The Hard Shoulder

‘Neven’s Portuguese Food Trails’ has kicked off on RTÉ, with Neven Maguire exploring Iberian nation’s food culture and history. You can catch it on Wednesdays at 8pm, and watch back on the RTÉ Player.To tell more, TV Chef Neven Maguire joins Kieran!

Sky News has unveiled plans for a complete overhaul of its programming and newsroom.Sky News 2030 aims to create a model of premium paid content, which they will say will safeguard its future.But, does this move say something about the future of linear television, and the future of news consumption?Dr Eileen Culloty is Assistant Professor at the DCU School of Communications and Deputy Director of the Fujo Media Institute. She joins Kieran to discuss.

For this week's Tech Takeover, Newstalk's Technology Correspondent Jess Kelly joins Kieran to talk all things video doorbells, and what you should keep in mind in terms of your and others' privacy.

About 133,000 homes, farms and businesses are still without electricity and 7,500 premises remain without water following Storm Éowyn last week.One of the areas most affected has been Galway, and someone who has been in the midst of it is entrepreneur, Declan Ganley.Declan joins Kieran, as well as Oisin Coghlan Chief Executive at Friends of the Earth Ireland, to debate about what’s been happening.

The highly anticipated documentary ‘Boyzone: No Matter What’ will be available on Sky this Sunday, February 2nd.Boyzone’s Shane Lynch joins Kieran to discuss!Image: Sky

You may have seen today that the Office of Public Works (OPW) paid €490k to build a wall in Dublin… To be exact: a 70 meter wall in front of the Workplace Relations Commission’s office.Peadar Toibín, Leader of Aontú and TD for Meath East joins Kieran to discuss.

A Twitter user shared their receipt from the Temple Bar Pub, showing that five pints cost them 49 euro! Has Temple Bar gotten too expensive? And will this put tourists off coming to Dublin?Joining Kieran to discuss is Travel Journalist Joan Scales and Ger Hough, owner of Hough's Pub in Bangher County Offaly.

The Taoiseach and Government Ministers are visiting the communities most severely impacted by Storm Éowyn.180,000 remain without power around the country, and it might not be restored for some until next Friday…Micheál Martin has been visiting emergency hubs in the likes of Roscommon, as has the Minister for Housing James Browne. He joins Kieran to discuss.

Presenter and Broadcaster Anna Daly joined Kieran Cuddihy this week to place her favourite book on the Hard Shoulder Bookshelf!

Google has confirmed that it would add the label of ‘Gulf of America’ to its maps following the political action made by US President Donald Trump.But, how common is it for a location to have two contesting names, and what other examples are there?Pádraig Carmody, Professor of Geography at Trinity College joins Kieran to discuss.