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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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Does Ireland need to invest in a military radar?

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"This is Absolutely Bang In Line With The Trends We See In Other Countries"

The elections have provided different discussion topics for many people, but for data analysts it provided an opportunity to look at the political scenario through statistics - so, were the polls accurate? Have more people voted for Sinn Fein than they admitted? And are Irish politics trends in line with the rest of the world? Pete Lunn, behavioural economist at ESRI joined Ivan to discuss this.