The Hard Shoulder Highlights Newstalk

It’s time for the Shopping Trolley Hotline! Where we review the same product from various stores.
Newstalk’s Simon Tierney joins Kieran to compare Rice Krispies, from name brand to generic versions.

Image: Kellogg’s

The world is more complicated than ever, with issues all over social media to champion, but one interesting aspect is audiences wanting their influencers to weigh in on certain topics or political issues.
Is this fair? And should we expect influencers to post their opinions online?
Kieran is joined by Stefanie Preissner, writer and broadcaster and Stephen O'Leary, Founder at Olytico to discuss.

The latest stunt from Just Stop Oil happened today when they sprayed an orange substance on Stonehenge.
Fiona Atkinson from Just Stop Oil joined Kieran to discuss why this happened.
Image: Just Stop Oil

Newstalk’s newest presenter, Mamobo Ogoro,  Founder and Chief Executive Officer of GORM. She joined Kieran on the Hard Shoulder to talk all about her new show ‘Younified’!
This podcast aims to bridge cultural differences and highlight diverse voices by speaking to a range of people reflecting on the reality of living in Ireland today.
You can listen to it on air every Sunday at 8pm, or you can listen to it now(!) as a podcast on the Newstalk app, powered by GoLoud.

Jess Kelly, Newstalk’s Technology Correspondent and host of ‘Tech Talk’ joined Kieran for the Tech Takeover.
This week, Jess discusses the concept of ‘Doomscrolling’ and how social media algorithms suck you in, using AR to map out furniture and a new documentary about Alex Jones.

A new report from the Department of Education has revealed almost a third of secondary school students feel unsafe in school... 
The report came with a number of recommendations on preventing and addressing bullying.
To discuss, Kieran is joined by Chris Sherlock, Broadcaster and bullying victim, Sean Fallon and later by Minister for Education Norma Foley.