The Hard Shoulder

All day today, as part of Newstalk's ‘One Day, Many Voices’ series, we’ve been hearing from people across our communities and talking about identity, accessibility, belonging and inclusion.

And when it comes to inclusion, sport can play a huge role.

Navan O’Mahony’s is home to the only adult Peil for All team in Meath, giving adults with intellectual and physical disabilities the opportunity to play football, be part of a team and, importantly, be part of their local GAA community.

Joining Ciara to discuss is Kate O’Neill, the club’s Adult Team Coordinator.

Simon Vigar, one of British television’s longest-serving Royal Correspondents joins Ciara to discuss his new book ‘The Four Wives of Windsor: Rivalries, Influence and the Real Power Behind the Crown’.

France has rushed out emergency meas­ures to tackle a loom­ing fuel crisis, with diesel prices at record highs and forecourts run­ning dry.

The cash-strapped French gov­ern­ment announced €450 million of handouts and subsidies to house­holds and busi­nesses to deal with what Roland Les­cure, the Fin­ance Min­is­ter, called “a very dif­fi­cult and unwanted situ­ation”.

Joining Ciara to discuss this further is Journalist based in Paris, John Lichfield.

Spoilers ahead for the finale of The Traitors Ireland season two!

Ciara is joined by the two runner-ups and final traitors of this season, Carla and Pauric, to discuss the result and their experience on the show!

For this week’s Tech Takeover, Jess Kelly, Newstalk’s Technology Correspondent, joins Ciara to discuss why a technology upgrade is causing the children’s emergency department in Tallaght Hospital to close for four days.

Off The Ball’s John Duggan joined Ciara on The Hard Shoulder to review the week in sport and look ahead to the week’s action…

TikTok has told the Oireachtas Media committee that it removed 1,600 dangerous driving videos in the wake of the M9 crash.

Joining Ciara to discuss is Chair of the Media Committee and Labour Party TD, Alan Kelly.

New research from Durham University has found that women tend to prefer men with a moderate-pitched voice of around 95Hz, with voices similar to the former President Barack Obama, or actors such as Gerard Butler and Jason Momoa are said to hit the so-called “sweet spot” when it comes to attractiveness.

But, what is it about the way we speak that makes one accent more appealing than another?

Joining Ciara to discuss is Dr Stephen Lucek, Assistant Professor in Linguistics at UCD.

Child trafficking remains significantly under-identified in Ireland, with the number of children formally identified as victims remaining extremely low, the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has warned.

Joining Ciara to discuss this is Liam Herrick, Chief Commissioner of the the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission.

Spoilers ahead for the finale of The Traitors Ireland season two!

Ciara is joined by the winners of this season, Anna and Diego, to discuss the result and their experience on the show.