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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

Desree Pether's reaction to her husband Robert's release on bail

a day ago - 11 mins

The Hard Shoulder Highlights

Over 30 people, including five children, deported to Nigeria

2 days ago - 34 mins

The Hard Shoulder Highlights

Inside Ireland's Nursing Homes

2 days ago - 19 mins

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How to do Stuff: Stifling Laughter

3 days ago - 10 mins

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Planning exemptions to be made on extensions for older people

3 days ago - 20 mins

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Tech Takeover: Age verification on adult sites

3 days ago - 9 mins

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Government's housing plan 'nowhere near what is needed' - Hearne

There was a big response to our interview yesterday on The Hard Shoulder with Conor Skehan, the Sunday Independent Columnist and former chair of The Housing Agency. Conor had a lot of strong views on it, and to talk through some of the issues that Conor raised, Kieran was joined by Rory Hearne, Assistant Professor in Social Policy at Maynooth University, and the author of ‘Housing Shock: The Irish Housing Crisis and How to Solve It’...