The Hard Shoulder

Amid the trees of County Clare, a living memorial has taken shape: The Forest That Won’t Forget, which has been created in tribute to the women and families affected by the cervical check failures.Joining Kieran to discuss this memorial and why the 221+ group commissioned it is Lyn Fenton, Patient Advocate with 221+ Group and John Conway, Visual Artist and Co-Collaborator on the Forest that Won’t Forget with Fiona Whelan.Image: 221+

The latest skincare trend online you may have seen is the ‘caveman’ method, which essentially involves people cutting out all skincare products and entirely even forgoing washing their face with water for a period to get better skin, but should you be doing it, or is it actually causing more harm to your skin?Joining Kieran to discuss is Professor Nikki Ralph, Consultant Dermatologist in the Institute of Dermatologists and Photobiology.

39 people, including 30 men, 4 women and 5 children were deported from Ireland last night on a chartered flight that landed in the Georgian capital Tbilisi this morning. This is the second chartered flight deporting people back to Georgia this year.Michael McNamara, Independent MEP for Ireland’s South constituency, is critical of this decision by Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan and has asked the Minister to think of the economic realities, and give Georgian asylum seekers work permits and visas. He joins Kieran to discuss.

Screens should be banned for children under the age of six to avoid permanently impairing their brain development, French medical experts have warned, with research concluding that it permanently impairs intellectual abilities. But, in the world we live in, how do parents even begin to phase out screens?Jen Hogan, Journalist and Irish times Columnist, joins Kieran to discuss.

The government is moving ahead with plans to appoint a new Housing Tsar, who will be tasked with cutting through red tape and accelerating the delivery of new homes.But, not everyone is convinced of the powers they may have, and the salary cost of the position…Eoin O’Broin, Sinn Féin TD and Housing Spokesperson joins Kieran to discuss.

Should we be flattening the fly-tippers? Over in the UK, the government is telling councils to crush the vans used by illegal dumpers, and threatening actual jail time.With fly-tipping costing rural Ireland, is it time Ireland followed suit and got tough on dumping?Louise Crowley, Secretary at Limerick IFA and Dairy Farmer and Richard O’Donoghue, Independent Ireland TD for Limerick County join Kieran to discuss.

Life can be full of confusing things, but no need to worry! Every Wednesday, Simon Tierney will be showing you ‘How to do Stuff’ - bringing his best tips for those things you might not think about.This week, Simon joins Kieran to discuss how you can pretend to be an expert on different topics!

When Donald J. Trump first stepped into the Oval Office in 2017, he promised to "drain the swamp" and shake Washington to its core.Now back in the White House for a historic second term, Trump’s second first 100 days tell a different story.Joining Kieran to discuss is Joe Walsh, former Republican Congressman and later Mick Clifford, Special Correspondent with the Irish Examiner, joins to compare each of Trump's initial stints.Image: Reuters

Caroline Reidy from the HR Suite joins Kieran to discuss the rights you have as an employee, and inform you on how to best protect yourself in the workplace…

Newstalk's Technology Correspondent Jess Kelly joins Kieran to discuss Scattered Spider - one of the most dangerous and prolific hacking groups in the world, and presumed to be behind the recent hack of Marks & Spencer. She talks about how these hacking groups operate, and how some of them are asking AI to generate malicious code…