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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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The Thursday Interview: Sinead Burke

7 hours ago - 19 mins

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Former Israeli Soldier on why more and more IDF soldiers are refusing to serve in Gaza

7 hours ago - 13 mins

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Celebrity chef Mark Moriarty

7 hours ago - 10 mins

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EU-US Pharma Tariff rate agreed at 15%

7 hours ago - 15 mins

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Are board games dying or thriving?

8 hours ago - 12 mins

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Personality quiz makes renting in Dublin bizarre

Is the requirement to fill out a personality test to secure a house viewing the latest bizarre element of renting in Ireland's housing crisis? To discuss, Kieran Cuddihy is joined by Meghan from Newstalk and Peter Dooley from the Dublin Renters Union. Later, Kieran is joined by Dr. Rory Hearne, Assistant Professor of Social Policy at Maynooth University to discuss how the market has gotten to this point, and what needs to be done to change things.