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The Hard Shoulder Highlights

The Hard Shoulder Highlights 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 Crown - Lord Mountbatten's murder featured in Co Sligo features in Season 4

On 27 August 1979, Lord Mountbatten, great uncle to Prince Charles, was killed by an IRA bomb that detonate in his boat off the coast of Mullaghmore, Sligo. Three others were killed on the boat that day, including two teenage boys. These events have been re-examined this week following the release of Season 4 of The Crown on Netflix. As fans of the drama will know, the show accurately portrays the seismic impact that Lord Mountbatten (played by Charles Dance) had on the formative years of Prince Charles (played by Josh O'Connor). Our reporter Barry Whyte has been looking back on what locals in the seaside village in Co Sligo remember about that day in August 1979….