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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 most visited places are being overwhelmed"

Tourists to the Eternal City will no longer be able to catch their breath on the Spanish Steps, after Rome banned people from sitting on the famous monument. Police could be seen blowing whistles to order people up and off the Steps in the historic centre. So what kind of negative impact can tourists have on a city be it Rome, Dublin, Cork or Galway. Well, to discuss this issue, Frank McDonald, author and former Environment Editor with The Irish Times joined Ivan in studio.