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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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"I wouldn't say credit unions are doomed. But they are hurt..."

One of the country’s largest credit unions, Life Credit Union, has put a limit on how much members can save. It has nearly 40,000 members, and will impose a limit of €20,000 on savings from next month. In a letter to members Life CU chairperson Marion Hanlon said: “The introduction of a savings cap is due to the very high level of savings inflow over the last few years, which has a negative impact on our reserves, and the lower return on our investment portfolio.” Economist Eddie Hobbs is not surprised by this, and has a 25 point list (no less) on how negative rates could impact the future - and this type of move by credit unions is one of them.