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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 Future Of Banking As 15 AIB Branches Set To Close

AIB is to close 15 of its branches and amalgamate them with other nearby locations. The bank says customers are interacting with its app more than 1.54 million times a day - compared with 35,000 daily branch visits. With 15 AIB branches closing across the country I spoke with residents in some affected areas. General Secretary of @fsuireland John O’Connell is calling for The Central Bank to intervene and pause bank closures. On the @TheHardShoulder in the next few minutes. pic.twitter.com/81WVYuk11s — Josh Crosbie (@JoshCrosbie3) July 20, 2021 Reporter Josh Crosbie visited Donnybrook which is one of the areas affected by the announcement. A full list of branch closures is available here