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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'.

Latest episodes

Reaction to the Crowe Road Policing report

7 hours ago - 18 mins

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Mairead Mcguinness pulls out of presidential race

a day ago - 5 mins

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Those who went the county council route to become president of Ireland

a day ago - 16 mins

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Movies and TV: Eddington, Together and K Pop Demon Hunters

a day ago - 20 mins

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Is “Cead mile failte” a fad

a day ago - 11 mins

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Why are the Irish we so flippant with the rules ?

a day ago - 26 mins

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Why do we have so much slang?

Sharon Horgan of ‘Bad Sisters’ fame has been doing the rounds for their new season and sparked some interest when she introduced the Irish phrase “Gee” on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert to an audience who had never heard it before. So what are other Irish slang and phrases we adore, and why do we Irish have so many sayings? Joining Kieran to discuss is Edward Hayden, TV Chef and Culinary Lecturer at SETU and Claire Ronan, Broadcaster. Image: Apple