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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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"You are talking about little babies being left without any care or attention.."

Serious shortcomings in the oversight of crèches are still rife as a shocking new undercover exposé turned the spotlight on Garda vetting and the inspection regime. ‘RTÉ Investigates’ revealed how children in a number of facilities in Dublin were ill-treated , and also left at serious risk in the event of fire.In a statement, Hyde & Seek said the RTÉ Investigates documentary, broadcast last night, "raised some real issues for us and we will deal with them quickly.'' Suzanne Connolly, Barnardos CEO joined Ivan in the studio to discuss the shocking revelations.