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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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Could we do more to encourage people to learn Irish?

The government has announced the ‘National Plan for Irish Language Public Services’ which aims to improve our Irish language services. However, do we do enough to encourage those who are not already fluent to speak the language? Joining Kieran to discuss is Podcaster and Broadcaster, Fionnuala Jones and Director of Bhaile Átha Cliath le Gaeilge, Mícheál Ó Nualláin.