The Hard Shoulder

Family Psychotherapist, Columnist and co-host of the Go Loud podcast ‘They Mess You Up’ Richard Hogan joined Ciara to place his favourite book on The Hard Shoulder Bookshelf!

Mayor of Limerick John Moran has alleged that local councillors are deploying tactics to make sure his term is not successful…Joining Ciara to discuss this is Nick Rabbitts, Reporter with the Limerick Leader.

Last week Ireland was drawn to play Israel in this year’s Nations League with a home leg at the Aviva Stadium on 4th October and an away leg before that on 27th September. Much debate has ensued since about whether we should partake in the fixtures in the backdrop of the Israel/Gaza war. Bernard O’Byrne is the former FAI CEO, former Basketball Ireland CEO and a former board member of FIBA, the European Basketball Federation and has previously tried, without success, to see Israel banned from basketball competitions and joins Shane to discuss.

This year marks 7 years of All Together Now, and today they announced 60 acts that you can expect to see at the weekend festival.The list includes Pulp, Kneecap, Disclosure, The Mary Wallopers, Christy Moore and more.Joining Ciara to discuss all is Will Rolfe, Creative Director of POD Festivals, and the man behind All Together Now…

The Minister for Education has announced a pause to the review of Special Needs Assistant allocations following concerns raised by parents and schools.Joining Shane to discuss this is Michelle Cotterill, Principal of Our Lady of Good Counsel Boys National School in Glenageary.

What are the small maintenance fixes you need to do regularly to save yourself money in the long run?Joining Ciara with his tips is Peter Finn, aka Pete the Builder.

Following opening night of 'The Monk' play at Dublin's Ambassador Theatre last night, a production by Rex Ryan along with Gerry Hutches appearance and Q&A, is this simply art or an example of glorifying crime?Joining Shane to discuss  is Eimer McAuley, News Reporter with the Journal.ie and Crime Journalist, Paul Williams.

The Hoxton Hotel, a new hotel on Dublin’s Exchequer Street is seeking an injunction over music noise levels from an adjoining restaurant and late night music venue, Yamamori Izakaya. The hotel is alleging that noise has resulted in the closure of 31 of its 129 bedrooms and wants further acoustic protection installed by Yamamori. But, where does the onus lie when it comes to noise in city centre developments? And is noise just something that has to be accepted in a city centre?Ray O’Donoghue is Dublin City’s Night Time Economy Advisor and Andrea Horan is the Owner of Tropical Popical nail salon. They join Ciara to discuss.

Today marks the release of ‘Inside America’s Next Top Model’ on Netflix, a three part documentary that pulls the curtain back on the dark side of the reality show…Shane is joined by Holly Carpenter, Social Media Content Creator and Model, to discuss.Image: Netflix

For this week’s Kids Clinic, Ciara is joined by Siobhan O’Neill White of Mams.ie to discuss the always tricky subject of sleepovers!