RTE star Joe Duffy has been praised for discussing menopause on Liveline for five days. The mammoth run was like a lot of the topics of the day raised on the RTÉ show driven by audience demand.
When Joe put the call out for the women of Ireland to share their experiences of going through menopause the response was overwhelming.
The phone lines jammed as women took advantage of a rare chance to share their experiences. Women took to the airwaves to talk about an experience Davina McCall once famously compared to being like coming off heroin.
The menopause is marked by the ending of menstruation (when a woman’s periods stop). The hormonal changes mean many women experience both physical and emotional symptoms, such as hot flushes, night