In the second part of Thursday's show, the National Clinical Lead of Home Instead (home care professionals) spoke to Maria about the shortage - locally as well as nationally - of people to work as home carers.

Nigel Cawthorn, author of 'Prince Andrew, Epstein and the Palace'  spoke to Maria about the interesting developments regarding Prince Andrew this week, in terms of the lawsuit filed in a Manhattan court alleging that he had abused Virginia Giuffre on three occasions when she was under 18, nearly two decades ago.

Adrian Weckler, technology editor at 'The Irish Independent' chatted about the major tech giants that are Apple and Google rushing to tighten their child safety features,.

And, Erin McDonald, from Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind, gave a shout-out for new 'puppy raisers' for the Munster area