"I hate the idea that a good negotiator has a brass neck"

The Pod Couple give their verdict on 'The Coming Storm'...

Lots of children are coming home from school complaining about being cold due to windows being open for Covid safety. Windows open to allow for ventilation, but with temperatures under 10 degrees outside, heating systems are struggling to cope. Kieran spoke to Aoife, who is a secondary school teacher and Dee, a primary school teacher about what the conditions are like in their schools... Listen and subscribe to The Hard Shoulder on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify.      Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.     You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.

As the Government aims to clarify who will qualify for the €1,000 bonus for frontline workers, several groups have called on more than just healthcare workers to be included. Kieran spoke to David Cullinane Sinn Fein TD and party Health spokesperson, Dermot Toomey, President of the Irish Pharmacy Union and Laura Durcan, Consultant Rheumatologist and associate professor at the the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland to discuss... Listen and subscribe to The Hard Shoulder on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify.      Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.     You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.

Former Kerry footballer Pat Spillane says ‘almost 40% of the population live in rural Ireland, but its future never tops the political agenda’...

The dark comedy has broken records in its popularity, despite only three short seasons on screen.