Podcasts

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'.

Latest episodes

Should Alberta be independent from Canada?

11 hours ago - 9 mins

The Hard Shoulder Highlights

The Forest That Won’t Forget - A Cervical Check Memorial

11 hours ago - 16 mins

The Hard Shoulder Highlights

What is ‘caveman’ skincare?

12 hours ago - 6 mins

The Hard Shoulder Highlights

More deportation flights - what should be done?

12 hours ago - 12 mins

The Hard Shoulder Highlights

Is a screen time ban for under 6’s realistic?

13 hours ago - 8 mins

The Hard Shoulder Highlights

Does Ireland need a Housing Tsar?

13 hours ago - 13 mins

The Hard Shoulder Highlights

Fobgate: calls for an overhaul of how TDs sign in and out of the Dail

As questions are raised about TDs attendance in the Dail, Ivan spoke to Independent TD for Galway-Roscommon, Michael Fitzmaurice, who featured on a list of deputies compiled by RTE Investigates who was signed in to the House but didn't attend votes in the Chamber. Kevin Doyle, Group Political Editor with Independent Newspapers, then spoke to Ivan about his query to Michael Healy Rae, the Kerry TD, who appeared to be signed in to the Dail on a day when he attended a funeral in Sneem, Co Kerry.