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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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Should social media be banned for under 16’s?

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The history held within the JFK Library in Boston

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Huge reactions from America over Chicago Pope

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I believe the political system is trying to bury RTE and bury it for good!

As you have heard across the station today, RTE has confirmed major cost cutting measures across the National Broadcaster- including cutting presenter' pay; 200 job cuts; the closure of RTE's Limerick studio and the sale of the RTE Guide. So with uncertainty hanging over media across the country- in fact around the world- what is the future of public service broadcasting? David Harvey, Founder of City Channel joined Ivan on this evening's edition of the Hard Shoulder, but first, Charlie Bird, well known to all of us as a long-standing RTE journalist for many years, had some pointed remarks to make in relation to how RTE is being treated, particularly by the political system.