The Hard Shoulder

An Oireachtas committee on transport has heard that technology aimed to curb those who drive the wrong way down the road could be 15 years away. It also heard from RSA Chief Executive Sam Waide, who said the number of people killed in crashes had risen by 13% this year compared to the same period last year.

For more on this, Ciara is joined by the committee's Chair, Fine Gael’s Micheal Murphy.

Half of Ireland’s large employers are asking employees to attend the office for a fixed number of days by next year, as companies move away from flexibility towards a more structured hybrid working model.

To discuss further, Ciara is joined by Henry McKean.

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!

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.

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.

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.

GAA President Jarlath Burns has said that a meeting will be held with representatives of the Australian Football League (AFL) shortly to try and find a more agreeable protocol to GAA player recruitment by that association.

But, what protocols are currently in place? And, what do the GAA want to see changed?

Joining Shane to discuss is Maurice Brosnan, Senior Sportswriter with the Irish Examiner.

Removing carbon tax from home heating oil would reduce the cost of a 1,000 litre fill by €183, Sinn Féin has said. The party's Finance Spokesperson Pearse Doherty said the party will bring forward legislation demanding the Government takes this action.

But, should it be scrapped? Joining Ciara to discuss is John Fitzgerald, Economist and former Chairman of the Climate Change Advisory Council and James Geoghan, fuels protestor.

On Friday, the topic of Gen Z being boring was discussed on the show, and got an incredible amount of reactions from listeners.

Fin Walsh, Dairy farmer and TikToker gave his own take online, and joins Shane to discuss!