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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

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

3 days ago - 7 mins

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Speaking rights row at the Dáil - when will it end?

Chaos erupted in the Dáil Chamber once again over speaking time. For the last 3 months, political work has seemingly stalled. This ongoing row has been in the news agenda for months and massively disrupted the government from doing their work. Finally, a vote Dáil speaking time passes - 94 votes to 74. Kieran is joined by Newstalk’s Political Correspondent, Seán Defoe, to recap what has been happening and discuss.