The Hard Shoulder

The Minister for Education has announced a pause to the review of Special Needs Assistant allocations following concerns raised by parents and schools. Joining Shane to discuss this is Michelle Cotterill, Principal of Our Lady of Good Counsel Boys National School in Glenageary.

What are the small maintenance fixes you need to do regularly to save yourself money in the long run? Joining Ciara with his tips is Peter Finn, aka Pete the Builder.

Following opening night of 'The Monk' play at Dublin's Ambassador Theatre last night, a production by Rex Ryan along with Gerry Hutches appearance and Q&A, is this simply art or an example of glorifying crime? Joining Shane to discuss  is Eimer McAuley, News Reporter with the Journal.ie and Crime Journalist, Paul Williams.

The Hoxton Hotel, a new hotel on Dublin’s Exchequer Street is seeking an injunction over music noise levels from an adjoining restaurant and late night music venue, Yamamori Izakaya. The hotel is alleging that noise has resulted in the closure of 31 of its 129 bedrooms and wants further acoustic protection installed by Yamamori. But, where does the onus lie when it comes to noise in city centre de...

Today marks the release of ‘Inside America’s Next Top Model’ on Netflix, a three part documentary that pulls the curtain back on the dark side of the reality show… Shane is joined by Holly Carpenter, Social Media Content Creator and Model, to discuss. Image: Netflix

For this week’s Kids Clinic, Ciara is joined by Siobhan O’Neill White of Mams.ie to discuss the always tricky subject of sleepovers!

Sinn Féin politicians including party leader Mary Lou McDonald will not be attending the White House in the United States, continuing last year’s decision. Mick Clifford, Special Correspondent with The Irish Examiner joins Shane to discuss.

Gardaí investigating the disappearance and murders of Jo Jo Dullard and Deirdre Jacob have today begun searching open ground near the Wicklow / Kildare border. Ciara is joined by Barry Cummins, Author of Missing and RTÉ journalist for the latest.

Today, the Labour Party are hosting a conference calling for a genuine right to remote work in Ireland. For more on this, X is joined by Labour’s Employment Affairs Spokeswoman, Marie Sherlock and Karen Kiernan, CEO of One Family…

More than 800 drivers were arrested numerous times for drink or drug driving between 2022 and 2024, with figures from last year expected to bring that number to over 1,000. That’s according to the latest figures from the Medical Bureau of Road Safety. Joining Ciara to discuss is Professor Dennis Cusack, Director of the Medical Bureau of Road Safety & Ger Herbert, Motoring Expert, The Irish Ind...

"We’re living in the Peak A**hole Era and there’s nothing anyone can do about it", so says Tanya Sweeney, Features writer and Columnist with The Irish Independent. She joins Shane to discuss why people have seemingly become so rude…

The Minister for Education, Hildegarde Naughton has been asked to explain why many schools around the country have been told their allocation for Special Needs Assistants may be cut from this September. Fórsa this morning told The Claire Byrne Show that a number of schools have received contact that their allocation will be cut when the next school year starts… Hildegarde Naughton, Minister for Ed...

The parents of 16-year-old Grace Lynch, who was tragically killed by a scrambler close to her home last month, say they do not want any other parent to go through what they are going through. This weekend marks three weeks since Grace was killed. Her parents Siobhan and Martin have been speaking to our Chief Reporter Barry Whyte…  

This week, Shane was joined by Saoirse Hanley of The Irish independent and Ger Gilroy from  Off The Ball  

New statistics from The Central Bank show fathers with young children are working less hours than they were in 2019, opting to instead to stay home with their children where possible.   Joining Shane was Off the Balls, Adrian Barry and  Jen Hogan  features journalist and host of the Conversations with Parents podcast

The Republic of Ireland will begin their Nations League campaign with away fixtures against Kosovo and Israel in September, and the home games have been scheduled for October with Israel scheduled to play at Aviva Stadium on Sunday, 4 October, 3 days before the anniversary of the Hamas attack   Shane was joined by Charlie McConalogue, Minister of State at the Department of Culture, Communicat...

Off The Ball's Mick McCarthy joined Shane on The Hard Shoulder to review the week in sport and look ahead to the weekend action…

Now it’s time to look over to Milano Cortina to catch up with the Winter Olympics.   We have plenty to chat about between sports and scandal. Barry Kenny, Corporate Communications Manager with Irish Rail and Olympics superfan, joined Shane to discuss

Vaping has been across the headlines for the past 24 hours... With the UK Government planning to ban vaping in cars carrying children, as well as in playgrounds and outside schools As well as Trinity College Dublin announcing its campus will be a vape free area from the 18th of March. Is it time we introduce harsher restrictions on vaping? Maybe a ban on vaping in public places? Shane was joined b...

Many of you will be picking up some last minute presents for your other half this evening. "Well, expect to pay more than you did last year for your boxes of chocolates and flowers." "New research from the CSO shows the price of a box of cholates has increased by 44 percent since 2020." Josh Crosbie has been looking into the cost of love, and he sent us this report.

Motorists are being urged not to drive through flooding in Dublin as the council monitors high river levels following an estimated 46mm of rainfall overnight.   For more on Shane was joined by Mark Bowe, Meteorologist with Met Eireann and Graham McQueen, DAA spokesperson.    

Sarina Bellissimo, Broadcaster and Presenter of the Bellissimo Files Podcast and Dee Reddy, Entertainment Journalist and Podcaster joined Shane David O’Callaghan,  From the Here and Back Again podcast.

Ireland's Senior Mens international Football team, as members of League B of the  Nations League, have been drawn to face Israel, Austria and Kosovo.  Some have called for the FAI not to fulfil the fixture, if Ireland were drawn against Israel given the conflict in Gaza in recent years. The FAI confirmed tonight it will honor the fixture . Sports Writer Kieran Cunningham joined Shane and...

Ryanair, today called on Micheál Martin to urgently pass legislation to scrap the Dublin Airport cap of 32m passengers before St Patrick's Day Today, the Advocate General of the European Court ruled that even an outdated traffic cap, such as the one at Dublin Airport, may still be enforceable. Shane was joined by Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary to discuss the ruling

Actor Jason O’Mara joins Shane for this week’s Thursday Interview!