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The Hard Shoulder Highlights

The Hard Shoulder Highlights with Kieran Cuddihy on Newstalk. Join Kieran every weekday afternoon from 4-7pm for a round-up of the day’s events, interviews with the people at the centre of the stories – and a bit of craic along the way. Listen and subscribe to The Hard Shoulder on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify.      Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.    You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.

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The Hard Shoulder Highlights

Minister Peter Burke on the ‘Team Ireland’ trade mission

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What rights does someone granted asylum have?

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The Bookshelf with Eoin Sheahan

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Emmy nominations revealed - how did the Irish do?

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17 hours ago - 9 mins

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60th Anniversary of Women in the Gardaí

This day in 1959, twelve women became the first recruits of An Garda Síochána. There was restrictions on their height, they had to be unmarried, and crucially, not too good looking.  Ellen O'Malley Dunlop, Chairperson of the National Women's Council of Ireland attended the celebrations today and she joins to discuss the history of women in Garda ranks and what the force has planned to develop their influence and presence.