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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'.

Latest episodes

Winners and Sinners

2 days ago - 31 mins

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College Football takes over Dublin - will you be watching?

2 days ago - 13 mins

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You Are What You Eat: Breakfast Reimagined

2 days ago - 16 mins

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Sport with Eoin Sheahan

2 days ago - 7 mins

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

2 days ago - 12 mins

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Wholesale electricity prices rose by 4.6% in July

2 days ago - 9 mins

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Should the USC be scrapped?

When the USC was introduced in 2010, we were all promised it was a temporary measure to help us out of the financial crisis. 13 years later, we’re still paying it and there’s no sign of it stopping. With recent news that we’ve entered a budget surplus, a lot of people are beginning to wonder why the tax is still necessary. Kieran was joined by Dr Aidan Regan, associate professor in the School of Politics and International Relations at UCD, and, Fianna Fail Senator Malcolm Byrne to discuss...