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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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Mother trying to reunite with children taken abroad

Kieran’s guest has not seen her two sons in two years…  Mandy Kelly’s sons Zayn and Kareem, who are now 5 and 3, were taken by her estranged husband to his home in Egypt back in April 2022.  Mandy’s case has been backed by the Taoiseach, and she today met with Children’s Ombudsman Niall Muldoon.  She joins the show to share her story.