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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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"You feel it's because you're not sick enough, or not thin enough."

While lockdowns have been hard on everyone, people with eating disorders have been particularly badly affected. Doctors and advocacy groups have both reported big increases in the numbers of people coming forward for treatment. However, they have consistently faced problems getting the help they need, and it has now emerged that no new funding was provided to a crucial treatment plan last year. Reporter Paul O’Donoghue joined Kieran after taking a closer look at what could be done to help those suffering with an eating disorder.