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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'.

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"You'd be amazed at the Irish you actually have..."

Over one and half million Irish people are confident in their ability to speak Irish. This is according to new research from Conradh na Gaeilge; and almost two million are confident in their ability to understand Irish. So do people need more of an opportunity to speak it?  Or why aren’t we hearing more of the language spoken? Blathnaid Ni Chofaigh is an Irish speaker and presenter with RTE, and she .