The Hard Shoulder

The Hard Shoulder's Ultimate Guide and as ever, our travel guide Fionn Davenport, Travel journalist and Lonely Planet author, joining Ciara and Shane in studio.

Final legal arguments in the Jeffrey Donaldson trial began today.
The prosecution has said both women buried memories of being abused and developed coping mechanisms to allow them to get on with their lives, during her closing speech to the jury.
While the defence told the jury, the case comes down to the word of both complainants against the word of his client, due to a lack of evidence against him.
The 63-year-old former DUP leader has denied 18 charges of historic sexual abuse against two alleged victims.
His wife Eleanor has pleaded NOT guilty to five charges of aiding and abetting and faces a trial of facts.
Newstalk reporter Jamie O Hara was at Newry Crown Court today and joined Ciara and Shane.

The service, designed to give patients faster access to treatment while easing pressure on GP surgeries and hospitals using community pharmacists are now able to assess patients and prescribe certain prescription only medicines for a range of common conditions.
Despite this, almost half of people don’t know about the scheme.
Community pharmacist and health advocate with Wondercare.ie, Sheena Mitchell joined Ciara and Shane this evening to discuss.

Australia's weather bureau has warned that an El Niño weather pattern has formed in the tropical Pacific and could intensify to become one of the strongest in seven decades.
Forecasters expect the stronger weather event to bring excessive rains to the Americas and hot, dry conditions in Asia where crop planting is already being disrupted, raising concerns about food supplies in the world's most populous region.
Ciara and Shane were joined by policy advisor to the environmental pillar Oisin Coughlan.

The trial of Riad Bouchaker, who has pleaded not guilty to eight charges, including the attempted murder of three school children, continued today in Dublin
Frank Greaney, Newstalk Courts Correspondent and host of the Podcast All Rise joined Ciara and Shane for the latest updates.