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Mar 3, 2025 • 12min
Italia 90: 35 Years On
One of the legends from Italia 90, Andy Townsend, joins Kieran ahead of an event hosted by the RDS on Patrick’s Day weekend.Two special nights to mark the occasion as the heroes from Italia 90 will share memories of the time.
Mar 3, 2025 • 10min
Tom Dunne
Tom Dunne joins Kieran Cuddihy to go through all the best music that’s come up on his radar this week, along with some chat about the Oscar's.
Mar 3, 2025 • 17min
Burglaries Up Almost 10%
Former Detective, Pat Marry, Matt Carthy, Sinn Fein spokesperson on Justice, and Seamus Boland, CEO of Irish Rural Link join The Hard Shoulder to discuss a disturbing rise in burglaries, according to new CSO figures.Burglaries rose by 10% in the 12 months up to September last year with a reported average of more than 27 burglaries a day.
Mar 3, 2025 • 11min
Vicky McClure
Actress and Model, Vicky McClure joins The Hard Shoulder.The Trigger Point and Line of Duty star, sits down with Kieran to discuss her new production Dayfever, which comes to Dublin’s the Academy in April.
Mar 3, 2025 • 9min
Kids Clinic
It’s the Kids Clinic Q & A.Aoife Lee, Parenting Coach from ParentSupport.ie joins Kieran, so get all your questions answered here.
Mar 3, 2025 • 5min
The Russia-Ukraine Ceasefire
Lewis Goodall, co-presenter with the News Agents and LBC presenter in his own right, joins The Hard Shoulder to discuss the latest on a possible ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine.But a chaotic few days in the White House may yet stand to be an obstacle.Get all the latest here.
Mar 3, 2025 • 17min
Helen McEntee
Minister for Education and Youth, Helen McEntee sits down with Kieran on The Hard Shoulder.The Fine Gael TD for Meath East joined the show to speak, among other things, her new briefing as Education Minister and the anticipation toward a Patrick’s Day visit to the United States.
Mar 3, 2025 • 11min
Co-living Plans
Former Mayo GAA Footballer, David Brady joins Kieran to talk through ambitious Government plans that could see a cure to rural isolation, and especially so for elderly people.
Feb 28, 2025 • 24min
Winners and Sinners
This week Kieran Cuddihy was joined by the presenter of Weekend Breakfast on Today FM, Alison Curtis Off the Ball’s Ger Gilroy to look back on the week that was, but with a few twists…
Feb 28, 2025 • 12min
Trump and Zelenksy fight in the Oval Office - what’s happening?
A heated argument broke out between Presidents Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenksy during a visit to the White House.Joining Kieran to discuss this exchange is Larry Donnelly, Law Lecturer at the University of Galway and Columnist with the Journal and Scott Lucas, Professor of US and International Politics in the Clinton Institute in UCD.Image: Reuters
