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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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The Kids Clinic: How to to encourage kids to help out around the house

13 hours ago - 9 mins

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Is Ireland being protected from the impact of tariffs?

14 hours ago - 6 mins

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Medvedev meltdown: How to deal with outbursts and remain cool in sport

14 hours ago - 3 mins

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Siobhán McSweeney on hosting The Traitors Ireland 

14 hours ago - 12 mins

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Keeping roads safe as school restarts

14 hours ago - 5 mins

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Spontaneous phone calls are 'alarming, intrusive and unnecessary' - Stefanie Preissner

Can you remember the last time you checked your voicemail? Well, apparently you shouldn’t have to worry about that anymore, because, according to etiquette experts, the way we use our phones is changing. Phone calls are out, text messages are in. But are there times when a call is just necessary? Writer and broadcaster Stefanie Preissner and Mary McCarthy, columnist with the Irish Independent joined Anton Savage to discuss...