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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's not acceptable that there's any house empty' - Amsterdam to fine vacant home owners

Amsterdam, like Ireland, is struggling with a housing crisis of its own. Over 800,000 homes are rumoured to be needed by 2030 to meet demands. In Amsterdam fines may be imposed on those who own dwellings that aren’t being used. So can we learn something from the Dutch approach? Wim de Waard is a housing expert in Amsterdam, and he joined Kieran on the Hard Shoulder to discusss...