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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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Winners and Sinners

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College Football takes over Dublin - will you be watching?

a day ago - 13 mins

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a day ago - 16 mins

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Sport with Eoin Sheahan

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Last-minute issues with school bus places - what’s happening?

a day ago - 12 mins

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a day ago - 9 mins

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Are we too quick to get outraged?

There seems to be a wave of pessimism and catastrophising across Ireland, according to Aidan Regan, Lecturer in the UCD School of Politics and International Relations. The media coverage and the Social Media's reach seem to cause an "outrage machine".  Are we too quick to get outraged? And what is the media's role? Aidan Regan joined Kieran Cuddihy to discuss this.