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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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'It was a really ill judged decision by the ASTI' - Niall Collins

Minister of State for further education Niall Collins appealed for the ASTI teachers’ union to go back into talks on the Leaving Cert for the sake of students. Although the ASTI yesterday pulled out of talks after a row on calculated grades, it said it is working to “break the impasse” after meeting with the government today. Kieran was joined by the minister along with former teacher and union activist Joe Moran to discuss the issue.