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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

3 days ago - 27 mins

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Those who went the county council route to become president of Ireland

3 days ago - 13 mins

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Which do you prefer, Oasis or Blur?

3 days ago - 10 mins

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You Are What You Eat: Blackberries

3 days ago - 17 mins

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You Are What You Eat: Blackberries

3 days ago - 11 mins

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Sport with Eoin Sheahan

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Solving crosswords with Artificial Intelligence

Matt Ginsberg is one of the brains behind the New York Times crosswords. But he wasn’t always able to finish them himself, so he built an Artificial Intelligence programme to do it for him. Dr Fill, as the programme is known, was trained on a mass of data, including a giant database of crossword clues and answers. Dr Fill has just won its first competition, coming first in the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament, the leading crossword competition in the US.