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The Hard Shoulder Highlights

The Hard Shoulder Highlights 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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Swimming's world governing body FINA voted this week to restrict the participation of transgender athletes in elite women's competitions. They are also creating a working group to establish an "open" category for them in some events as part of its new policy. Sean Ingle, Chief Sports Reporter for The Guardian, joined Kieran to discuss the latest move from a sporting organisation in response to the growing conversation around transgender athletes competing in sport.