The Hard Shoulder

A lot of Ireland’s economic success over the past few decades has been down to American multinationals.But, with Trump in office, is our stance over Gaza threatening the country's economic future?Micheal Murphy, Journalist at the Telegraph joins Kieran to discuss.

Lily Collins announced last week that she had welcomed the arrival of her first child through surrogacy.The actress was met with backlash when she didn’t explain why she used a surrogate, with many speculating online that the Emily in Paris star didn’t want to miss out on career opportunities, others said Lily was reluctant to lose her figure.The controversy has reignited the debate around the ethics of surrogacy – just as legislation is about to be enacted that would legalize it here.Newstalk reporter Sarah Madden reports.

Channel 4 have now placed a trigger warning on an episode of ‘Father Ted’, where the late Dermot Morgan does a racist impersonation of a Chinese person. The warning says that this episode was “...made in 1998 and contains language and racial impersonation which some viewers may find offensive.”So, is the trigger warning justified? Or are we just over-sensitive when it comes to older content?Ian O’Doherty, Columnist with The Irish Independent and Ciara Lawless, Singer and Songwriter join Kieran to discuss.Image: Channel 4

Getting kids to eat the greens is a daily struggle for most parents at the dinner table, but would getting them to grow their own produce help?For more on this, guest host Anton Savage is joined by Lilly Higgins, Chef for SuperValu’s ‘Let’s Grow’ initiative.

Worried parents across the country have had routine, and necessary developmental checks for their children with public health nurses suspended, with some parts of Ireland without a public health nurse due to staffing shortages...Catherine Stocker, Social Democrats Councillor for Clontarf has been directly affected by this and joins guest host Anton Savage along with Dr Kieran Moore, Medical Pediatric Consultant Liaison Psychiatrist and Associate Professor of Psychiatry U.C.D.

Former Professional Cyclist Nicolas Roche joined guest host Anton Savage this week to place his favourite book on The Hard Shoulder’s Bookshelf!

US President Donald Trump warned that "all hell" would break loose if every Israeli hostage is not released from Gaza within days.It’s after Hamas threatened to postpone further exchanges under a ceasefire deal it said Israel was violating.Will this sort of rhetoric work?Joining guest host Anton Savage to discuss is Alistair Bunkall Sky News Middle East Correspondent and Sean Bell retired Fighter Pilot, current Defence Consultant and co-host of the ‘Red Matrix’ Podcast.Image: Reuters

There is still uproar over a stabbing incident in Stoneybatter on Sunday afternoon…Should we be taking knife crime more seriously, and has there been an increase of knife crime in Ireland?Joining guest host Anton Savage to discuss is Columnist and retired Consultant in Emergency Medicine, Dr Chris Luke.

Today is Safer Internet Day, and new research has revealed that a third of young people are addicted to social media…Joining Anton to discuss when children should be introduced to the internet and phones is Fiona Jennings Head of Policy and Public Affairs at ISPCC and Stella O'Malley, Psychotherapist and author.

Valentine's Day is around the corner, but would you be willing to scrap big gifts for something homemade as prices go up?Joining guest host Anton Savage to discuss is Meghann Scully, Freelance Journalist, Esther McCarthy, Lifestyle Editor at the Irish Examiner and John Lowe from moneydoctors.ie.