The Hard Shoulder

Ryanair has predicted that it will create up to 2,000 new jobs in Ireland over the next eight years. It comes as the airline held a press conference with the Tanaiste to celebrate 35 years in business. Kieran was joined by Eoghan Corry Editor of Air and Travel Magazine to discuss the announcements and the airline's legacy...

Virgin Atlantic has changed its uniform policy to make it "the most inclusive airline in the skies" by scrapping different uniforms for men and women. Terry Prone, Chair of the Communications Clinic and Peter Cosgrove, Managing Director of Futurewise joined Kieran to discuss the move and the necessity for uniforms...

Eamon Ryan, Green Party Leader and Environment, Climate and Transport Minister joined Kieran on The Hard Shoulder to discuss Budget 2023...

Gabija Gataveckaite, Political Reporter with the Irish Independent, Dr. Madeleine Ní Dhálaigh from the IMO GP Committee and Colm O'Reilly Chair of Newsbrands Ireland joined Kieran to discuss Budget 2023 and give reaction...

Public Expenditure and Reform Minister, Michael McGrath joined Kieran on The Hard Shoulder to discuss Budget 2023...

Kieran was joined by Sinn Féin Housing Spokesperson, Eoin Ó Broin TD, on The Hard Shoulder to get his reaction to Budget 2023. Eoin was joined alongside Tom Parlon, Director General of the Construction Industry Federation and Neil McDonnell, CEO of ISME, to discuss the impact on the construction industry and small businesses...

Sean Defoe, Newstalk’s Political Correspondent and Kevin Devenney and Sarah Meredith, Tax Directors with Grant Thornton joined Kieran on The Hard Shoulder to discuss the measures announced as part of Budget 2023 and answer listeners questions.. With thanks to Grant Thornton

Kieran was joined live in the sheep tent at the National Ploughing Championships by Percy Podger and Deirdre Lane, founder of Shamrock Spring to discuss the Schwarzkopf German imported sheep and how we can work better with their wool...

LBC presenter, Shelagh Fogarty joined Kieran to discuss the letters of no confidence in UK Prime Minister, Liz Truss, that have been submitted...

Kieran was joined by Danny McCoy, CEO of Ibec, ahead of Budget 2023 tomorrow...

The Restaurant returns to our screen tomorrow, with the likes of Devin Toner, Dirdre O’Kane and Olympic rower Gary O’Donovan taking part. The person leading them through it all is Maitre D’ John Healy and he joined Kieran on the show to discuss 20 years since the first episode of the show and look forward to the series ahead

There is pressure on Government to deliver on Budget 2023, as the cost of living crisis continues. Kieran was joined by Kevin Doyle, Head of News at the Irish Independent, Pat McDonagh, owner of Supermacs and Mary Moloney from Crann Support Group to discuss...

Conor McGregor has run into problems with a planned development  to build  hundreds of build-to-rent apartments, as Japanese knotweed has been found on the site.  Kieran was joined by Dr Colin Kelleher Keeper of the Herbarium at the National Botanic Gardens to explain why the plant is a developers nightmare...

The State is to provide free school books to all primary school children from next September. Details of the initiative will come in tomorrow’s Budget, while the pupil-teacher ratio will come down to 23:1. Kieran was joined by Dawn Behan, the owner of Woodbine Books in Kilcullen in County Kildare and Eoin Daly, principal of Mother of Divine Grace in Dublin...

More people in Northern Ireland are Catholics than Protestants for the first time in its 101-year history, the latest census figures released yesterday show. Kieran was joined by Andrew Clarke, founder of the 'Tanistry' Instagram account who grew up in a Unionist background...

Queen Elizabeth II was laid to rest this week, and among the plaudits she has received has centered around her ‘selflessness’ in always putting state duties before all else. Is that quality of ‘duty before self’ still commended in modern society? Or is it at odds with the movement towards autonomy and self-fulfilment? Kieran was joined by David Quinn, columnist with the Sunday Times and Director o...

The Cost Of Living Coalition will hold a national pre-budget protest in Parnell Square tomorrow. Kieran was joined by Beth O’Reilly, President of the Union of Students of Ireland, Louise Bayliss, Co-founder and spokesperson for SPARK (Single Parents Acting for the Rights of Kids), Derval McDonagh, CEO of Inclusion Ireland to discuss why they are taking part in the protests...

The Boston Celtics basketball team have suspended their star head coach Ime Udoka for a year. It comes as a result of what is being reported to be an "improper intimate and consensual relationship" with a member of the Celtics organisation.' To discuss the workplace relationship, Kieran was joined by Stephanie Regan: clinical psychotherapist and author of 'Relationships on the Edge'...

What would typically be ‘Freshers Week’ for many incoming college students has instead been mired in accommodation concerns for the academic year… In some case, students have had to defer their places in 3rd level, such is the shortage of living space, both on and off campus. Kieran was joined by Caitlin-Faye Maniti from Donegal to discuss her situation...

If you earn up to €70,000 you’d get a cash payment to help with energy costs under Sinn Féin's alternative Budget proposals. Kieran was joined by Pearse Doherty, Sinn Fein’s Finance Spokesperson to discuss their alternative budget.

Many listeners are taking steps to reduce their carbon footprints, whether it's recycling more at home or purchasing an electric car. We have been told in the Programme for Government that Ireland is committed to halving greenhouse gasses by 2030, and reaching net zero by 2050, at the latest. One sector that tends to have the finger pointed at them for attributing to the climate crisis is agricult...

Kieran was joined on The Hard Shoulder by Ed Finn, award winning travel journalist and journalist Harry McCann to discuss the dip in popularity for accommodation website Airbnb in favour of the traditional hotel...

Newstalk's Political Correspondent, Sean Defoe joined Kieran live from New York, where the Taoiseach and Foreign Affairs Minister, Simon Coveney are attending a meeting of the United Nations...

Former Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern joined Kieran on The Hard Shoulder to discuss the latest census figures from Northern Ireland. For the first time in 101 years, there is a Catholic majority in Northern Ireland...

More people in Northern Ireland are Catholics than Protestants for the first time in its 101-year history. Kieran was joined by Barry Whyte, Newstalk’s Chief Reporter to discuss the census figures. Gregory Campbell, DUP MP also joined Kieran on The Hard Shoulder...