Kieran was joined by Michael Moynihan, Columnist for the Irish Examiner, and Saoirse Hanley, Features Writer at the Independent, to discuss whether we've forgotten how to behave in public. Moynihan argues that "etiquette has been thrown under the bus" and "we're all post-shame."

Have we forgotten how to behave?

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This week Kieran Cuddihy was joined by the presenter of Weekend Breakfast on Today FM, Alison Curtis and Social Media Content Creator Holly Carpenter to look back on the week that was, but with a few twists!

Winners and Sinners

The festival season is beginning with Forbidden Fruit kicking off this weekend. Electric Picnic, All Together Now and Longitude are on the horizon and smaller festivals like Night and Day Festival in Roscommon are also taking place.  They’re much beloved by patrons, but how important are these festivals, and more importantly how important are they for the artists themselves? Artist Nialler9 joins Kieran to discuss.

Nialler9 on the importance of festivals for musicians

With summer well and truly upon us, and with BBQ’s and summer parties being planned, the Shame of having a messy garden may be playing on your conscience!   Joining Kieran to discuss summer garden maintenance is RTÉ’s Super garden Judge Monica Alvarez.

Summer gardening maintenance with Monica Alvarez

Off The Ball's John Duggan joined Kieran Cuddihy on The Hard Shoulder to review the week in sport and look ahead to the weekend action…

Sport with John Duggan

Aisling Larkin, Mindful Eating Coach and TV Chef joined Kieran to discuss all kinds of cheesecake!

Have we forgotten how to behave?

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