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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'.

Latest episodes

Taylor Swift is engaged! Should we care?

2 hours ago - 8 mins

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Should the public intervene if they see shoplifting?

2 hours ago - 11 mins

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The Ultimate Guide: Sydney

a day ago - 12 mins

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Financial planning advice for 60+ year olds 

a day ago - 11 mins

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Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce announce their engagement!

a day ago - 5 mins

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How can the Government best prepare the healthcare system? 

a day ago - 14 mins

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Could the vaccine rollout be handled better?

The HSE has said 219,200 coronavirus vaccine doses have been administered so far in Ireland. Meanwhile, the AstraZeneca Covid vaccine has officially been authorised for use in Ireland, effective immediately, with Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly signing the authorisation this morning. So how are we getting on with the vaccine rollout? Micheal McNamara, Independent TD for Clare and former Chair of the Oireachtas Covid Committee and Barry Andrews, who is Fianna Fáil MEP for Dublin, joined Kieran on Thursday's edition of The Hard Shoulder to discuss.