The Hard Shoulder

Aisling Larkin, Mindful Eating Coach and TV Chef joined Kieran today to chat through the most delicious ways to introduce halloumi into your meals...

With the rise of phone and online Scams, a phenomena has emerged known as of Scam Baiting. Where a small group of individuals take the fight back to the Scammers.  Kieran was joined by Stephen Kearney, Scam Baiter and Jim Browning, Youtuber and professional Scam Baiter to discuss... 

Ian Madigan, former Irish Rugby international and Leinster and Ulster player announced his retirement last week and he joined Kieran on The Hard Shoulder to discuss...

The Department of Education is to survey parents as part of efforts to encourage more Catholic schools to divest to multi-denominational patronage. The current Programme for Government commits to have 400 multi-denominational primary schools by 2030.  However there are only 150 as of today out of over 3,000 schools.  Kieran was joined by Simon Lewis, Principal of Carlow Educate Toge...

It’s the first ever National Compliment Day organized by the young people’s mental health charity Jigsaw. But how can a compliment change our mood and our path in the day and do we hand out enough compliments?   Henry McKean has been out finding out do people give compliments?

The Hard Shoulder is LIVE from The Palace Bar on Fleet Street in Dublin. The pub is celebrating it's 200th anniversary. To celebrate the iconic Irish pub culture and The Palace Bar's anniversary, Kieran Cuddihy was joined by writer and broadcaster Keith Walsh, Irish Times columnist Brianna Parkins crime journalist with the Irish Independent, Paul Williams, owner of The Palace Bar, Willie Ahearn, J...

The Hard Shoulder is LIVE from The Palace Bar on Fleet Street in Dublin. The pub is celebrating it's 200th anniversary. Dublin has changed so much in that period and only in the last few years has this city seen such change from culture, architecture or business.   To discuss the changing face of Dublin and Kieran was joined by Frank McDonald, Former Environment Editor with the Irish Tim...

We broadcasted live from the Palace Bar on Fleet Street to mark its 200th anniversary. Many guests contributed to the programme for the launch of the Palace Porter. Newstalk reporter Josh Crosbie spent the day meeting with some of the local characters who share many fond memories of the establishment.

Newstalk's Technology Correspondent Jess Kelly joined Kieran LIVE in The Palace Bar in Dublin to chat through some tips on how to save a few quid with rewards schemes and loyalty programmes

We’ve seen over the last two days how €157m worth of drugs was seized off the MV Matthew ship off the coast of Cork.  Paul Williams, crime journalist with the Irish Independent joined Kieran LIVE in The Palace Bar in Dublin to discuss...

The Hard Shoulder is LIVE from The Palace Bar on Fleet Street in Dublin. The pub is celebrating it's 200th anniversary. To fully understand the influence of this bar and the history of it’s origin and success, Kieran was joined by the owner, Willie Ahearn, and licensed trade historian, Eamon Casey to discuss...

Rank and file Gardaí have voted to withdraw from voluntary overtime throughout October. The GRA has been holding a special conference in Kilkenny following a no confidence vote in Commissioner Drew Harris in a dispute over rosters. Anton Savage was joined by James Morrisore, Deputy General Secretary of the Garda Representative Association to discuss...

Newstalk's own, Simon Tierney joined Kieran Cuddihy for the series 'The Shopping Trolley Hotline'. The series will give listeners pause when they’re filling their trolleys, to consider their options. This week Simon and Kieran take a look a some of the options for lunch meats on the shelves...

It’s the largest drug seizure in the history of the state according to one senior garda - a total of over 2 kilogrammes of suspected cocaine with a street value of €157 million has been seized off the south-east coast last night.  Gardaí have said today that about 25 people were on board, but said they cannot comment on the possibility of further arrests.  Anton Savage was joined by Cath...

'Winnie the Pooh: The Deforested Edition', is the latest version of the iconic children’s story and it is aiming to increase awareness and to teach issues around climate change to children.   But is children’s literature a good place to discuss complex issues such as climate change or are we just clutching at our pearls?   Helena Duggan, Children’s Author joined Anton Savage to...

If you stepped outside, or even looked out your window, at any stage today, you’ll have noticed the weather hasn’t been particularly great all day. Well, that’s all thanks to Storm Agnes, the first storm of this winter season. Anton Savage was joined by Andrew Sherlock, a meteorologist with Met Eireann and our reporter Jamie O’Hara in Cork, where the weather has been particularly bad...

Can you remember the last time you checked your voicemail? Well, apparently you shouldn’t have to worry about that anymore, because, according to etiquette experts, the way we use our phones is changing. Phone calls are out, text messages are in. But are there times when a call is just necessary? Writer and broadcaster Stefanie Preissner and Mary McCarthy, columnist with the Irish Independent join...

Every week for Tuesday Travel on The Hard Shoulder, Fionn Davenport takes a closer look at some of the fantastic destinations to visit around the world. This week, Fionn joined Kieran to give him tips for a trip to Istanbul....

The Shine Festival is set to kick off this October with a range of events that aims to inspire young women across Ireland.   The festival is run by The Shona Project: Empowering and Inspiring the girls of Ireland and will feature events and talks from speakers across many sectors including health, sport, politics and business.    One of the speakers, Ellen Gunning, CEO of...

Kieran Cuddihy was joined by Fine Gael Senator, Regina Doherty, and Socialist Party TD for Cork North Central, Mick Barry. Continuing the series, ‘Common Ground’, they will debate some of the biggest, most divisive topics around. The series continued with a debate on 'Is the far left as bad as the far right?'

The Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying has been told today that twelve Irish people have travelled to Switzerland to die with Dignitas since 2003  Also, nearly 100 Irish people have become members of the group, which provides physician-supported accompanied suicide.  This is almost double the rate it was two years ago.   Gino Kenny, People Before Profit TD for Dublin Mid-West, and me...

Fans of the Great British Bake Off are counting down the hours to the start of season 14 of the show, which kicks off this evening. The show is always a massive success when it returns to our screens, but what is it actually like to be on the other side of the camera for a show like this? Kieran was joined by 2021 winner of the series, Giuseppe Dell’Anno to discuss...

Landlords could pay less tax on rental income going forward.   Proposals are being put forward in advance of budget talks intensifying this week.     One proposal circulated by the Department of Housing suggests a lower rate of tax or increased exemptions for landlords.  Kieran was joined by Mike Allen, Director of Advocacy at Focus Ireland and Mary Conway, Spokespers...

The issue of assisted dying was back before an Oireachtas committee on the issue today. Dignitas which operates in Switzerland where the practice is legal was one of those before the committee today  Dignitas member Silvan Luley told TDs this morning that its Irish membership grew from 57 to 80 between 2020 and last year, and that 13 people have travelled to Switzerland to end their lives sin...

Ireland’s air quality is not good enough. That’s according to the World Health Organisation who said that the quality of Irish air is just below the standard of the organisation.   One of the ways suggested to promote cleaner air is to introduce more sustainable ways to heat our homes and to stop burning of solid fuels but is that practical - can we actually ban fires in our homes? ...