Highlights From The Hard Shoulder

Roscommon, Clare, Mayo and Kildare are all heading to Croke Park on Saturday for Round 2 of the All Ireland Senior Football Championship. It’ll be part of a double header that will be shown on Sky Sports. Former Mayo player Austin O’Malley joined Kieran to discuss why we are seeing so many empty seats in Croke Park and if the GAA needs to address inflation and a younger generation of fans.

A video has gone viral today of a group of people mocking the death of Michaela McAreavey. The PSNI and Orange Order are investigating, with the video being condemned from all sides. Joe Brolly, columnist with the Sunday Independent, joined Kieran on The Hard Shoulder to discuss...

The Assisted Human Reproduction Coalition has described a comments by Health Minister Stephen Donnelly about legislating for International Surrogacy as "extremely disappointing." Cathy Wheatley from Irish Families Through Surrogacy joined Kieran on The Hard Shoulder to discuss the comments and the future of surrogacy in Ireland...

For the Thursday Interview, Kieran was joined in studio this week by author Sinead Gleeson.

Time now for ‘The Pod Couple’. Sarah Madden from Newstalk Breakfast and Darren Cleary from GoLoud Selects joined Kieran on the show as ever, and this week focused on ‘Phoning It In’

The number of cases of an unknown mystery form of hepatitis has risen to 12, with a second child needing a liver transplant. GPs and pediatric consultants are aware of the increase in cases. Dr. Phil Kieran from Cork joined Kieran on the show.

An article in the Irish Times caught my eye - ‘Is the United States headed for Civil War’? It’s a pertinent question as the US heads towards midterm elections, halfway through a Joe Biden presidency, that has just come off the back of the presidency of Donald Trump. A book that delves into the question of America’s division is ‘This Will Not Pass’, co-authored by, Alex Burns of the New York Times who spoke to Kieran on the show.

Following on from Sean Moncrieff and Henry Mckean's report about peeing in the shower Kieran was joined by Dr. Alicia Jeffrey-Thomas, Pelvic Floor Physical Therapist to discuss if women should pee in the shower.

Tax cuts are to be made a priority in the budget later this year for the 'squeezed middle' which will also include reduced childcare costs according to Tánasite Leo Varadkar. Regina Doherty, Fine Gael Senator and Colette Bennett, Economic and Social Analyst with Social Justice Ireland discussed what exactly needs to be done to help those who are struggling.

Top Gun: Maverick, the long-awaited sequel to the 1986 Tom Cruise classic starring has smashed Memorial Day records to take $156 million dollars at the U.S. box office over the holiday weekend. Tom Cruise’s first-ever $100 million opening weekend – but what are the other movies that have topped the box office down through the years and were actually they any good? Film Reviewer, Deirdre Molumby joined Kieran to chat through some of the top-grossing films of all time

Jim Healy, Chair of the Meadowbrook Residence Association in Glanmire, and Ger Keohane, Independent councillor in Cork City both joined Kieran to discuss the soaring construction costs that could put Corks flood defense scheme in doubt.

The Amber Heard and Johnny Depp trial has been followed all around the world with opinions coming from everywhere. But while Johnny Depp was on trial, so was the way domestic abuse is spoken about in the media. What has global attention meant for the victims of domestic abuse that are watching? Ellen O'Malley Dunlop Former Chair of the National Women’s Council joined Kieran on the show to discuss.

Peter Feeney from West on Track and Dr. Ciara Murphy a rail user in the South East both joined Kieran to discuss Irelands train services.

We’re hearing daily about how things are become more of a struggle when it come to food prices and production. Marie Cronin, Food Bank Volunteer and President for the East Region of St Vincent de Paul joined Kieran to discuss how the need for food banks has increased and how cost of living has affected those who are really struggling.

A series of anti-monarchy billboards have been described erected in the UK ahead of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee this weekend. The Reading-based campaign group Republic are responsible for the billboards and their spokesperson Graham Smyth, joined Kieran and former BBC Royal Correspondent Jennie Bond, to discuss if its time to abolish the monarchy.

'The Dublin 4 Ploughing' is back. Bord Bia Bloom, Ireland's largest garden festival is back in the Phoenix Park is opening tomorrow until Bank Holiday Monday. Over 100,000 people are expected over the next 5 days. Henry McKean got a sneak preview and visited some of the 19 show gardens.

Chief Executive of the daa Dalton Philips has issued a plan to minimise disruption to passengers over the June bank holiday weekend. Jerry Brennan, SIPTU organiser in the aviation sector and Eddie Molloy Independent Management Consultant, joined Kieran to debate if the plans that have been set out go far enough.

To celebrate global running day, Kieran was joined by Former Irish Olympian, David Gillick to chat about all the benefits of running and what you need to know if you are thinking of taking it up.

If you were watching the GAA on Sunday, you’ll have seen Derry see off Donegal to claim their first Ulster Football title since 1998,but the game has come under criticism from fans and pundits for having an unattractive style of football. Seán Kelly Fine Gael MEP for the South constituency and he joined Kieran with some suggestions as to what the GAA can do to retain and entertain crowds

As the bank holiday weekend approaches Dublin Airport is been asked to produce a plan of how they will deal with crowds, to avoid a similar scenes to the ones we say last weekend. Newstalk reporter Andrew Lowth joined Kieran and Eoghan Corry ,Travel and Aviation journalist, to discuss new guidelines to be brought in to deal with bank holiday crowds.