The Hard Shoulder

This week, Ciara Doherty was joined by the presenter of Weekend Breakfast on Today FM, Alison Curtis and Off the Ball’s Ger Gilroy to look back on the week that was, but with a few twists…

US President Donald Trump withdrew his invitation for Canada to join his newly constituted Board of Peace.
Some 60 nations have been invited to join the board - at a cost of a billion dollars each if they want to be permanent members.
It’s as the US, Ukraine and Russia are set to hold talks in Abu Dhabi.
What is the stage of the global order right now?
Anthony Gardner is former US Ambassador to the EU, and joins Ciara to discuss.
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It’s time to talk Traitors, so beware of spoilers!
Tonight is the highly anticipated final and we were left on a cliffhanger last night.
Can the Traitors do it? Can they unite and work together to get to the end, or will one be knocked out, being a victim to chance?
Joining Ciara to discuss is Darren Stanton, former police officer, behaviour and body language expert and also known as TV’s Human Lie Detector.

According to the latest IFAC Farm Report, 2 in 5 farmers do not have a formal successor, which is fuelling fears of a succession crisis.
To discuss this issue, Ciara is joined by Limerick Dairy Farmer, Louise Crowley, and News Editor with the Irish Farmers Journal, Amy Forde.

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