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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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"It's a confrontation of the independence of the Data Protection Commissioner"

The Government is to challenge an order that ruled the Public Services Card has no legal basis. The Data Protection Commissioner ordered agencies delete the data on citizens which was not relevant to welfare services. Over 3 million citizens have been issued the card, and Helen Dixon was critical about how people's information was being held onto indefinitely. Minister Regina Doherty is to bring her decision to cabinet this evening. Liam Herrick from the Irish Council of Civil Liberties spoke to Ivan about his concerns over the card, and what such a case would do to the relationship between the State and the Data Protection Commissioner's Office