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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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Newsmakers: Joe Biden's visit to Ireland

One of the biggest stories from this year was the visit the US President Joe Biden made to Ireland in April of this year  Biden checked a big item off his bucket list when he visited Ireland and his ancestral home, making it a deeply personal and wistful journey.  Kieran was joined by Mark Duffy, a Councillor for the Ballina Municipal District (Cathaoirleach during visit) and was a big part in the set up of the visit to Ballina and also Larry Donnelly, Director of the Kennedy Summer School and Law Lecturer at the University of Galway who covered the visit extensively at the time...