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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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"Given the difficulties we are facing heads should be banged together for resolve."

An amber alert for the country’s electricity supply has been issued for the second day in a row. We’re told there is a “a generation shortfall in Ireland”. Gerry Duggan, Chartered Engineer and former advisor in the ESB, and Dermot O'Brien, General Manager of Shannonside Galvanising, joined Kieran to discuss what can be done about this and what we could see moving into winter.