The Hard Shoulder

Over 27,000 students enrolled in private post-primary schools for the last academic year, a record number. It represents a 6 per cent increase in the number of students attending private schools over the last five years. Kieran was joined by Michael Clark, Fianna Fail County Councillor for Killiney-Shankill and Sorca Clarke, Sinn Féin Education spokesperson and TD for Longford-Westmeath to discuss...

Sentencing has occurred of the nurse Lucy Letby who was found guilty of killing seven infants in her care and the attempted murder of six babies. Justice James Goss at the Manchester Crown Court handed down the most severe sentence possible under British law. Kieran was joined by Vincent McAvinney, journalist and broadcaster to discuss...

The England Women's World Cup dreams were dashed after a 1-0 loss to Spain in the final yesterday. Across social media it was clear that Irish fans were delighting in their loss. Why do we support the downfall of English sports teams? Kieran was joined by Off the Ball’s Adrian Barry to discuss....

Off The Ball's Ger Gilroy joined Kieran Cuddihy on The Hard Shoulder to review the week in sport and look ahead to the weekend action...

Aisling Larkin, Mindful Eating Coach and TV Chef joined Kieran today to learn how best to use peaches in your cooking and baking...

RTÉ has revealed that contact talks have broken down with Ryan Tubridy and the broadcaster will not be returning to the air. Niamh Smyth TD, Chair of the Oireachtas Media Committee and Garett Harte, Managing Director of Harte Media and former Editor in Chief of Newstalk...

Swappie research has revealed almost half of Irish people continue to hoard their old tech. Kieran was joined by Newstalk's Technology Correspondent Jess Kelly to discuss...

England’s Lionesses will be looking to “bring it home” this Sunday as they take on Spain in the World Cup final. It is the first appearance for both nations in the final. Former Ireland international Karen Duggan joined Kieran to discuss...

Irish troops are to provide weapons training to the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Does this go against the government's pledge to provide only non-lethal support? Kieran was joined by People Before Profit TD Paul Murphy and Fianna Fail Defense Spokesperson, Lisa Chambers to discuss...

The legendary broadcaster Sir Michael Parkinson has died after a brief illness at the age of 88. For more reaction to this, Kieran was joined by Dame Esther Rantzen to discuss...

Aiden Aslin joined the Ukrainian Marines in 2018. Four years later, he was stationed at the front line in Mariupol, where he was part of a mass surrender. He was singled out for his British passport and was taken as a prisoner of war. Now, he, along with the help of John Sweeney, has written a book about his experience in their book 'Putin’s Prisoner: My time as a prisoner of war in Ukraine'. Both...

The legendary broadcaster Sir Michael Parkinson has died after a brief illness at the age of 88. Broadcaster Gloria Hunniford and Alastair Campbell, writer, communicator, consultant and co-host of ‘The Rest Is Politics' joined Kieran to discuss...

AI has found its way into every profession there is and now the music industry is being threatened as well. Should we take these threats seriously? Kieran was joined by Dr. Martin Clancy from Trinity College Dublin and musician Ultan Conlon...

The TV licence is back in the spotlight again following the publication of the Grant Thornton report yesterday into secret payments from RTE to Ryan Tubridy. Latest figures show that since news of the controversy emerged in June, TV licence renewals have fallen by one-third compared to the same period last year. Larry Bass, CEO of ShinAwiL production company joined Kieran to discuss...

The discussion has been rumbling on the last few weeks about the decision to have cashless ticketing at the National Ploughing Championships this year We are a month out from the National Ploughing Championships and some people are still not happy Kieran was joined by Jackie Flannery, From the Irish Rural Association and Anna Marie McHugh, from the National Ploughing Association to discuss...

Ireland take on England this weekend as part of their World Cup warm-up. The team were training at the IRFU's High Performance Centre in Blanchardstown. Jess Kelly, Newstalk's Technology Correspondent was there to get an insight into the tech used to better the team's performance...

According to a new report by Trinity College Dublin researchers, vacant properties and land in Irish city centres are an “inevitable outcome” of the State’s planning system and property markets. The report highlights what it calls an ‘inherent tension’ between planning and the market. Cian O’Callaghan is associate Professor in Urban Geography with the School of Natural Sciences at Trinity College...

Today Grant Thornton released a long-awaited report that looked into Ryan Tubridy’s pay and how RTE under-declared his 2017-2019 income by €120,000. The board have acknowlegded governance “failures” in this regard Kieran was joined by Willie O’Reilly, former RTE Commerical Director and media commentator and Emma O’Kelly, Chair of NUJ Broadcasting Branch to discuss

Cities around the world are trying to move to a more cycling friendly approach to minimalise congestion and fulfil their environmental duties. Historically, Dublin have always been credited with being impressive in their action however, the progress has halted significantly. Kieran was joined by Dr Robert Egan, research fellow in Civil Structural & Environmental Engineering at Trinity College Dubl...

Today, Grant Thornton released a long-awaited report that looked into Ryan Tubridy’s pay and how RTE under-declared his 2017-2019 income by €120,000. The board have acknowlegded governance “failures” in this regard Kieran was joined by Terry Prone, Chair of the Communications Clinic and Brian Stanley, Sinn Fein TD and chair of the Public Accounts Committee to discuss...

As the Bank of Ireland IT glitch comes clearer, allowing customers to transfer up to €2,000 from their account even if they didn’t have the funds. Transferring money from their Bank Of Ireland accounts to their Revolut accounts, then using their Revolut cards to withdraw money from the ATMS. But have we lost our moral compass? Many of us knew it was wrong but queued up anyway to get the cash. Henr...

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 the Italian lakes...

Yesterday, Kieran was joined by by Brian Warfield of the Wolfe Tones and Ben Lowry of the Belfast Newsletter. It was after pro-IRA songs were sung at the Wolfe Tones Feile gig in West Belfast over the weekend. On the 25th anniversary of the Omagh bombing, it begs the quesiton is there is any workable route to proper reconciliation, and to move on. Kieran was joined by Joe Brolly of the Free State...

25 years ago in August of 1998, four months after the Good Friday Agreement was signed the Real IRA detonated a car bomb in Omagh. In doing so they claimed the lives of 29 men, women and children, among them a mother heavily pregnant with twins and shattered the thin veil of peace. Kieran was joined by novelist and newspaper columnist Martina Devlin and Omagh bombing survivor, Nicola Emery to disc...

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 Rose of Tralee out of date or harmless fun?'