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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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'Councils will deliver the predominance of social and affordable homes'

The Affordable Housing Scheme involves a lot of different proposals, some of them more controversial than others, like the shared equity scheme and the Land Development Agency Bill, which says local  authorities are best placed to assess the level of demand for affordable housing in their functional areas. So to discuss this further, Kieran Cuddihy was joined by Darragh O’Brien, Minister for Housing. 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'.