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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

How to do Stuff: Pretending to be an expert

15 hours ago - 12 mins

The Hard Shoulder Highlights

Trump’s first 100 days - how has he done?

15 hours ago - 24 mins

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Knowing all the forms of leave you can take at work

16 hours ago - 11 mins

The Hard Shoulder Highlights

Tech Takeover: Who are ‘Scattered Spider’?

16 hours ago - 10 mins

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Does Ireland need to invest in a military radar?

16 hours ago - 7 mins

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Is the social care system in Ireland fit for purpose?

17 hours ago - 11 mins

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Should there be people who don’t have to pay taxes?

The Stay and Spend scheme which is being introduced now encourages you to go on a staycation, spend your money there and then claim up to 125 euro back in tax credits. Of course that’s only applicable to taxpayers - meaning students, workers with lower income and retired people wouldn’t be able to avail of this.  To discuss this further, Kieran Cuddihy was joined by Richard Boyd Barrett, Solidarity-People Before Profit TD for Dun Laoghaire and Dan O’Brien, chief economist of the Institute of International and European Affairs.