''The last year has been a real test for friendship...''

The Hard Shoulder Highlights

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''The last year has been a real test for friendship...''

We noticed some research this morning from the UK, which has highlighted that they are in the grip of an “epidemic of loneliness” among the young. The report from the Onward think tank, said the proportion of people aged between 18 and 34 who say that they have one or no close friends has tripled in a decade. Jill O’Mahony, lecturer in Sociology at Waterford Institute of Technology, Michael McLoughlin of Youth Work Ireland and Alexandra Ryan, founder and CEO of Entertainment News Site Goss.ie, joined Kieran to discus. The Hard Shoulder 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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