Highlights From The Hard Shoulder

Joe Molloy an Off The Ball presenter joined Kieran Cuddihy on the show to preview the weekends sporting action.

A government authority has endorsed plans to allow flights take of from Dublin Airport’s second runway from 6am until midnight. The runway under current planning rules has flights curtailed from 11pm to 7am. Ian Carey Green Party Councillor for Swords and Pat Byrne CEO of Cityjet joined Kieran Cuddihy on the show.

Louise Cooney, Fashion and lifestyle blogger, and host of the new ‘Open Book’ Podcast on GoLoud joined Kieran Cuddihy on the show to discuss her new podcast.

The Kingdom and the Tribesmen will be going head to head in Croke Park this Sunday with hopes of winning the Sam Maguire." Galway have been waiting 21 years to win the All-Ireland while Kerry haven't won since 2014. We sent our reporter Josh Crosbie to his home county of Kerry to give us a taste of the hype leading up to the game.

The Government is once again looking to hotels to solve the problem of housing for Ukrainians. They’ve made an urgent appeal to hotels and guest houses are offering them €135 a night for single adults. But how is filling up our hotels impacting the tourist industry here? Eoghan O’Mara Walsh, CEO of the Irish Tourism Industry Confederation joined Kieran Cuddihy on the show.

AIB has reversed its decision to end cash services at 70 branches around the country. Kieran Cuddihy was joined on the show by Danny Healy Rae Independent TD for Kerry, Michael Somers Former board member of AIB and the former CEO of the National Treasury Management Agency and James O’Connor Fianna Fail TD

People Before Profit TD Richard Boyd Barrett joined Kieran for this week's Thursday interview.

According to new statistics, five nurses a day were assaulted in the last month. Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation, general secretary Phil Ní Sheaghadh joined Kieran to discuss what can be done to make work safer for health care workers.

The European Central Bank has increased interest rates by 0.5%. It’s the first rate hike in eleven years. It means the borrowing rate going from 0 to 0.5%. Which means mortgage costs are going to go up. Kieran was joined by Shane Quinlan, Economist and Managing Director of SherryFitzGerald Financial Services and Brendan Burgess, Founder of Askaboutmoney.com and Fair Mortgage Rates campaigner.

The domestic abuse charity Women’s Aid has now revealed that it is in talks with ITV bosses after viewers expressed concern over the “misogyny and controlling behaviour being shown on screen.” Dr Charlotte Proudman, a barrister specialising in violence against women, joined Kieran to discuss the damage that reality TV can do to younger viewer's.

The Taoiseach has told AIB to reconsider their decision to turn 70 of their branches cashless. Seamus Boland CEO, Irish Rural Link and Tara Buckley RGDATA Director General joined Kieran to discuss who will be hardest hit by this decision.

According to officials from Massachusetts Institute of Technology they have detected a mysterious radio signal from a distant galaxy which lasted three seconds. Dr Niamh Shaw Scientist Engineer and Communicator specialising in outer space, joined Kieran to discuss what these waves could mean.

Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck have tied the knot after a long on again, off again relationship. Sarina Bellisimo joined Kieran to discuss the best 'Bennifer' movies.

New research out today is questioning the need for antidepressants, saying they may not actually help with mental illness. Patricia Casey, Consultant Psychiatrist at the Hermitage Clinic and Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry in UCD, joined Kieran to explain how the research might not be all that it seam's.

Almost 500,000 workers across the country have overpaid the taxman by €600 meaning you could be entitled to a share of the €620 million overpaid to Revenue. Sinead Ryan presenter of the home show joined Kieran to discuss the best way of getting back what you are owed.

Unlocked: An Irish Prison Officer’s Story’ is a newly co-written book which takes a look at the history of the Irish Prison Service. The book gives an authentic account of life in one of the most dangerous and toughest workplaces dealing with some of the most notorious criminals on this island. Kieran was joined by co-authors David McDonald who is also a former prison officer and Mick Clifford special correspondent with the Irish Examiner, to discuss the process of writing the book.

AIB is to turn 70 of its 170 branches into cashless outlets as a result of what it has claimed is declining demand for these services. Timmy Dooley Fianna Fail senator, David Hall CEO of the Irish Mortgage Holders Association and Anne Marie Cronin Photographer and owner of the Photography Gallery at West End in Castletownbere, Co. Cork, joined Kieran to discuss their reaction to the news.

The European Union has proposed a 15% in natural gas consumption over the course of the next eight months. The cut will affect households as well as power producers and could be made legally binding if Russia cuts its gas supply to Europe. Conor Minogue, IBEC's Senior executive with responsibility for infrastructure, energy and environmental policy, Paul Deane, Research professor at University College Cork and Ciaran Cuffe Green Party MEP for Dublin, do discuss what this winter could look like.

Dublin City Councilors have agreed to move forward with the full pedestrianisation of South William Street, however, the decision to make the street traffic free has been met by some opposition from businesses in the area, particularly car park owners. Andrea Horan, Owner of Tropical Popical, which has been on South William Street for 10 years, joined Kieran and John Mitchell, owner of Mitchell Car Accessories on Capel Street, to discuss what pedestrianization can mean for businesses.

150 refugees will be accommodated at the Army camp in Gormanston from today. Since February over 40,000 Ukrainian refugees have arrived into the country, with difficulties now been seen in sourcing accommodation for those arriving. Liam O’Dwyer, Secretary General of the Irish Red Cross joined Kieran to discuss the ongoing issues surrounding accommodation.