Advertisement

The importance of sharing a meal!

Gen Z are accused of many things: that they’re chronically online, surgically attached to their p...

Share this article

12.59 20 Nov 2025


The importance of sharing a meal!


Listen to this episode


Share this article

12.59 20 Nov 2025


Gen Z are accused of many things: that they’re chronically online, surgically attached to their phones, avoidant of eye contact and allergic to small talk.

They are, we’re told, the loneliest generation, and supposedly the one least able to hold a conversation with a stranger…

So, it may come as a surprise to learn that they, not the extroverted, freewheeling generations before them, are the ones bringing back communal dining!

Joining guest host Anna Daly to discuss this is Leslie Shoemaker, Psychologist and Lecturer in TU Dublin and Gráinne O’Higgins & Dearbhaile Gaffney, organisers of Mingle Meets Supper Club.


Read more about

Lunchtime Live

Related Episodes

World Transplant Games

00:10:58

World Transplant Games

Lunchtime Live

00:10:58


Don't Miss: The Real Roon...

00:12:59

Don't Miss: The Real Rooney's, The Love Hypothesis

Lunchtime Live

00:12:59


Lack of celebration for All Ir...

00:18:57

Lack of celebration for All Ireland U16 winners

Lunchtime Live

00:18:57


OpenAI scraps release of its l...

00:07:37

OpenAI scraps release of its latest artificial intelligence model

The Claire Byrne Show

00:07:37