The Hard Shoulder
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Sep 26, 2025 • 26min
Winners and Sinners
This week, Kieran Cuddihy was joined by Off the Ball’s Ger Gilroy and Saoirse Hanley, Feature Writer with the Irish Independent, to look back on the week that was, but with a few twists…
Sep 26, 2025 • 10min
Steelers Vs Vikings - who will win this Sunday?
The big day is almost here. This Sunday, after a long time planning, Dublin plays host to its first ever official NFL regular season game, where the Pittsburgh Steelers go up against the Minnesota Vikings. Who will come out on top?To discuss, Kieran is joined by Steelers Beat Reporter with PennLive & Host of Steelers Breakdown, Nick Farabough.
Sep 26, 2025 • 17min
You Are What You Eat: Chicken Dinner
Winner winner! Aisling Larkin, Mindful Eating Coach and TV Chef joins Kieran Cuddihy to discuss the different kinds of chicken dinners you can make.
Sep 26, 2025 • 9min
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…
Sep 26, 2025 • 10min
Children in Greystones still without school places
Despite the school year being underway, there are a number of kids still without a school place, and are now being left behind by their peers…Kieran is joined by the parents of two of those kids, Mairead Carty and Sinead O’Reilly, to discuss.
Sep 26, 2025 • 9min
Jack de Bromhead Equine Centre opens - Henry McKean Reports
Henry and Heather de Bromhead and their daughters Mia and Georgia, opened The Jack de Bromhead Equine Centre located on the campus of ChildVision in Drumcondra.The new indoor equine therapeutic centre, is named after 13 year old Jack who died at a race meeting in 2022.Henry McKean visited the new equine centre to see how Jack de Bromhead's legacy will help children for generations to come…
Sep 26, 2025 • 9min
Is there any hope for health insurance costs?
Health insurance continues to be an issue for many people, but what are the latest increases set to look like, and what can you do to keep costs down?Kieran is joined by Health Insurance Expert with Health Insurance.ie, Dermot Goode, and Health Economist at UCC, Brian Turner, to discuss.
Sep 26, 2025 • 12min
How do you get noticed in a Presidential election?
If you’re one of the three Irish Presidential candidates, what is the best way to make an impact? How do you get the public excited to vote for you?Paul Allen, a PR professional, who has worked on four Presidential campaigns, joins Kieran to discuss.
Sep 26, 2025 • 11min
Does it matter if House of Guinness isn’t accurate?
There’s been a lot of discussion over how accurate the new Netflix show ‘The House of Guinness’ is, or rather how inaccurate it is. So, we’re going to look into how close it is to real history, and whether or not that matters…Joining Kieran to discuss is Historian, Dr Kevin Egan and Presenter of Screentime on Newstalk, John Fardy.
Sep 25, 2025 • 16min
Movies and TV: Slow Horses, One Battle After Another, House of Guinness
Sarina Bellissimo, Broadcaster and Presenter of the Bellissimo Files Podcast and David O’Callaghan from the Here and Back Again podcast joined Kieran Cuddihy on The Hard Shoulder to review the latest TV and movie releases…
