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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'.

Latest episodes

The history of the Irish in Canada

13 hours ago - 10 mins

The Hard Shoulder Highlights

Gateway to Europe: Robert Mac Giolla Phadraig & Canada

13 hours ago - 8 mins

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Canada’s new government - what does the future look like?

13 hours ago - 16 mins

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The Bookshelf with Eileen Dunne

14 hours ago - 19 mins

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Paschal Donohoe on Trump, Tariffs & CETA

14 hours ago - 11 mins

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Speaking with “The Voice of the Toronto Maple Leafs”!

15 hours ago - 10 mins

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"Full time workers should be able to live with dignity!"

The Government has announced plans to replace the current minimum wage with a new 'living wage'. Starting next year, it will be phased over the next four years, until it matches to the Living Wage of 2026. The living wage will be set at 60% of the median wage in any given year which, in 2022, would be €12.17 an hour. Kieran was joined by Robert Thornton Member of the Living Wage Technical Group and Senior Research and Policy Officer at the Vincentian Partnership for Social Justice and Neil McDonnell Chief Executive of ISME, to discuss if this is enough to combat the rising cost of living.