The Hard Shoulder

A survey in the UK has found that a third of drivers admit to hogging the middle lane on motorways. Tail-gating was also identified to be a common occurrence on the roads.   Has poor lane discipline become more common, with behaviour such as middle-lane hogging and tailgating becoming the norm?  Kieran was joined by Brenda Bolger, owner of Bolger School of Motoring in Kilkenny and S...

This is the Afternoon Update – The Hard Shoulder’s daily catch-up on the day's news.  Today, Kieran was joined by Conor Lally, Irish Times Crime and Security Editor and Mary McCarthy, Columnist with the Irish Independent  

This is The Soapbox. Today, Kieran Cuddihy was joined by Mick Barry, People Before Profit TD to discuss why he thinks Taoiseach Leo Varadkar is making a mistake by travelling to the US to meet Joe Biden for St Patrick's Day...

Cheltenham Festival gets under way tomorrow. One man who will be making his debut at the festival is Kildare jockey Tom Harney... Tom joined Kieran on The Hard Shoulder to preview the race. Former Jockey Davy Russell retired shortly after last year’s festival and he also joined Kieran on the show...

This week in our Kid's Health Check, Dr Suzanne Crowe Consultant in pediatric intensive care at Crumlin Children’s Hospital joined Kieran to look at how to spot hip issues in our little ones...

The referendum on the family and care amendments ended with the highest ever 'No' vote on Saturday.  The care amendment was rejected by 74 percent of the voters, while the family amendment was rejected by 68 percent.  Kieran was joined by John McGuinness, Fianna Fail TD and Chair of the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform who voted No/No and Matt Carthy TD, Sinn Féi...

It was a great night for the Irish at the Oscars with Cillian Murphy taking home the Best Actor award for his role in Oppenheimer   There was success for Element Pictures too picking up 4 Oscars for Poor Things, including Emma Stone picking up the Best Actress gong. Kieran was joined by Jim Sheridan, Irish film director, Natalie Britton, Actress and Actor Paul Meade to discuss...

Students in Transition Year are set to receive new lessons in empathy under plans for a redeveloped transition year.   How important is the skill of empathy and why is it key that young people start developing active compassion at a young age? Kieran was joined by Colum McCann Irish Author and Founder of Narrative 4 and Prof Pat Dolan, Unesco Chairman in Children, Youth and Civic Engagem...

The referendum on the family and care amendments ended with the highest ever 'No' vote on Saturday.  The care amendment was rejected by 74 percent of the voters, while the family amendment was rejected by 68 percent.  Turnout results were mixed across the country by the time the polls closed at 10pm on Friday. Should voting be mandatory in Ireland? Kieran was joined by Mick Cli...

This is the Afternoon Update – The Hard Shoulder’s daily catch-up on the day's news.  Today, Kieran was joined by David Hall, CEO of iCare Housing and CEO of Lifeline Serivces and Becca Fisher, Journalist with Extra.ie    Henry McKean, Newstalk Reporter also joined the conversation LIVE from LA after last night's Oscars Ceremony....

Tomorrow is International Women’s Day New research from Irish Life finds that women are less confident than men when it comes to making financial decisions with 1 in 3 women not confident at all in making financial decisions.  To advise those who may have apprehensions about financial planning, Kieran was joined by Laura Duffy, Certified Financial Planner from Irish Life  

Sarina Bellissimo and Sue Murphy joined Kieran on The Hard Shoulder to review the latest TV and movie releases..

As it is election year in the US, every Thursday here on the Hard Shoulder we are going to get the latest from the campaign trail.  Kieran was joined by Jeff Kuhner, Host of The Kuhner Report on WRKO AM680 Radio in Boston... 

With it being World Book Day, children will be celebrating the joy and magic that reading brings But what about children who struggle or may be reluctant to read? Are there ways and methods of helping them enjoy reading the same as everyone else? To give advice Kieran was joined by Lorraine Levis  Author ‘Once Upon a Reader: Raising Your Children with a Love of Books’ and Head of Sales f...

A special Oireachtas committee has said that legislation should be introduced to allow for assisted dying. Although the recommendation states that any legislation should have limitations. The person must be diagnosed with a disease, illness or medical condition which is incurable and irreversible, advanced, progressive and will cause death and that death will occur within six months. Kieran was jo...

Kieran was joined by Minster for Darragh O'Brien to discuss the row between government and opposition on the delay to the Planning and Development Bill, Housing figures and whether we are seeing any improvement in the housing crisis. And ahead of the referendum tomorrow the minister outlined his position on the family and care amendments.

This is the Afternoon Update – The Hard Shoulder’s daily catch up on the day's news.  Today, Kiearan was joined by Sarah McGuinness, Assistant News Editor for the Business Post and Michael Kelly,    Journalist and Former Editor of the Irish Catholic.

Newstalk's own, Simon Tierney joined Kieran Cuddihy 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 brought a selection of Relishes to test.

This is The Soapbox. Today, Kieran Cuddihy was Jillian Brennan , CEO of Humanist Association of Ireland, to discuss and debate the legitimacy of secular schooling in Ireland.

With the public going to the polls on Friday to vote on the coming referendum. Does the public understand what they are voting for and on? There was a sense of confusion and indifference in the air around the referendum. Newstalk reporter, Bella Finn took to the streets of Dublin to get a sense of the public's attitudes towards the referendum

Jess Kelly, Newstalk Technology Correspondent joined Kieran for the Tech Takeover. This week Jess looked some of the most notorious times tech has failed live up to expectations.

With the Deposit Return Scheme around now for a month. And with many struggling to adapt to the scheme and some initial problems with it. Kieran was joined by Ciaran Foley, CEO of Return,   to talk through and debate some of the issues and concerns around it.

The drop in drink driving has been replaced by drivers on drugs, Garda Commissioner Drew Harris has said. We wanted to find out how commonplace it is, and how the Garda are dealing with the increase in Drug Driving. Henry McKean met motorists and spent time with the Gardai Road Policing Unit.

It has been over a month since the deposit return scheme was introduced. With teething problems and many questioning the legitimacy of the scheme. How do other countries deal with and manage similar deposit schemes? Joining Kieran to give insight into what it is in other countries was Philip O’Connor Freelance Journalist in Sweden and Paul Krantz, Journalist with ‘The Local’ in Germany &...

This is the Afternoon Update – The Hard Shoulder’s daily catch-up on the day's news.  Today, Kieran was joined by Kevin Doyle,  Group Head of News at Mediahuis and Niamh Maher, Commercial Creative Director with Journal Media.