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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 RSA is defunct' - Verona Murphy

The number of drink-driving checkpoints on the roads is at its lowest level since 2017.  An Irish Times analysis of enforcement trends foresees 150,000 drivers in total will be breathalysed by the end of this year.  That’s compared to some 314 thousand people who were tested for alcohol at roadsides in 2018.  Kieran was joined by Shane Ross, former Minister for Transport and Verona Murphy Independent TD for Wexford to discuss...