The Hard Shoulder

Updated: 01 Aug 2025 • 5534 episodes
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The Hard Shoulder 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. Listen and subscribe to The Hard Shoulder on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify.   Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.   You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.

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01 Aug 2025 • EN

Winners and Sinners

This week, Kieran Cuddihy was joined by the presenter of Weekend Breakfast on Today FM, Alison Curtis and Comedian Jim Elliott to look back on the week that was, but with a few twists…

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The Men’s GAA Finals are all settled, and now this weekend, we can look forward to the Ladies Football Final! Dublin and Meath will meet in Croke Park on Sunday in a bid to lift the Brendan Martin Cup. Josh Crosbie has been visiting both counties today to soak up some of the atmosphere, and sends in this report.

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Aisling Larkin, Mindful Eating Coach and TV Chef joins Kieran Cuddihy to discuss strawberries - and how they can be used in multiple delicious recipes!

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01 Aug 2025 • EN

Sport with Mick McCarthy

Off The Ball's Mick McCarthy joined Kieran Cuddihy on The Hard Shoulder to review the week in sport and look ahead to the weekend action…

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Tánaiste Simon Harris insists that Ireland avoided a “moment of catastrophe” thanks to the EU-US tariff deal. It’s as tariffs of 15% on EU goods entering the US are now due to take effect from next week. So, are Irish businesses being let down? Eoin O’Catháin, Director of the Irish Whiskey Association and Ciaran Mulloo

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Earlier this week, Minister for Transport Darragh O’Brien confirmed that dedicated transport police will be rolled out across all public transport. Most notably, Officers will have powers of arrest and detention. Dublin Bus have been calling for collaborative security measures to be put in place for some time now… Thei

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