The Hard Shoulder

David McRedmond, CEO of An Post joins Ciara and Shane to place his favourite book on the Hard Shoulder Bookshelf!

A night of incredible drama saw Brazil beat Japan, and penalty shoot-out wins for Paraguay and Morocco over European giants.
Joining Shane to discuss this and what to look forward to later is Ben Symes, Football Correspondent with Off The Ball.

Caroline Flack's older brother, Paul Flack, has died at the age of 55, his death comes six years after that of Caroline's in 2020…
Joining Shane to discuss this is Vincent McAviney, London-based Journalist.
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Earlier today, the Government signed off on its one-off rural and Gaeltacht housing draft guidelines which aims to make it easier for families to build one-off homes in their locality.
These new planning guidelines have been described as the “biggest overhaul of rural housing rules in two decades”, with local authorities being advised to be less ‘over prescriptive’ about rural housing rules.
James Browne, Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage and Fianna Fáil TD for Wexford, joins Ciara to discuss.

To celebrate comedy legend Mel Brooks' centennial, the American Film Institute has crowned ‘Blazing Saddles’ the funniest American movie of all time, moving the classic satire to the top of its ‘100 Years...100 Laughs’ list and nudging ‘Some Like It Hot’ into second.
But, what makes a great comedy film?
Andy McCarroll, host of the ‘Extra Vision’ podcast, joins Shane to discuss.
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