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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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Should the next Government bring in a Universal Basic Income?

As the three political parties continue to vote on whether to form a government, one of the aspects promised in the program for government they published last week is the concept of a universal basic income. The program for government commits to asking the Low Pay Commission to examine the idea and even piloting the idea within the lifetime of the government. So what would a Universal Basic Income mean? Joining Ivan on Monday's edition of The Hard Shoulder were Dr Seán Healy, Director of Social Justice Ireland and Ross McCarthy, chairperson of ISME.