The Hard Shoulder

This is the Afternoon Update – The Hard Shoulder’s daily catch up on the day's news.  Today, Kieran was joined by Valerie Cox, Journalist & Author and Gina London , Leadership communications expert and Sunday Independent columnist...

Do you know what can and cannot be recycled? Do you clean and dry everything before putting them into the recycle bin? According to the Newstalk Amárach Poll, over half of Irish adults would recycle more if there was a refundable deposit charged on all recyclable items.  Henry McKean visited the Fingal recycling facility in Swords Dublin, to get people's views...

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... 

Over the weekend Mary Lou McDonald made a comment that a United Ireland is now ‘within touching distance’ now that Sinn Féin’s Michelle O'Neill is First Minister. Kieran was joined by Kevin Meagher, Former special adviser at the Northern Ireland Office and author of ‘A United Ireland: Why Unification is Inevitable and How It Will Come About’, Robbie Smith, Editor of An Phoblacht and the former Gen...

In Australia, it looks like the right to disconnect will be introduced into law.   The bill will ‘prevent employees being punished for refusing to take unreasonable work calls or answer emails in their unpaid personal time’.   Should we be bringing in similar legislation here?   Kieran was joined by Peter Cosgrove, Managing Director of Futurewise  and Mark Bell, Regius Pro...

A new report was released today by the joint committee on the Irish language and Gaeltacht calling on Minister for Education Norma Foley to scrap the system which allocates exemptions on Irish language in schools.   The focus will be to provide extra school supports and resources for children who would traditionally search out the Irish exemption.  Aisling, Mother to 11-year-old Cha...

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 Sheila Naughton, Newstalk Multimedia Reporter...

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 new year. This week Simon and Kieran put some diefferent microwavable rice packets to the test!

This is The Soapbox. Today, Kieran Cuddihy was joined by Ian O'Doherty, Columnist with The Irish Independent to discuss the right to be offensive...

Newstalk's Technology Correspondent Jess Kelly joined Kieran on The Hard Shoulder for the Tech Takeover. This week Jess gave advice on how to avoid fake scam texts from a number pretending to be Revolut...

Young men and boys are more likely to believe that feminism is harmful than previous generations. That’s according to a new study by King’s College London’s Policy Institute who say that one in four males in UK feel like it’s now harder to be a man than a woman.    These are the types of views that lead to more problematic views of women and lead to draw of figures such as Andrew Tate.&n...

The Dublin City Centre Transport Plan is being presented to Dublin Councillors this afternoon..   The plans includes banning commercial vehicles to travel through Dublin City Centre by August!  Kieran was joined by Head of Public Affairs at Dublin Chamber, Stephen Browne and John Mitchell, Owner of Mitchell Car Accessories on Capel Street...

A major review into spinal surgeries at Temple Street Children's Hospital has found 17 extra cases of concern.  18 cases had been identified back in September and included including that unauthorised springs had been used in three patients.  Amanda Coughlan, Co-Lead of the Spina Bifida Hydrocephalus Paediatric Advocacy Group joined Kieran to discuss...  

This is the Afternoon Update – The Hard Shoulder’s daily catch up on the day's news.  Today, Kieran was joined by Kieran Cunningham, Chief Sportswriter with Irish Daily Star and Brianna Parkins, Journalist and columnist with the Irish Times...

This is The Soapbox. Today, Kieran Cuddihy was joined by David Kelly, Chief Sportswriter with The Irish Independent to talk about our obsession with English football..

Sonya Lennon, Broadcaster and Designer joined Kieran on The Hard Shoulder to discuss some of her favourite books...

An Amárach research poll has revealed that 25% of 6 year olds have their own smartphone. Do we need to better educate our children when it comes to using phones?  Dr. Patricia Byrne, Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist, and Chair of the Faculty of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry at the College of Psychiatrists and Philip Arneill, Head of Education & Innovation with CyberSafeK...

Former Taoiseach John Bruton has died aged 76 following a long illness, his family has said. Mr Bruton had a long political career, with his first election to the Dáil at the age of just 22.  He was Taoiseach from 1994 to 1997 and was leader of Fine Gael from 1990 to 31 January, 2001.  Henry McKean visited the hometown of John Bruton in Dunboyne, Co. Meath and to hear what people had to...

On Sunday Parisians voted to charge SUVs extra to park in the city.   Kieran was joined by Labour Senator Rebecca Moynihan and Ali Dee, mother of 4, to discuss...

This is the Afternoon Update – The Hard Shoulder’s daily catch up on the day's news.  Today, Kieran was joined by Shauna Bowers, Irish Times Reporter and Michael Kelly, Journalist and Former Editor of the Irish Catholic   

Ireland are all set to open their 6 Nations campaign with arguably their toughest assignment of the tournament away to France.  Kieran was joined by Alan Quinlan, Newstalk’s Own Former Ireland and Munster Player and the current Munster coach who indeed has his own experience of French rugby having coached Racing 92... 

Aisling Larkin, Mindful Eating Coach and TV Chef joined Kieran today to chat about umami flavours...

Next Tuesday marks Safer Internet Day – and as we have been discussing it all week – we are joined today by the person assigned with doing the job here.  Niamh Hodnett, Ireland’s Online Safety Commissioner joined Kieran on The Hard Shoulder...

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...

Tonight Ireland visit France in their opening 6 Nations clash.  Kieran was joined by Vincent Guérend, the French Ambassador to Ireland here in studio, Ryle Nugent, the rugby commentator and Aisling O’Reilly of Off The Ball who are both in Marseille..