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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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What is the current and future state of the economy?

Over the next few Wednesday’s we are going to take an in depth look at some of the most pressing issues likely to face the country over the coming months. Today, we are going to focus on the economy and the preparations we need to make for any downturn in the economy and the level of threat we may face from a No Deal Brexit. Joining Ivan in studio today to discuss the state of the economy was Dan O’Brien, Chief economist at the Institute of International and European Affairs, columnist with Independent newspapers and senior fellow at UCD, Neil McDonnell. CEO of the Irish Small and Medium Enterprises (ISME) and Joan Burton, Labour Party Spokesperson on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform.