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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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Children and pensioners queue at Grafton Street food bank

Now as some of you might be heading off to buy presents in the lead up to Christmas, we must not forget the ongoing struggles many living in poverty are facing. Only last week we passed record homeless figures with more than 11,000 people accessing services. We still don’t know the actual extent of rough sleepers as many are not included in these official figures. Newstalk reporter Josh Crosbie has been along to the Grafton Street Kitchens to speak with volunteers and service users.