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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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Jennie Bond: "I was brought up to not throw things out a car window"

We’ve been speaking over the last few days about city centres and opening up following the pandemic. And when large crowds gather, there tends to be plenty of rubbish laying in their wake. My next guest lives in the UK, in Devon - a hotspot for visitors, particularly when the weather is good - and she has been part of an initiative to clean up litter in the area. Jennie Bond, the former BBC Royal Correspondent, tells Kieran why it's such a bug bear of hers.