The Hard Shoulder

Lisa Canny, the creator of the all-female trad group Biird joins Ciara for this week’s Thursday Interview!

The Minister for Transport has rejected calls from the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission to remove the barriers that are preventing Uber and Bolt from fully entering the Irish taxi market and allowing drivers to use their own cars to provide taxi rides without a special license.The CCPS said that the current regulation is holding the industry back and means a lack of choice for consumers, but would it be a solution to our current taxi shortage? Danny O’Gorman is the General Manager of FreeNow Ireland and joins Ciara to discuss.

“UCD Fails to Safeguard Against ‘Image-Based Sexual Assault’ after image of student who had been raped sent to staff and students”.This is the headline on the article written by Adam Schmitz and Orla Mahon for the UCD University Paper, the University Observer.It details the incident of a medical student in UCD who had a “nude, bruised and unconscious” image of herself shared and circulated to a significant number of UCD Staff and student email addresses and then some months later to a student WhatsApp group.Shane sat down a little earlier with this student, who we will call Katelyn for the benefit of this interview, and we have also changed her voice to protect her anonymity…If you have been affected by this interview, help is available.You can reach Dublin Rape Crisis Centre on their 24 hr national helpline on 1800 778 888.Or contact Women’s aid on their 24 helpline 1800 341 900.

‘Leg danglers are the swimming pool equivalent of people who stand at the end of an escalator’ so says Ceire Sadlier, Irish Times contributor who suggests that we all need a lesson in pool etiquette. It is an opinion shared by Dr Clare Moriarty, a Research Fellow at the TCD Long Room Hub, so is it time we all got a lesson in how to behave in the pool?Céire and Clare join Ciara to discuss the etiquette and importance of access to pools across the country.

US tech giant Apple have announced an expansion to their Irish operations with a new Dublin office set to open later this year.Newstalk’s Technology Correspondent Jess Kelly has been speaking to Apple’s VP of Places Kristina Raspe to find out more, and joins Ciara to discuss.

With the multiple weeks of heavy rain and general poor weather, how is this impacting farmers and their ability to work?Newstalk Reporter Josh Crosbie has been investigating, and joins Shane to discuss…

Today, former Prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been arrested for suspicion of misconduct in public office.Joining Shane with the latest information and commentary is Iain Dale, LBC News & Radio Presenter, Royal Commentator and author and Victoria Howard, Royal Commentator and Editor and Founder of The Crown Chronicles.

Life can be full of confusing things, but no need to worry! Every Wednesday, Simon Tierney will be showing you ‘How to do Stuff’ - bringing his best tips for those things you might not think about.This week, Simon joins Ciara and Shane to discuss how to properly kiss someone! As in, how much tongue is too much tongue?

The cost of buying a home in Dublin has now reached €500,000. That’s according to the latest figures from The Central Statistics office. But, how is this pushing out our young people that are trying to get onto the property ladder?Joining Ciara to discuss is Newstalk's own Kathleen Keane and James Kavanagh, Podcaster and Presenter.

The Government is being urged to expedite its publishing of an updated national Climate Action Plan which is meant to be updated annually and include updated targets and initiatives to keep our long-term emission targets in sight. A group of five academics have written to the Taoiseach and Minister for the Environment urging them to expedite its updating as the budget for this year has not yet been published.Darren Clarke is an Assistant Professor in Climate in DCU, and joins Shane to discuss.