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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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Ten years on from Ireland’s Marriage Referendum and its influence

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Average rent in Dublin rises above €2,000 for the first time

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Ed Smith's Top Diss Tracks

‘Flowers’ by Miley Cyrus has taken over the charts all through 2023, so much so that it recently broke the Spotify record for most streams in a single week. It’s also already become one of the most dissected “diss tracks” of all time, given the not-so-subtle shade which is thrown at ex-husband Liam Hemsworth. This world of the diss track is nothing new of course, and to talk through some of the more memorable examples through the years, Kieran was joined in studio by Ed Smith of Today FM Rocks…