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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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How big of a problem is grade inflation?

Cheers and jeers would have rung out in many Irish houses today as the first rounds of university offers from the CAO went out. But, for some university courses, students will be allocated random spots due to a high number of applicants. Why is this the case, and are inflated grades to blame here? Kieran is joined by John Walshe, Former Advisor to Education Minister Ruairi Quinn, to discuss.