The Hard Shoulder

Every week for The Ultimate Guide on The Hard Shoulder, Fionn Davenport takes a closer look at some of the fantastic destinations to visit around the world.
This week, Fionn joined Ciara and Shane to give his ultimate guide to Salzburg in Austria!

In New York today, nearly 130 heads of state and government, and other high-level representatives are to meet with their counterparts and address the UN General Assembly with their national statements over the next three days.
Elsewhere, EU countries resumed their scramble for an agreement on prolonging sanctions on Russia.
Joining Shane for the latest on both is Anthony Zurcher, BBC News North America Correspondent and Shona Murray, Europe Correspondent, Euronews.

Fianna Fáil will table a motion this evening that will ban sale of vapes and cigarettes to anyone born after 2009. The bill follows moves made by the UK back in April, but will the ban work and bring about lasting change?
Joining Ciara to discuss this is Dr Emmet O’Brien, Chair of ASH Ireland, Council of the Irish Heart Foundation and Respiratory Consultant at Beaumont Hospital.

Adam Harris, Founder & CEO of AsIAm, Ireland's Autism Charity & incoming CEO of Social Entrepreneurs Ireland joins Ciara to place his favourite book on the Hard Shoulder Bookshelf!

Figures from Worldpanel by Numerator show that grocery sales were up 4.28% in the four weeks to September 6th, while grocery price inflation is up 0.41 percentage points compared with the same period last year.
So, with grocery prices still high, how can you make your money go further when doing your shopping?
Joining Shane with some tips is Darragh Cassidy from Bonkers.ie.