sheds, Christians don't read the Bible, migraines and flu season.
RTE says 55 is over the hill, 4 year olds can't talk properly, listeners give their solutions to the homeless crisis, megastorms the norm, single women having children.
After Fine Gael's negative reaction to Cllr Brian Murphy's tweets about terrorism, George asks Noel Rock is Fine Gael allows any dissension from anyone.
On today's High Noon George Hook discusses Hurricane Irma, Freedom Of Speech In Universities and Medical Cannabis.
George Hook pays tribute to the RTE game-show, Where in the World? Host Theresa Lowe braved the elements at Electric Picnic to run the show.
On today's High Noon George Hook discusses taxis in the sky, Garda breath tests and World Alzheimer's Awareness Month.
Left's solutions for the housing crisis, Burma, telephone etiquette, Ireland doesn't need the EU, Starbucks protests, ambulance response times, and Travel Tuesday.
Why Richard Boyd Barrett should be the Housing Minister, standing on planes could be the future, the monopoly of Google, removing Irish statues, firing judges and more.
George wants to see Richard Boyd Barrett become the Housing Minister because 'at least he cares'.
Luas worker complaints, Brexit nonsense, Aer Lingus' transatlantic business, Blue Lamp, Micheál Martin, Lisbon's alternative bus tours and Here Come The Girls.
George talks to Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin about the Taoiseach's overuse of the Communications unit, as well as whether politics has become a PR game.
George takes aim at Tony O'Brien of the HSE and Health Minister Simon Harris after their comments about those worried about the HPV vaccine and lyme disease treatments.
George hits back at the HSE and Simon Harris, semi-State housing, Ayurveda, Irexit, Trump's tax plan, whitewashing in the movies and Essential Songs.
Melania's heels, Varadkar's PR, how the Germans do elections, remembering John Lennon's assassination, what's happening in North Korea, your life in photos and more.
George vents on the White House after Melania Trump makes the stupid error of wearing high heels on the way to Texas.
Children on the streets by Christmas, funding women's rugby, toppling insensitive statues, Michael Graham, lending cash to family and off to Belize.
Ibrahim Halawa, robots taking over, Venice mayor threatens Muslims, fraudulent insurance claims and should ATMs give Gaeilge as an option?
Grannies being thieves, the army is deployed in Donegal, the effect of a lack of sleep, George's favourite films, expensive mortgages, skeletons under the LUAS and more.
Steven Benedict helps George talk about another of his favourite films - 'The Glenn Miller Story".
Millennial whingeing over BOI ad, animal testing, being real about the terror threat, McGregor/Mayweather, Vogue Williams, Donegal flooding and more.
George is not happy with the amount of moaning that comes from this generation - this time because of a simple Bank of Ireland ad.
Outrage at Leo over approach to lyme disease, dementia patients medically restrained, paying for Mass, remembering Princess Diana's 1995 interview, public services cards.
George doesn't want tweets from Leo, Palestinian flags, living with Lyme Disease, cost of education, loud music in restaurants and is there such a thing as too much sex?
Leo Varadkar is in Canada and George isn't impressed, Ireland isn't equipped for terror, political comments in Rose of Tralee, Tusla accounts, young offender boot camp.
George lambasts the Taoiseach, while also taking exception to the constant reminders that he's gay. George says it's irrelevant when it comes to doing his job.
On today's High Noon George discusses the hidden cost of college, why the fair deal scheme isn't fair, security after the Spanish terror attacks and Irish Heritage week.
On today's High Noon George discusses what would happen if we got rid of road signs, the great green plan and do the brexiteers have any regret.
On today's High Noon George Hook discusses brain injured babies, the leaving cert and the fortieth anniversary of Elvis Presley's death.
On today's High Noon George Hook discusses hospital waiting lists, should the confessional be sacred and female apprenticeships.
Fr Brendan Purcell doesn't think breaking the seal of confession in the case of child abuse cases will help end child abuse in society.
Pensioners propping up the economy, attacks on Spanish tourists, Dragons Den for charities, Charlottesville reaction and the Hook Health Check Up with Ciara Kelly.
George lets rip as new plans to tackle the housing crisis mean that pensioners will be encourage to lease their vacant homes.
Girls don't want to do apprenticeships, Irish immigration, Trump v Kim Jong-Un, Fergus Finlay on homelessness, honesty needed about STDs, helicopter nannies and more.
Tom McGurk, Theresa Lowe, Jim Power, Michael Duffy, Bill Hughes and a live audience join George for a special edition of High Noon from the Clayton for the Horse Show.
Remembering Glen Campbell, living in fear of nuclear war, cross border health, the legacy of Steve Jobs, the Crumlin ghetto, we don't need tech in our schools.
On today's High Noon George Hook discusses Ireland's economic outlook, moving to Leitrim, pilotless planes and lots more.
Ciara is unhappy with the Sunday Times apology over Kevin Myers, Ireland's dangerous game with Brexit, heart health, mortgages swallowing up incomes and more.
Rebecca Horan and Barry Kenny help Ciara discuss Bolt's legacy, the fawning over Princess Diana, Trump News Network and smartphones' impact on mental health.
Ireland is a cold place for Christianity, Varadkar up North, Paths of Glory, oversized swimwear models, capital gains tax, and the Horse Show previewed.
George is angry that there seems to carte blanche to mock Ireland's majority religion, Christianity.
Motorised bicycles, the HSE computer glitch, bad tourists being punished, wedding costs, child sex dolls, Trump's immigration policy and Essential Songs.
Asking the NZ opposition leader about her baby plans, Dublin Airport chaos, plans for a united Ireland, Kevin Keegan's rant, cobbled streets in Galway and free legal aid.
Hiking property tax to fund services, baby spamming, Cork grave memorabilia, Scaramucci, jailing politicians for lying and Travel Tuesday to Brazil.
Ivan spoke to Andrew Kelly, CEO of the ISPCA, on the back of a study that suggested that banning dangerous dog breeds made no difference in keeping people safe.
Ivan reports back from his daughter's wedding, Kevin Myers is fired, gym obsession in the GAA, unpaid Dáil bar bills, dangerous dogs, Brexit and the Galway Races.
Advice for Father of the Bride speeches, Brexit, electric cars are the future, keeping your house safe from robberies, gender pay gap and illegal streaming.
Brian Cowen's regrets, Varadkar on Vincent Browne, huge GoSafe contracts, grieving for pets, IBEC want more captial investment, Ogle on water, workplace etiquette.
A drop in sperm counts, the future of driving is automated, the merits of homeopathy funding, a drop in vacant houses, hidden hero awards, George on CTE.
RTE stars paid too much, back to school spending, reviving dying languages, 84% text while driving, Michael Graham, water shortages, shrinkification and Brussels.
Taxi fare hikes, Trump wants a pardon, water drought in Drogheda, US pre-clearance, Sir Roger Gale on Brexit, 'Back The Hack' and the Hook Health Check.
Today's High Noon in one easy digest - including North by Northwest, the resurgence of vinyl and how to tackle ticket touting.
On today’s show, George spoke to Douglas Murray, author of “The Strange Death of Europe - Immigration, Identity, Islam”.
Today's High Noon in one easy digest - including a discussion on DIY dentistry; animal abuse in Kilkenny; & we investigate how many companies charge you to use your card.
Today's High Noon in one easy digest - including Michael O’Leary on why Dublin airport needs a second runway; extreme exercise; and what exactly are therapy dogs??