The Hard Shoulder Highlights

For this week’s Kids Health Check, guest host Jonathan Healy is joined by Caroline O’Connor, Registered Dietitian, Lactation Consultant and Founder of Solid Starts to discuss how you can manoeuvre one of the biggest milestones in your baby’s first year: weaning!

A new report from Fluid Focus has revealed that students spend 5 and a half hours daily on their phones, which could add up to 25 years of their life…The report also highlighted the negative impact this amount of screen time can have on young people’s mental health, attention span and overall wellbeing.Dr Charlotte Armitage, author of ‘Generation Zombie: Why Devices Are Harming Our Children’ joins guest host Jonathan Healy to discuss these impacts, and what can be done to fix them.

The 40th memorial to commemorate the Air India flight 182 terrorist attack victims has taken place in Ahakista, West Cork.The flight was en route from Montreal to New Delhi when a bomb detonated onboard, killing all 329 passengers.James Robinson, retired Irish Navy Captain and Lieutenant Commander of Le Aisling joins Jonathan Healy to share his experience of the recovery mission.

Tánaiste Simon Harris has today described the US attack on Iran's nuclear facilities as "a very unhelpful intervention."He said as much as he made his way into a meeting of EU Foreign Ministers today…Joining guest host Jonathan Healy to discuss the EU reaction, and what is potentially happening next for this conflict is Rosie Birchard, Journalist with DW News and Michael Graham, Managing Editor of InsideSources, a national news outlet based in Washington DC.

During the summer months and bouts of good weather, it’s important to ask yourself: are you putting on sunscreen properly?Joining guest host Jonathan Heally is Consultant Dermatologist at the Institute of Dermatology, Isabel Haugh for her top sunscreen tips to protect your skin!

Thousands of people are not showing up for the driving tests. This is then leading to longer waiting times for others.There are calls for a loophole to be closed so people cannot continuously book a test and not show up.Newstalk reporter, Josh Crosbie has been examining the figures.

Students heading on J1s will be told to make their social media profiles public ahead of travelling.The American Embassy in Ireland is also asking applicants to include the usernames for social media sites they've used in the past five years.Larry Donnelly is Law Lecturer at University of Galway and Columnist with The Journal, and joins guest host Jonathan Healy to discuss.

A ban looks likely to be introduced on smoking and vaping at all playgrounds, multi-use games areas, and amenity spaces controlled by Cork County Council, primarily sparked by concerns about children’s health.Should it go further, should all public smoking be banned?Joining guest host Jonathan Healy to discuss is Cork County Councillor, Jack White.

This week, guest Seán Defoe 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…

Tánaiste Simon Harris has announced the decision to close Ireland's embassy in Iran.Joining guest host Seán Defoe to discuss the latest is Craig Hughes, Political Editor with the Irish Daily Mail.