The Hard Shoulder

Fine Gael’s Ray McAdam has been elected as the new Lord Mayor of Dublin. His term will focus on ‘celebrating Dubin’ in which he hopes to champion the city’s people and potential.  Lord Mayor of Dublin Councillor Ray McAdam spoke with Anton earlier to address his plans for the capital.Listen here.

Newstalk's own, Simon Tierney joins The Hard Shoulder for this week’s “How To Do Stuff” segment.This week, Simon digs into the science, myths, and questionable parenting methods that have given way to some of sport's greatest performers.Listen here

Dr Aileen McGloin, Director of Nutrition at safefood, joins The Hard Shoulder to explore whether soaring food prices are leading consumers to rely more on cheap, highly processed products.Listen here

Ria Czerniak-LeBov is an artist, writer, musician and the granddaughter of a Holocaust escapee. She is one of many Jewish people who are speaking out against Zionism and Israel’s continued attack on Gaza. Listen here for all this brilliant conversation.

Carlow Weather’s Alan O’Reilly joins Anton to talk weather – both here at home and abroad. The heatwave across the UK and Europe continues, but will that heat and sun ever reach this island?Listen here.

Jess Kelly, Newstalk’s Technology Correspondent, joins Anton to talk about the growing reach (and perhaps overreach) of artificial intelligence.Get all the latest tech news and tips, listen here.

Fr Bryan Shortall joins The Hard Shoulder to pay tribute to the late Fr Kevin Crowley, the beloved founder of the Capuchin Day Centre, who passed away this week at the age of 90.Listen here

Feljin Jose, Green Party TD and transport spokesperson, Lynn Boylan, Sinn Féin MEP for Dublin, and Brian Caulfield, Professor of Transportation at Trinity College Dublin, join The Hard Shoulder to debate the government's new Luas expansion plan.Although the plans are welcomed, the wait for another 25 years has many people questioning if they'll even live to see its opening.Listen here for all the debate.

Harriet Alexander, a US-based journalist, joins The Hard Shoulder to unpack the court verdict involving Sean “Diddy” Combs, who was found guilty of only one of the charges he was brought to court over.Arguably, it carried the lightest sentence of all his charges.Listen here

Tánaiste Simon Harris has been telling a trade forum that US tariffs of 10% on exports from Ireland will be the "new normal" but that efforts are continuing to agree 'zero-for-zero' taxes in some key areas.  The meeting takes place a week before the scheduled lifting of a pause on higher tariffs by the US president Donald Trump. Peter Burke is the Minister for Enterprise and Fine Gael TD for Longford-Westmeath, and he joined Anton earlier on The Hard Shoulder.Listen here.