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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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They 'shouldn’t have the right to access public spaces' - Workers Party call for mandatory vaccinations and penalties

The British government has not ruled out making the covid vaccine mandatory in the country. But is it something we should consider here in Ireland? Éilis Ryan of the Workers Party told Kieran that we should "absolutely" think about making the vaccine mandatory when it does arrive. She observed: "Earlier this year, we wasted precious months of time without making the wearing masks in public places mandatory. "There is some misguided idea that if we make something mandatory, people wouldn't be inclined to go along with it - that was proved to be completely false.