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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'.

Latest episodes

Initiative under way to promote late night café culture

2 hours ago - 8 mins

The Hard Shoulder Highlights

Protests over returning €3,000 college contribution fee

2 hours ago - 9 mins

The Hard Shoulder Highlights

Could a lack of priests be hurting funerals?

2 hours ago - 10 mins

The Hard Shoulder Highlights

Ireland’s first supervised injection centre - 6 months on

a day ago - 11 mins

The Hard Shoulder Highlights

What living at home in your 20s is like

a day ago - 8 mins

The Hard Shoulder Highlights

Kids Health Check: Managing child anxieties

a day ago - 11 mins

The Hard Shoulder Highlights

"Climate change threatens the lives of many people..."

Extinction Rebellion protesters have been trying to shut down Westminster as part of a fortnight of planned disruption to demand urgent action to tackle climate change. Protesters are calling on the government to declare a climate and ecological emergency, to act immediately to halt wildlife loss, and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to net-zero by 2025. George Monbiot is a columnist with the Guardian, author and environmental activist, and he told Ivan why he believes Extinction Rebellion is a worthy cause.