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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'.

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Is It Time To Ban Data Centers?

New data from the Central Statistics Office has found that electricity consumption by data center's increased by nearly a third last year. It also found that the controversial centers accounted for 14% of all electricity used in the country in 2021. Brid Smith, People before profit TD and Conor Skehan, Sunday Independent columnist, former Chair of the Housing Agency joined Kieran to discuss if it is time to halt the construction of data centers or if they too important for the economy.   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'.