The Hard Shoulder

Today marks World Radio Day. Ireland's first radio station, 2RN, was broadcast from Denmark St, where the Ilac Centre is today. Douglas Hyde opened 2RN with a rant about how you're only Irish if you speak it. Newstalk's Simon Tierney joined Kieran on The Hard Shoulder to discuss...

There are growing concerns over Garda shortages in the country and fears that this may invite criminality. According to the Irish Independent, 42 stations in the country have no permanent garda attached to them. Kieran was joined by Defence and Security Expert, Declan Power to discuss…

According to a new survey Putting together flat pack furniture, cleaning the bathroom and painting rooms are the most argument inducing DIY tasks. Henry McKean has been to visit one infamous DIY furniture store to see how much of this survey holds true...

Aisling Larkin, Mindful Eating Coach and TV Chef joined Kieran today to discuss some aphrodisiacs to serve on Valentine's Day...

The coming months will see an all-island review of the country’s rail service. A number of routes will be proposed for reopening including Athenry and Claremorris and the proposal of a route from Letterkenny to Derry. Kieran was joined by Ciara Murphy, who is a commuter, Steve Bradley chair of the ‘Into the West’ rail campaign and Edgar Morgenroth, Professor of Economics at DCU...

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...

Are you heading off for the Easter break? Well, you better take into consideration the price of your car rental! High demands for car rentals means prices across Europe are still significantly higher than before the pandemic. Joining me now is Conor Pope, Consumer Affairs Correspondent, Pricewatch Editor and cohost of the In the News podcast

The Irish Hotels Federation says the Government is going to struggle to find accommodation for refugees and asylum seekers when the tourism season kicks in. In the first month of the year. just over 3,000 Ukrainian refugees arrived here, while almost 1,500 international protection applicants came to Ireland. Senator Micheal McDowell joined Kieran to discuss...

A jersey worn by Kobe Bryant during the 2007-08 NBA season has sold for $5.8million, making it the second-most expensive basketball jersey ever sold at auction. It is at the extreme end of what some are describing as a boom in the sports memorabilia market. For more on this, Kieran was joined on The Hard Shoulder by Off The Ball's John Duggan, Paul Behan of FootballKitbox.com and Adam Moynihan fro...

Irish women, female advocates and public transport workers tell Newstalk Reporter, Sarah Madden how safe they do or don't feel on our rail, buses and trams.

The head of Dublin City Council’s traffic division, Brendan O’Brien has said that the national road safety strategy “isn’t working” and needs to be significantly overhauled to reduce deaths and serious injuries. Kieran was joined by Paddy Comyn, Head of Communications at AA Ireland, andLeo Lieghio, a member of the Irish Road Victims Association to discuss…

The Irish Road Haulage Association met with Transport Infrastructure Ireland on the issue of tolls today. IRHA President, Eugene Drennan, joined Kieran on The Hard Shoulder to discuss...

€40 million has been announced by the Department of Education for the summer programme for kids in schools today. Josepha Madigan, Minister of State for Special Education and Inclusion joined Kieran on The Hard Shoulder to discuss this announcement and comments made by An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar about immigrants and Bertie Ahern…

Kieran was joined on The Hard Shoulder by Dion Fanning, Associate Editor with The Currency to discuss the potential return of the infamous European Super League...

With many people gearing up for a spring clean, it begs the quesiton are you ready to truly declutter? Anne Marie Kingston of White Sage Decluttering is an expert in this area, and joined Kieran to explain why decluttering is a great way to improve productivity, concentration, mood and lots more besides…

As energy companies enjoy soaring profits, and people’s energy bills continue to be high, the question continues to be asked, what can be done? One of the solutions that has been floated is to nationalise the energy companies. Kieran was joined by Paul Murphy is People Before Profit TD for Dublin South West and David Horgan, Managing Director of Petrel Resources…

Michael Doyle Journalist with The Irish Sun joined Kieran on The Hard Shoulder to share a recent experience he had with a dentist. He was offered an expensive procedure for what turned out to be a routine infection when consulted by another dentist…

Sarina Bellissimo, host of The Bellissimo Files Podcast joined Kieran on The Hard Shoulder to take a look at some of the best Hollywood comeback stories...

Newstalk's own, Simon Tierney joined Kieran again 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 took a look a the different options of jaffa cakes on the shelves...

Following US President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address last night, Kieran was joined on The Hard Shoulder by Sean Spicer, former White House Press Secretary for Donald Trump...

Kieran was joined on The Hard Shoulder by Paul Howard, creator of the number one bestselling Ross O’Carroll-Kelly. Paul was in studio to chat about his new children's book ‘Aldrin Adams and the Legend of Nemeswiss’...

Comedian, Katherine Lynch joined Kieran on The Hard Shoulder to discuss the news of a Fawlty Towers return...

Overnight at the state of the Union Address First Lady Jill Biden and Second Gentlemen Doug Emhoff were captured on camera kissing on the lips when they greeted each other. Was it awkward? Is it an issue? Do you greet people by kissing them on the lips? Henry McKean went out and about speaking to the public, etiquette experts and even a priest to see what they thought... Image: TMZ

Kieran was joined on The Hard Shoulder by Kenny Jacobs, the new Chief Executive Officer of the Dublin Airport Authority (daa) to discuss illegal drones, airport delays and his relationship with airlines...

With Dublin Airport reportedly understaffed at the moment, it seems as though it’s caused a bit of chaos for French rugby fans on their way over this week for the 6 Nations. Gregory Sevault, CEO of MyComm joined Kieran to discuss...