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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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Winners and Sinners

6 hours ago - 31 mins

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College Football takes over Dublin - will you be watching?

6 hours ago - 13 mins

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You Are What You Eat: Breakfast Reimagined

7 hours ago - 16 mins

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Sport with Eoin Sheahan

7 hours ago - 7 mins

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Last-minute issues with school bus places - what’s happening?

7 hours ago - 12 mins

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Wholesale electricity prices rose by 4.6% in July

8 hours ago - 9 mins

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Is it time to ban disposable vapes?

Talks of the Government banning disposable vapes have sparked an outcry from retailers against a total ban. Although retailers have acknowledged the environmental concerns surrounding single-use vaping products need to be addressed, they believe a total ban would prove detrimental to their businesses. On the other hand, health experts warn of both the health costs and environmental threats single-use vaping products pose. Around 2/3 of people in Ireland are for the Government ban, saying it would take away the environmental threat and save a new generation from suffering nicotine addictions. Martin Mulligan of the National Federation of Independent Retailers and Professor Des Cox, Consultant in Pediatric Respiratory Medicine at Children's Health Ireland joined Kieran Cuddihy on the show to discuss the ban and what it means for both retailers and the larger society...