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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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Robots in Restaurants

Robots are popping up at restaurants around the country. The cat-themed robot ‘BellaBot’ greets and serves at various spots in Ireland, with the technology already massively popular in Japan. Kieran was joined by Paul Lenihan, President of the Restaurant Association of Ireland and Conor McGinn, Assistant Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Trinity College, to discuss if this could be the answer to staff shortages.