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The Hard Shoulder Highlights with Kieran Cuddihy on Newstalk.
Join Kieran every weekday afternoon from 4-7pm for a round-up of the day’s events, interviews with the people at the centre of the stories – and a bit of craic along the way.
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Thursday Interview: Josepha Madigan
In this week's Thursday interview, Kieran sits down with Josepha Madigan, Fine Gael TD for Dublin Rathdown, who has recently decided not to seek re-election in the upcoming general election after a decade in politics. Josepha shares her experiences, the reasons behind her decision, and her future plans.
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25 years of commentary - Marty Whelan's milestone
As momentum builds for the Eurovision 2024 final in Malmö, Ireland’s Bambie Thug aims for an 8th victory, security is ramped up ahead of Israel’s semi-final performance, and rumors swirl that Sweden's ABBA will return to mark 50 years since winning Waterloo. In the midst of the frenzy, Eurovision legend Marty Whelan celebrates 25 years as an RTE commentator. He sat down with our reporter Henry McKean for an exclusive interview.
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Protests, Palestine and Politics with Owen Jones
Kieran was joined by Owen Jones, Journalist, Author, and Host of The Owen Jones Podcast, to discuss the protests happening in response to the situation in Palestine.
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Have we forgotten how to behave?
Kieran was joined by Michael Moynihan, Columnist for the Irish Examiner, and Saoirse Hanley, Features Writer at the Independent, to discuss whether we've forgotten how to behave in public. Moynihan argues that "etiquette has been thrown under the bus" and "we're all post-shame."
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Eamon Ryan on Dublin Port's development plans
Kieran was joined by Eamon Ryan, Minister for Transport, Climate, Environment & Communications, TD for Dublin Bay South, and Green Party Leader. They discussed the Dublin Port Company's decision to abandon plans for a multistorey shipping container terminal opposite Sandymount Strand, which Minister Ryan opposed. He shared his thoughts on whether this aligns with the progress he envisions for the site.
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Dublin taskforce, Baby Reindeer and Irish Amazon
Kieran goes through some of the biggest stories of the day with Lorcan Nyhan, Head of Training at The Communications Clinic and columnist with The Sunday Independent, and Ciara O’Loughlin, News Reporter with Irish Daily Mirror.
Customer Reviews
Interesting
Mischievous with very good knowledge on general issues and excellent summary of political issues. Only problem is sometimes doesn’t listen to answers from his guests . Opinionated!
Great!
Kieran is a breath of fresh air after George/Ivan. Good command of detail and wry sense of humour at times. I like the travel slot, the head to head/common ground. Better week in review possible of a Friday. Very good at uploading podcasts quickly which is great.. V good on insta/social. So far this show is my preference to last word/Drivetime. Great show!
Wrong report
Trying to listen to the bike upcycling article but just get a segment about tomato ketchup….???!! Much rather hear the other story …….