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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

Housing Minister James Browne on social homes and housing tsar

12 hours ago - 18 mins

The Hard Shoulder Highlights

The cost of living in Boston - how does it compare?

12 hours ago - 10 mins

The Hard Shoulder Highlights

Tech Takeover: Humanoid Robots

12 hours ago - 6 mins

The Hard Shoulder Highlights

How does a conclave work - and when will the new Pope be chosen?

12 hours ago - 14 mins

The Hard Shoulder Highlights

Ireland, Canada & US tariffs - will we do more business together?

12 hours ago - 13 mins

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The right to die - how it works in Canada vs Ireland

12 hours ago - 20 mins

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Has political discourse helped make racism more mainstream?

Comments by Verona Murphy on migrants have caused controversy this week. Those comments, as well protests outside direct provision centres, and historical tweets surfacing from Lorraine Clifford-Lee have brought discussions around migration to the fore. Is an anti-immigration stance becoming more mainstream? Campaigner Ailbhe Smyth, and Brendan Ogle, who is the Unite Trade Union’s Senior Officer in the Republic of Ireland joined Ivan to express their concerns.