The Hard Shoulder

Today, the Labour Party are hosting a conference calling for a genuine right to remote work in Ireland.For more on this, X is joined by Labour’s Employment Affairs Spokeswoman, Marie Sherlock and Karen Kiernan, CEO of One Family…

More than 800 drivers were arrested numerous times for drink or drug driving between 2022 and 2024, with figures from last year expected to bring that number to over 1,000.That’s according to the latest figures from the Medical Bureau of Road Safety.Joining Ciara to discuss is Professor Dennis Cusack, Director of the Medical Bureau of Road Safety & Ger Herbert, Motoring Expert, The Irish Independent…

"We’re living in the Peak A**hole Era and there’s nothing anyone can do about it", so says Tanya Sweeney, Features writer and Columnist with The Irish Independent.She joins Shane to discuss why people have seemingly become so rude…

The Minister for Education, Hildegarde Naughton has been asked to explain why many schools around the country have been told their allocation for Special Needs Assistants may be cut from this September. Fórsa this morning told The Claire Byrne Show that a number of schools have received contact that their allocation will be cut when the next school year starts…Hildegarde Naughton, Minister for Education and Youth joins Ciara to discuss.

This week, Shane was joined by Saoirse Hanley of The Irish independent and Ger Gilroy from  Off The Ball  

The parents of 16-year-old Grace Lynch, who was tragically killed by a scrambler close to her home last month, say they do not want any other parent to go through what they are going through.This weekend marks three weeks since Grace was killed.Her parents Siobhan and Martin have been speaking to our Chief Reporter Barry Whyte… 

New statistics from The Central Bank show fathers with young children are working less hours than they were in 2019, opting to instead to stay home with their children where possible.  Joining Shane was Off the Balls, Adrian Barry and  Jen Hogan  features journalist and host of the Conversations with Parents podcast

The Republic of Ireland will begin their Nations League campaign with away fixtures against Kosovo and Israel in September, and the home games have been scheduled for October with Israel scheduled to play at Aviva Stadium on Sunday, 4 October, 3 days before the anniversary of the Hamas attack   Shane was joined by Charlie McConalogue, Minister of State at the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport and Fianna Fail TD for Donegal to discuss the fixture

Off The Ball's Mick McCarthy joined Shane on The Hard Shoulder to review the week in sport and look ahead to the weekend action…

Now it’s time to look over to Milano Cortina to catch up with the Winter Olympics.  We have plenty to chat about between sports and scandal.Barry Kenny, Corporate Communications Manager with Irish Rail and Olympics superfan, joined Shane to discuss