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When did you have your first drink? - Henry McKean Asks
It turns out we shouldn’t be like the French and introduce alcohol to our kids over dinner when they are 12 to drink. A 1997 US based study showed if…
4 days, 19 hours ago
What is wrong with people’s attitudes to road deaths?
This morning on Newstalk, we heard from Siobhán Gifford Lynch, the mother of Grace Lynch who died earlier this year at the age of 16 after she was hi…
4 days, 20 hours ago
The Ultimate Guide: Barbados
Every week for The Ultimate Guide on The Hard Shoulder, Fionn Davenport takes a closer look at some of the fantastic destinations to visit around the…
5 days, 17 hours ago
How vulnerable are we to cyberattacks?
Last month, American medical technology company Stryker, which has a headquarters in Cork, was crippled by a cyber-attack from an Iranian-backed gro…
5 days, 17 hours ago
Government survives vote of no confidence
While the Government has lost the favour of the Healy-Rae’s, it has passed the motion of no confidence originally tabled by Sinn Féin.
Joining Ciara a…
5 days, 18 hours ago
US blockades the Strait of Hormuz - what is the impact?
It has been just over twenty four hours since the United States blockaded the Strait of Hormuz, but it is still largely unclear how the US is going a…
5 days, 18 hours ago
The Bookshelf with Róisín Murphy
Architect Róisín Murphy joins Ciara and Shane to place her favourite book on The Hard Shoulder’s bookshelf!
5 days, 18 hours ago
Remembering Moya Brennan
Moya Brennan, best known as the lead singer of the Grammy and BAFTA-winning group Clannad, has passed away at the age of 73.
Ciara and Shane are joine…
5 days, 19 hours ago
Are men not bothered to clean up? - Henry McKean Asks
Today, Brianna Parkins writing in the Irish Independent says, “Men do see dirt, they are just unbothered because women are shamed into cleaning it”.
H…
5 days, 19 hours ago
What safety oversights can Heavy Goods Vehicles have?
After the death of cyclist Johnny Santos on Dublin’s Abbey Street, Dublin City Council has backed an emergency motion to impose better safety standar…
5 days, 19 hours ago