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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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Dublin V Meath - who will lift the Brendan Martin Cup?

21 hours ago - 9 mins

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You Are What You Eat: Strawberries

a day ago - 17 mins

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Sport with Mick McCarthy

a day ago - 9 mins

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Have Irish businesses been let down by this new tariff deal?

a day ago - 12 mins

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Public transport police confirmed to be rolled out

a day ago - 11 mins

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Was the tourism industry ignored in Budget 2025?

For budget day, Kieran is joined by a panel of experts to break down the most important aspects of Budget 2025, particularly, how the tourism industry has seemingly been ignored. He’s joined by Catherine Flanagan, IITIC Director and CEO of the Visitor Attraction Sector, Conor Skehan, Columnist with the Sunday Independent and Danny McCoy, CEO of IBEC to discuss.