The Hard Shoulder

Kieran is joined by award winning author Donal Ryan to discuss his new book, ‘Heart, Be At Peace’ and why he is revisiting the characters from his debut novel.The book will be available from the 8th of August!Image: Penguin Books

For this week’s Tech Takeover, Killian Ginnity from Newstalk’s Digital Team joined Kieran Cuddihy to discuss why Elon Musk and Twitter/X is suing advertisers for not advertising on his platform. Yes, really.

Now, at around 7.45pm, Rhasidat Adeleke is set to take part in the 400m semi final run at the 2024 Paris Olympics.How hopeful are we in Rhasidat Adeleke? And how far can she go?John Treacy, Irish Olympian and Silver Medal Winner in 1984 Los Angeles Olympics joins Kieran to discuss.

Sky News is reporting that police are aware of at least 100 far-right protests planned for tonight, with thousands of specialist officers braced to respond as unrest continues to escalate in the UK following last week’s attack in Southport.Dominic Grieves Former UK Attorney General and Conservative MP, as well as Bonnie Greer, Author, Playwright and Columnist with the New European join Kieran to discuss what’s behind the recent chaos.Image: Sky

Team Ireland is celebrating after a historic win at the Olympics last night as Kellie Harrington won gold for a second time.Newstalk reporter, Josh Crosbie has been to her homeplace of Portland Row in Dublin’s North Inner City to soak up the atmosphere.

Is the Metro Link project in Dublin actually worth the mass amounts of time and money invested in it? Or should we bite the bullet, and use the money elsewhere?Independent Senator Michael McDowell certainly thinks so, as he was writing today in the Irish Times. He joins Kieran to discuss.

This Saturday, a protest is due to be held outside of Dublin Zoo calling for an independent investigation into concerns about animal welfare.  Dublin Zoo denied any allegation of a breach in animal welfare and an investigation by the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) last month cleared the zoo of any wrongdoing based on 17 allegations by a whistleblower, dating from 2004 to 2022. But what about the zoo and its role in society? Joining Kieran to discuss is Gerry Boland, Animal Advocate and Founder of Animals Behind Closed Doors.

Ireland waits with bated breath as Kellie Harrington prepares to become a back-to-back Olympic champion tonight.The boxer has her sights set on gold ahead of the women's 60kg Boxing Final, with her opponent being China’s Wenlu Yang.Joining Kieran for a boxing preview of the event is Irish Olympic boxer and 1992 Olympic gold medalist Michael Carruth.

Recently, streamer and YouTube star ISHOWSPEED was in Ireland, known for his outlandish nature and provocative stunts, such as jumping over oncoming cars.With many young men enjoying his work, are they starved of positive role models in the era of social media ?Joining Kieran to chat about this is Calvin O’Brien,Co Host of Talking Bollox Podcast.

Since its emergence in the past year, Ozempic has been hailed as a wonder drug for those with life threatening obesity.But, there has been huge demand for the drug from those with non-life-threatening weight issues.Joining Kieran to discuss the implications of the non-legitimate use of Ozempic is Dr Michael Crotty, a  GP who specialises in obesity medicine.