The Hard Shoulder

This week, Shane was joined by Saoirse Hanley of The Irish independent and Ger Gilroy from Off The Ball

The parents of 16-year-old Grace Lynch, who was tragically killed by a scrambler close to her home last month, say they do not want any other parent to go through what they are going through.
This weekend marks three weeks since Grace was killed.
Her parents Siobhan and Martin have been speaking to our Chief Reporter Barry Whyte…

New statistics from The Central Bank show fathers with young children are working less hours than they were in 2019, opting to instead to stay home with their children where possible.
Joining Shane was Off the Balls, Adrian Barry and Jen Hogan features journalist and host of the Conversations with Parents podcast

The Republic of Ireland will begin their Nations League campaign with away fixtures against Kosovo and Israel in September, and the home games have been scheduled for October with Israel scheduled to play at Aviva Stadium on Sunday, 4 October, 3 days before the anniversary of the Hamas attack
Shane was joined by Charlie McConalogue, Minister of State at the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport and Fianna Fail TD for Donegal to discuss the fixture

Off The Ball's Mick McCarthy joined Shane on The Hard Shoulder to review the week in sport and look ahead to the weekend action…