The Hard Shoulder

It’s time for the Shopping Trolley Hotline! Where we review the same product from various stores and brands.This week, Newstalk’s Simon Tierney joined Kieran Cuddihy to look at different offerings of salad dressing!

With chaos evident in the Dáil today, what went wrong - and when will the next Taoiseach be elected?Joining Kieran to discuss is People Before Profit TD Dún Laoghaire, Richard Boyd Barrett, Philip Ryan, Political Editor with the Irish independent and Alan Farrel, Fine Gael Senator.

US President Donald Trump has called a bishop "nasty" and demanded an apology.This is after she told him from the pulpit that he was sowing fear among the country's immigrants and LGBTQ people…Reverend Richard Coles joins Kieran to discuss.

For this week’s Tech Takeover, Newstalk’s Tech Correspondent joins Kieran to discuss the Tomorrow Golf League (TGL): a new indoor golf tournament backed by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy. Is it a glimpse into the future?Image: TGL

With a status red warning issued from Met Éireann, Storm Éowyn is expected to hit Ireland this Friday…To discuss what you can expect, Kieran is joined by Alan O’Reilly from Carlow Weather.

174 TDs entered the Dáil chamber at 11am, intending to nominate the new Taoiseach and thus get the new Government enacted.However, after a fourth suspension, the Dáil has been abandoned until tomorrow…What happened, and why does there seem to be so much chaos?Kieran is joined by Alison O’Connor, Columnist with the Sunday Times and Broadcaster and Matt Carthy, Sinn Féin TD for Cavan-Monaghan, to discuss.

President Donald Trump plans to make good on his promise to end illegal immigration, and has also promised a wave of deportations.This is a move that is causing fear and anxiety across the states and within the Irish community where there remains a large proportion of undocumented Irish living in the US.Fiona McEntee, Managing Partner at McEntee Law Group has been inundated with emails and calls from those who are “extremely concerned” about their situation.Fiona joins Kieran from Chicago to discuss.

Road safety campaigners have urged Google to remove satnav alerts for random Garda speed cameras and checkpoints to ensure reckless drivers are detected.Henry McKean has been investigating, and joins Kieran to discuss.

Dáil Éireann is set to return tomorrow, with a new Government and a fresh agenda set out by their Programme for Government.But, how did the programme come to be, what compromises did they have to make and what goes into governmental talks?Joining Kieran to discuss is Ossian Smyth, Minister of State for Communications and candidate for the Trinity College panel of the Seanad election and Craig Hughes, Political Editor with the Daily Mail.

Presenter and Architect Dermot Bannon joined Kieran Cuddihy this week to place his favourite book on the Hard Shoulder Bookshelf!