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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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Restrictions on nursing home visiting have been relaxed

Visiting restrictions to nursing homes and other residential centres have been relaxed. This means that visiting can now include children for the first time. The Covid-19 restrictions, which limited the number of people nominated to visit a resident to two, has been lifted. Tadhg Daly is CEO of Nursing Homes Ireland, and Diarmuid Ó Dálaigh is the owner of Oaklodge Nursing Home in Cloyne, Co. Cork. They joined Mark on Wednesday's edition of the Hard Shoulder to give their reaction.