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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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Will the NBP contract be signed imminently?

The European Commission has approved the Government's National Broadband Plan. They have said that it does comply with State Aid rules. This represents one of the final hurdles preventing the State from signing the contract with the preferred bidder being cleared. Contracts, it seems, could now be signed within the next couple of weeks. Newstalk's technology correspondent Jess Kelly had all the details, while Paul Davis, procurement expert in the School of Business in DCU also shared his analysis.