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The Hard Shoulder

The Hard Shoulder 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

Members of the Indian community meet with Simon Harris - how did it go?

a day ago - 6 mins

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Alan Fletcher discusses his new tour!

a day ago - 13 mins

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Is your smartwatch lying to you?

a day ago - 9 mins

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Kids Health Check: Transitioning from primary to secondary school

a day ago - 11 mins

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Joanna Donnelly on why she left Met Éireann

a day ago - 20 mins

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How has dating culture changed?

a day ago - 15 mins

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How common is it for a place to have two names?

Google has confirmed that it would add the label of ‘Gulf of America’ to its maps following the political action made by US President Donald Trump. But, how common is it for a location to have two contesting names, and what other examples are there? Pádraig Carmody, Professor of Geography at Trinity College joins Kieran to discuss.