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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'.

Latest episodes

Quarter of child sex-abuse material is self-generated - what can be done?

16 hours ago - 19 mins

The Hard Shoulder Highlights

Should we stick to Amazon UK instead of IE?

17 hours ago - 7 mins

The Hard Shoulder Highlights

Model of migrant boat placed on top of Tyrone bonfire

17 hours ago - 4 mins

The Hard Shoulder Highlights

Why the RSA is bringing more disturbing ads back

17 hours ago - 14 mins

The Hard Shoulder Highlights

Should public spaces be more dog friendly?

17 hours ago - 7 mins

The Hard Shoulder Highlights

Is it time to get rid of automated voice messages?

17 hours ago - 8 mins

The Hard Shoulder Highlights

The Mercosur deal - what is the bigger picture?

On June 28th, The EU and Mercosur states - Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay, reached a political agreement for a comprehensive trade agreement after 20 years of negotiations. But what exactly does this decades-in-the-making agreement really mean?  Dan O' Brien, who is the Chief Economist at the Institute of International and European Affairs and columnist with Independent newspapers, joined Ivan to discuss.