The Hard Shoulder

Details are continuing to emerge on what the upcoming review in to Ireland’s handling of the Covid pandemic might look like.  The Irish Times today reporting that the inquiry is likely to hear from frontline health workers and families who lost loved ones.  It also says the inquiry is expected to last around 18 months. Kieran was joined by Kingston Mills, Professor of Experimental Immuno...

Kieran was joined on The Hard Shoulder by Dr. Harriet Treacy, founder of Beyond BMI, who believes that obesity management has been hijacked by the beach body industry rather than having a medical approach to the disease 

Court records that were used to prosecute Jeffery Epstein's girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell have been released   The documents detail the personal connections Epstain had to Prince Andrew, Bill Clinton and Stephen Hawking.  Kieran was joined from New York by legal reporter with Bloomberg News Ava Benny Morrison...

Details are continuing to emerge on what the upcoming review in to Ireland’s handling of the Covid pandemic might look like.  The Irish Times today reporting that the inquiry is likely to hear from frontline health workers and families who lost loved ones.  It also says the inquiry is expected to last around 18 months.  Kieran was joined by Professor Sam McConkey Infectious Disease...

It appears 007 is about to come with a trigger warning.   At a new season of classic movies at the British Film Insititute in London, all Bond films have the following warning - “Please note that many of these films contain language, images or other content that reflect views prevalent in its time, but will cause offence today.”  John Fardy, Presenter of Screentime on Newstalk

According to the National Car Testing Service, nearly half of all 1.5 million cars failed their NCT last year.   Why is this the case and does the NCT system need some revision or changes?   Kieran was joined by Conor Faughnan, Transport Commentator and Michael Collins Independent TD

This is the Afternoon Update – The Hard Shoulder’s daily catch up on the day's news.  Today, Kieran was joined by Fionnán Sheehan Ireland Editor at the Irish Independent and Shane Hannon, Presenter from Off The Ball to chat through today's top stories...

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 a variety of non-alcoholic beers to the test...

That was the moment that 16 year old sensation Luke Littler reached the World Championship Darts final last night.  Can he go one step further at the Alexandra Palace in London and beat World Number 1 Luke Humphreys to become the World Champion?  Laura Turner, Darts player and Sky commentator joined Kieran to discuss...

Today the CSO released their year review of 2023 to paint a picture of Ireland and how it did overall with regards to personal finances, inflation, mortgage rates, housing, cost of living, gender-based violence...you name it  Kieran was joined by Dan O’Brien, Chief Economist of the Institute of International and European Affairs and John Fitzgerald, Adjunct Professor in Economics at Trinty Co...

It’s a new year so what better time to get your finances in order.  Kieran was joined by Eoin McGee, Financial Planner and the presenter of new RTÉ TV show The Complaints Bureau... 

In 2018 the HSE recommended that hospitals should have a parking cap of 10 euros per day   2024 is upon us. And the introduction of the cap is set to be delayed even further   CEO of the Irish Cancer Society Averil Power and John Wall, Cancer survivor and advocate 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 Aideen Finnegan, Podcast Producer with the Irish Times and Ian O’Doherty, Columnist with the Irish Independent...

Micheál Martin has said it is not feasible to ban children from using social media, but said the government could be stronger in warning of its hazards and spoke about social ‘contracts’ schools could adopt when dealing with the use of their students and social media  Should social media be banned to certain age groups or what are the best ways to tackle the dangers that come with it to aid o...

Alice Leahy, from the Alice Leahy Trust joined Kieran Cuddihy on The Hard Shoulder to discuss some of her favourite books...

Investigations are continuing into a fire at a disused pub in Ringsend in Dublin that had been earmarked for use for homeless accommodation.  Speculation in the area had suggested the site could be used for refugee accommodation while local councillors have criticised the lack of communication from the Dublin Region Homeless Executive.  Kieran was joined by Teresa Buckowska, formerly of...

Micheál Martin has said it is not feasible to ban children from using social media, but said the government could be stronger in warning of its hazards and spoke about social ‘contracts’ schools could adopt when dealing with the use of their students and social media  Are the government doing enough? Are we at a crisis point when to comes to our children and their access and usage of social m...

Israel has confirmed it is pulling some of its forces out of Gaza but it does appear there is no end in sight for the war with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suggesting the war will last “many months.”  Kieran was joined by General Sir Richard Barrons who previously served as one of the six ‘Chiefs of Staff’ leading the UK Armed Forces and is now the co chairman of Universal Defenc...

This is the Afternoon Update – The Hard Shoulder’s daily catch up on the news.  Today, Kieran was joined by Daniel McConnell, Editor of the Business Post and Sean O’Regan, Newstalk reporter.... 

Kieran Cuddihy was joined by writer and broadcaster, Keith Walsh and the presenter of Weekend Breakfast on Today FM, Alison Curtis and Comedian Jim Elliott to look back on the year of 2023...

Aisling Larkin, Mindful Eating Coach and TV Chef joined Kieran today to chat through some of her top tips for Christmas dinner...

As we wind up for the Christmas period, it’s good to spend the festive season reflecting on the year and looking ahead to 2024.  To offer a Christmas message at this is a spiritual time of year, Fr Brian D’Arcy, Author and Broadcaster joined Kieran on the show today...

Yesterday on the show we were talking about the big pop culture moments of 2023 and you could not omit Taylor Swift from that list. From her Era’s tour, to her box office hit movie and being named Time Person of the Year, it’s fair to say 2023 was Taylor’s year.  But not everyone agreed. We got this text in “Taylor Swift-the rebirth of bubble gum, junior infants songwriting laced with mediocr...

We are just 3 days away from the big day but for many on the day they will be looking for their local Christmas Day Swim.    Bríd Graham Owner and Director of Splash Swim Schools Ireland and a swimming teacher joined Kieran on the show to discuss...

Now 2023 has been an impactful year for news between conflict, riots and politic ongoings.   However, we are going to put that to one side for now and take positive look back at some of the good news stories of the last year...  Rachael Ryan From 98fm joined Kieran on the show to discuss..