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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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Protests over returning €3,000 college contribution fee

2 hours ago - 9 mins

The Hard Shoulder Highlights

Could a lack of priests be hurting funerals?

2 hours ago - 10 mins

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Ireland’s first supervised injection centre - 6 months on

a day ago - 11 mins

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What living at home in your 20s is like

a day ago - 8 mins

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Kids Health Check: Managing child anxieties

a day ago - 11 mins

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Trump’s tariff letters - what to know

a day ago - 7 mins

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Will the new Defence Force pay package be money well spent?

A €10m package for the Defence Forces is reportedly being approved by Government this evening, once they meet at around 8 o’clock, when Leo returns from Brussels. It’s seen as an attempt to stop members of the forces leaving the organisation amid a personnel crisis. Minister with Responsibility for Defence Paul Kehoe referred the retention crisis to the Public Service Pay Commission in 2017, and received the report this year. So does this look like a good move by the Government? Security and defence analyst Declan Power told Ivan whether it was too little too late.