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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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Biohacking - can we really reduce our biological age?

5 hours ago - 8 mins

The Hard Shoulder Highlights

Eoin Colfer on encouraging children to read more

6 hours ago - 12 mins

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Movies and TV: Straw, Call Her Alex, Fubar

6 hours ago - 10 mins

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The Thursday Interview: Eilish O'Carroll

6 hours ago - 18 mins

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Would you take a ‘workation’?

7 hours ago - 6 mins

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Updates on the tragic Air India plane crash

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Irish Times Chess Columnist retires after 70 years

He’s played the long game, mastered the middle, and now, after nearly 70 years, JJ Walsh, Irish Times Chess Columnist, is making his final move by retiring. The Chess Columnist has written close to 16,000 puzzles, outlasting famous grandmasters like Bobby Fischer and Cold War tensions from his first column written back in 1955. JJ Walsh joins Kieran to discuss.