The Hard Shoulder

Tánaiste Michael Martin has hit out at Minister of State in the Department of Finance, Neal Richmond, over his calls to increase the Stamp Duty, saying the sensible thing to do was wait for review before suggestions of raising it.To discuss whether or not it should be, Kieran is joined by Louise Burne, Political Correspondent with the Irish Mirror.

It’s not been too long since we experienced the fantastic achievements of Team Ireland at the Paris 2024 Olympics!One of the contributing factors to that feel-good factor was certainly the early bronze medal win by Mona McSharry.Mona joins Kieran Cuddihy to discuss the whole experience.

Australia is better at recruiting Gardaí from Ireland than our own Government.That’s according to Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín, who was speaking amid news today that Garda numbers fell significantly over the summer months.He joins Kieran to discuss…

During Ireland and England’s football match in the Aviva last Saturday - Irish fans were heard booing as the English anthem ‘God Save the King’ played in the stadium. Did Irish football fans cross a line?Joining Kieran Cuddihy to discuss is Eamon Delaney, Author and Commentator, Kieran Cunningham Chief Sports Writer at the Irish Daily Star and Mark Lawrenson  Former BBC Pundit and Irish International Footballer.

This week guest host Jonathan Healy was joined by Esther McCarthy, LifeStyle Editor at the Irish Examiner and Joe O'Shea, Editor of CorkBeo.ie to look back on the week that was, but with a few twists…

Tomorrow, Ireland faces England in the Nations League game at the Aviva Stadium, but do we care about English Irish rivalry? And, should we?Guest host Jonathan Healy is joined by Barbara McCarthy, Journalist and football enthusiast and Ronan Mc Greevey, Irish Times Journalist and co-author of ‘The Kidnapping’ to discuss.

As the show is in Cork today, it only seemed right to look at a special part of its culture, spiced beef! Guest host Jonathan Healy is joined by Tom Durcan, of Tom Durcan Meats in Cork’s English Market to discuss what makes the beef so special, and what you can have it with.Image: Tom Durcan Meats

Is the use of regional airports the most logical approach to relieving the passenger cap in Dublin airport?Guest host Jonathan Healy is joined by Dee Ryan, former CEO of Limerick Chamber and member of the Government’s Shannon Estuary Economic Taskforce.

The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) have announced they are launching an investigation into Ticketmaster Ireland and their handling of the Oasis ticket sales...Joining guest host Jonathan Healy to discuss is Sinead Ryan, Columnist Columnist and Presenter of The Home Show on Newstalk.

Figures released this week show that classrooms were overcrowded, despite pupil numbers falling.Some parents who have found themselves in a supersized class of 37 is Fiachna Ó Braonáin, Musician, Broadcaster Founding member of ‘The Hothouse Flowers’.He, alongside his partner Siona Ó Braonáin and Contributor to the Irish Independent John Walsh join guest host Jonathan Healy to discuss.