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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 impact of lockdown on housing

Reports said that following a meeting of the Cabinet Covid-19 committee, Level 5 restrictions look set to remain in place until April with strict measures until early May. One of the major impacts that this will have, is on the housing market. Surely this will mean availability and affordability will take a hit … and solutions to the housing crisis will have to be kicked further down the road? Orla Hegarty is an architect, and assistant professor at the School of Architecture, Planning and Environmental Policy at UCD, and Karl Deeter is a financial analyst.  They joined Kieran on Friday's edition of The Hard Shoulder to discuss.