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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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"He was the inventor of modern Irish radio..."

Pat Kenny was given the task in the 90s of taking over from Gay Byrne as the host of the Late Late Show.  Describing him as the 'embodiment of the views of modern Ireland', Pat was joined Ivan on this evening's edition of the Hard Shoulder to pay tribute to him. Former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern also paid his own respects, calling him 'horrendously brave...' Broadcaster Gerry Kelly, who presented a chat show on UTV on Friday nights in the Gay Byrne era, also shared his thoughts, saying that he 'set the template for talk shows', saying that he set his timer to make sure he saw Gay peform every Friday night.