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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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"Do you want my honest answer on that? Me."

Bertie Ahern left behind a complicated legacy in politics: he is the only living Taoiseach to serve three consecutive terms and saw the country through the Celtic Tiger era, however there was controversy surrounding his financial affairs after he featured in the Mahon Tribunal. But as he approaches 69 years of age, what are the life lessons he's learned along the way? Who were his influences? Who really got the Good Friday Agreement over the line? What are his regrets? He sat down with Ivan Yates to talk about life, love, politics, religion and the art of his answers...