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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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Those who went the county council route to become president of Ireland

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2 days ago - 10 mins

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"It's definitely a worry going onto a building site when there's so many cases in the community"

Thousands of construction workers returned to work today after the Christmas holidays as Covid-19 cases here sky-rocket. 6,110 positive cases were announced this evening, while almost 5,000 cases were confirmed yesterday. But is is safe for building sites to remain open? The Construction Industry Federation say sites are safe and should remain open, while the trade union Unite say if NPHET recommend that they close, then they should. Barry Whyte reports....