The Hard Shoulder

Former senior garda, Tony Gallagher says that Dublin is now rife with anti-social behaviour as retailers face threats, intimidation and assaults every day. Kieran was joined on The Hard Shoulder by Mannix Flynn, Independent Dublin City Councillor, Richard Guiney, CEO of Dublin Town and Newstalk Breakfast's Shane Coleman to discuss the increasing anti-social behaviour in the city...

With the weather looking to remain warm, Newstalk's Simon Tierney joined Kieran to look back at the history of ice cream.

Teachers are threatening to strike if they don’t get a pay rise. They say the rise of inflation, announced today again at 9%, means they’ve taken a pay cut. Kieran was joined by John Boyle General Secretary of the Irish National Teachers Organisation, Barra Roantree ,economist at the ESRI and teacher Eric, about how likely there is to be a strike.

Seagulls in cities has become an issue of increasing concern. Cllr Keith Connolly joined Kieran to discuss why he feels they should be culled, even though they are a protected species.

For many women, becoming a mother is a life stage much of society still expects them to hit. Katy Harrington, Freelance Writer in the Irish Independent, joined Kieran to discuss her decision to be childfree by choice and the reaction it evokes in those around her.

A report from Daft.ie today says that rents soared by the fastest rate on record in the second quarter of this year and availability of rental properties has reached an all-time low. Kieran was joined by listeners, both renters and landlords to discuss what can be done to address the situation.

Earlier in the week Kieran discussed claims by Daniel O'Connell that Dublin has become a dirty and run city. Willie White, artistic director, Dublin Theatre Festival and Martin Harte, CEO, Templebar Company, joined the discussion today to debate if Dublin really as bad as it has been made out to be.

An amber alert for the country’s electricity supply has been issued for the second day in a row. We’re told there is a “a generation shortfall in Ireland”. Gerry Duggan, Chartered Engineer and former advisor in the ESB, and Dermot O'Brien, General Manager of Shannonside Galvanising, joined Kieran to discuss what can be done about this and what we could see moving into winter.

The IRFU have carried out a review of their gender policy, and they have confirmed that they will ban transgender females from contact rugby competitions. Ciara O’Loughlin, news reporter with independent.ie, joined Kieran with her reaction on the news.

TV Chef and Mindful eating coach Aisling Larkin, joined Eoin to take a closer look at figs.

Kieran was joined by Mick Mulvaney, Former Chief of Staff for Donald Trump, to discuss the raid on Donald Trump's Florida estate.

Tennis star Serena Williams has announced her plans to retire, although she's not quite ready to put a firm date on it. Kieran was joined by Rob Maul, Tennis Correspondent for The Sun, to look back at her incredible career.

A professional cuddler has clients queueing up to pay £75, for an hour-long hug. Trevor Hooton, 30, who goes by 'Treasure' set up their business several months back ,which offers 'cuddle therapy'. He joined Kieran to explain what goes into to cuddle therapee.

Yesterday on the show we were speaking with Daniel McConnell, Political Ediotr of the Irish Examiner and Alice Leahy from the Alice Leahy Trust about the state of Dublin Streets, take a listen. Kieran was joined by two former Lord Mayors; Green Party Councillor Hazel Chu and Labour Councillor Allison Gilliland.

It is 10 years since Katie Taylor won gold in London in a historic moment for Irish sport. Her win in London earn Ireland's first gold medal since 1996 in Atlanta. Kieran was joined by Ken Moore Coach at St Francis Boxing Club in Limerick, and Dr. Aoife Lane, Head of Department of Sport and Health Sciences at Technological University of the Shannon and Founder of the Women’s Gaelic Players Associa...

Robots are popping up at restaurants around the country. The cat-themed robot ‘BellaBot’ greets and serves at various spots in Ireland, with the technology already massively popular in Japan. Kieran was joined by Paul Lenihan, President of the Restaurant Association of Ireland and Conor McGinn, Assistant Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Trinity College, to discuss if this c...

Sales of electric cars are up 80% year-on-year, and when the show covered this last week, there were plenty of concerns around the sustainability of them, and particular issues around the batteries. Kieran was joined by Motoring journalist Geraldine Herbert, Derek Reilly, who is the general manager at Nevo, and Kevin Sharpe, the director of New Electric, to discuss just how sustainable they really...

Lucy Thackry, Travel Journalist at the Independent UK, joined Kieran and Fionn Davenport, Travel Journalist, to discuss if there is anything wrong with visiting the same spot every year on holiday.

More than 1,300 families have applied to live rent-free on Inis Meáin for a year under the new initiative run by Comhlacht Forbartha Inis Meáin. One couple, Claire de Haas and Brock Montgomery from the Netherlands and Canada are the current caretakers on the Blasket Islands and they joined Kieran to share their experiences so far.

Daniel McConnell, Political Editor with the Irish Examiner wrote a piece at the weekend about the state of the streets of Dublin. He joined Kieran and Alice Leahy from The Alice Leahy Trust, to discuss why the city has fallen into such disarray.

Sinn Fein have called for a €50 weekly increase for the dole. Tricia Keilthy, head of Social Justice for St. Vincent de Paul, joined Kieran and Sara Singleton, Senior Researcher, for Social Inclusion for TASC, to discuss what increase should we consider, to make a fairer society during a cost of living crisis.

Students at Munster Technological University in Tralee have been told a student village providing accommodation is no longer available to them.  They have been told that the “owners have decided to take back their houses for the purposes of long-term letting”. This situation is not unique as students across the country are facing an accomdation crisis. Kieran was joined by Molly Greenough, UCD Stu...

As the summer of travel chaos continues, the risk of losing your suitcase at the airport is a terrifyingly real prospect. How to avoid the stress of lost luggage by packing more efficiently and still traveling to your holiday destination in style? We asked Julie Cobbe - style therapist and coach, owner of the Style Retreat with Julie, who joined Kieran Cuddihy on the show.

Over 2.000 schools across Ireland have more than 30 pupils in the classrooms- that's according to today’s Irish Mirror. The figures obtained by the paper show that in the last academic year some of the primary schools had to accommodate 30 or more pupils in their classes. The situation had been described by teachers as “shocking”. Simon Lewis, Principal of Carlow Educate Together National School j...

Kieran Cunningham, Chief sports writer with the Daily Mail joined Kieran Cuddihy on the show to preview the return of the premier league this weekend and more.