Highlights From The Hard Shoulder

US Ambassador Claire Cronin as part of her 'Open Doors' policy, invited the students from St Dominic's College Ballyfermot into Deerfield Residence, the home of the US Ambassador, in the Phoenix Park Dublin. Henry McKean got a tour with the students and met the US Ambassador in the run up to Christmas...

Cabinet ministers have been raising concerns about Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien’s proposals for a major overhaul of Ireland’s planning laws. We heard overnight that things had been agreed, then we hear this morning that certain Green Ministers are concerned, and now the Taoiseach has this afternoon defended the proposed legislation. Craig Hughes is Political Correspondent with the Irish Daily Mail and Robin Mandal, Chair of the Dublin Democratic Planning Alliance and former President of the Royal Institute of Architects joined Emmet Oliver to discuss…

Anton Savage was joined on The Hard Shoulder by Clare McKenna, presenter of Alive and Kicking on Newstalk, to discuss brain health...

Anton Savage was joined in studio by Fine Gael Senator, Regina Doherty, and Socialist Party TD for Cork North Central, Mick Barry. Continuing the series, ‘Common Ground’, they will debate some of the biggest, most divisive topics around. The series continued with a discussion around 'Should chuggers be banned?'...

From sleeping rough in the Phoenix Park to earning a masters degrees, Croatian brothers Allen and Jay Bobinac last week received a special SETU achievement award from Minister Simon Harris and Croatian Ambassador to Ireland Davor Vidis. Allen and Jay joined Anton Savage in studio to discuss their remarkable story...

Gerry Hutch’s barrister has accused Jonathan Dowdall of telling lies in court. The former Sinn Féin councillor is being cross-examined in Mr Hutch’s trial for the murder of David Byrne, who was shot dead at the Regency Hotel in 2016. Paul Williams, Crime Journalist and Author of ‘The Monk - The life and times of Ireland's most enigmatic crime boss’ joined Anton Savage to discuss what happened in court today...

Cabinet met this morning to approve a number of amendments that seek to recognise families that are created through international surrogacy. Anton Savage was joined by Cathy Wheatley, spokesperson for Irish Families Through Surrogacy...

The head of Dublin Bus will tell TDs and Senators later the 'vast, vast majority of services' operate on time and on schedule. However, Chief Executive Billy Hann will apologise to customers who have had a poor experience, when he appears before an Oireachtas committee this evening. Anton Savage was joined by Brian Caulfield, Associate Professor at the School Of Engineering, Trinity College Dublin and Paul Donnelly, Sinn Fein TD for Dublin West to discuss...

With twelve days until Christmas, singer Brian Kennedy joined Anton Savage on The Hard Shoulder to discuss his gigs over the festive period and other Christmas traditions... Image: briankennedy.co.uk

With the weather warnings extended through the weekend Joanna Donnelly joined Anton Savage to discuss what’s in store for the next couple of days. Focus Ireland’s Mike Allen also joined Anton to discuss what can be done to assist the homeless sleeping rough during this cold spell...

Anton Savage was joined by award-winning author Colm Tóibín, to discuss his new book: ‘A Guest At The Feast’…

Jonathan Dowdall, a former co-accused of Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch, has begun giving evidence against him at the Regency Hotel murder trial. Paul Williams, Crime Journalist and Author of ‘The Monk - The life and times of Ireland's most enigmatic crime boss’ joined Anton Savage to discuss what happened in court today...

Rhiannon Adam is set to become the first Irish person in space. She is a photographic artist originally from Co. Cork, who now lives in Hackney in London. The trip, called dearMoon, is expected to take place next year 2023 aboard Starship, a rocket being developed by Elon Musk’s SpaceX. Rhiannon joined Anton Savage on The Hard Shoulder to discuss...

Actor, Florence Pugh has recently opened up about the imposter syndrome she experienced on the set of the 2018 film King Lear. Aoife O’Brien, Founder of Happieratwork.ie and ImposterSyndrome.ie joined Anton Savage to discuss how imposter syndrome affects us and how to deal with it...

Labour Party Education Spokerperson Aodhán Ó Ríordáin says that the Irish requirement for teaching training is a barrier to a diverse workforce. Anton Savage was joined on The Hard Shoulder by Aodhán Ó Ríordáin TD and Simon Lewis, Principal at Carlow Educate Together to discuss...

There are reports that getting a taxi over the weekend was pretty much impossible in Dublin City. Demand has trebled in the last month. The taxi apps had very few cabs available. Some people had to walk home and others even booked into hotels to stay out of the cold. This is the first Christmas in 3 years that the office party is back because of Covid. Henry McKean met some of those in the industry and those affected by the shortages…

Aisling Larkin TV Chef and mindful eating coach joined Kieran to take a closer look how to make the best Christmas stuffing for the festive season...

Kieran Cunningham, Chief Sports Writer with the Irish Daily Star joined Kieran Cuddihy on The Hard Shoulder to review the week in sport and look ahead to the weekend action...

Journalist Nicola Tallant joined Kieran on The Hard Shoulder to discuss the latest on the Regency Hotel murder trial and also about ‘Crime World’, her podcast that will hit the stage of the 3Olympia theatre in April next year...

Jess Kelly, Newstalk's Technology Correspondent joined Kieran to discuss what she found out during her visit to Amazon’s fulfilment centre in Dublin...