The Hard Shoulder

A top US immigration official is expected to leave the US city of Minneapolis amid the death of It's as US President Donald Trump may be trying to defuse tensions in the area, as he also sent his border czar Tom Homan into the city.Fionnuala Ni Aoláin is professor of Law with the University of Minnesota and concurrently Professor of Law with Queens University Belfast. She joined Ciara Doherty to discuss what the atmosphere is like in Minneapolis and the state of Minnesota as a whole.

Today is Holocaust Memorial Day, and to coincide with it, the government has announced funding of €100,000 towards holocaust education in secondary schools. To discuss the importance of this, Chief Rabbi of Ireland, Yoni Wieder, joined Ciara Doherty to explain the importance of educating young people in Ireland about the holocaust.

Earlier today, the government approved legislation to change the current rental system. To talk through some of these changes and how they’ll impact landlords and tenants. Joining Ciara was National Advocacy Manager with Threshold, Ann-Marie O’Reilly.

Muireann O’Connell Ireland AM presenter joined Ciara Doherty to place her favourite book on The Hard Shoulder Bookshelf!

There are movie stars abound at the Dublin International Film Festival this year.Paul Rudd, Colin Farrell, Bill Nighy, Maisie Williams and Nick Jonas to name a few, will be in Dublin to attend the premier of their films and walk the red carpet at this year’s festival. To talk us through it all Ciara Doherty was joined by Grainne Humphrys is Executive Festival Director of Dublin International Film Festival. She also talked about Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal's nominations for the BAFTAs.

Today the Minister for Public Expenditure and Infrastructure, along with the Minister for Finance, launched a new Government service to accelerate major Government capital investment projectsThis will aim to cut back major unfractured back by 12 months. Projects like the GPO redevelopment and the National Concert Hall in Dublin are likely to be among the first projects to see the benefit of this.Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform & Digitalisation. Fianna Fáil TD for Dublin West Jack Chambers, joined Ciara Doherty to discuss this and more.

Leaf blowers, gym music and church bells were among the sources of noise complaints in Dublin last year, with 30% of those surveyed complaining about noise from construction work. As urban areas across Ireland continue to expand, should we consider ways to tackle noise pollution now? Are things like curfews in built up areas an option?   Joining Ciara Doherty to discuss was Esther McCarty, Columnist with the Irish Examiner and Mary Mc Carty, Irish Independent Columnist..

Henry McKean, Newstalk Reporter, visited communities today who have experienced flooding brought by  Storm Chandra. He joined Ciara Doherty to talk through it.

A top US immigration official is expected to leave the US city of Minneapolis. It's as US President Donald Trump may be trying to defuse tensions in the area, as he also sent his border czar Tom Homan into the city. But what has the reality been on the ground?Lewis Goodall, who is presenter with The NewsAgents, and Sunday with Lewis Goodall on LBC,  talked to  Ciara Doherty on what it has been like on the ground in  Minneapolis.

Major disruption through today as Storm Chandra has hit the country with wind and rain.Enniscorthy has been particularly affected and is still recovering.Sinead Casey is Head of Roads & Transportation at Wexford County Council, and Conor Swaine, who is the owner of BTwenty7 on The Quays in Enniscorthy joined Ciara Doherty to discuss