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The Hard Shoulder

The Hard Shoulder 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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Those who went the county council route to become president of Ireland

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3 days ago - 10 mins

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Sport with Eoin Sheahan

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"Budget 2020 was a seminal moment in our economic development..."

Twenty four hours on from Budget 2020, Ivan still had plenty to say on it. With much of the commentary around the announcement saying that it was a bit of a 'non-event', and not a lot had changed, Ivan took a different view. He believed when it was announced, and he still does today, that this Budget represented a bit of a turning point for us as an economy, as the prospect of a No Deal Brexit became real.