Architect and conservationist, Roisin Murphy, and UCD history professor, Conor Mulvagh join The Hard Shoulder to discuss why so many of Ireland’s heritage buildings are deteriorating.This comes after a viscious row erupted in the Dáil between Simon Harris and Sinn Féin on plans to redevelop the GPO.Listen here to hear if these plans will be positive, or yet another failure in the state acknowledging the past and present.

Architect and conservationist, Roisin Murphy, and UCD history professor, Conor Mulvagh join The Hard Shoulder to discuss why so many of Ireland’s heritage buildings are deteriorating. This comes after a viscious row erupted in the Dáil between Simon Harris and Sinn Féin on plans to redevelop the GPO. Listen here to hear if these plans will be positive, or yet another failure in the state acknowledging the past and present.

Why Is Ireland So Bad at Preserving Historical Buildings?

The Hard Shoulder with Kieran Cuddihy on Newstalk. Join Kieran every weekday afternoon from 4-7pm for a round-up of the day’s events, interviews with the people at the centre of the stories – and a bit of craic along the way. <h4>Listen and subscribe to The Hard Shoulder&nbsp;on <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/highlights-from-the-hard-shoulder/id1155118264">Apple Podcasts</a>, <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubmV3c3RhbGsuY29tL2NvbnRlbnQvMDAxL3BvZGNhc3RGZWVkcy80MjcueG1s&amp;ved=0CAYQrrcFahcKEwjA-uKj2broAhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQGQ">Google Podcasts</a> and <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://open.spotify.com/show/4tkASPyZ2YfG9gpeZ2hu0k">Spotify</a>.</h4>&nbsp;Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.&nbsp;You can also listen to Newstalk live on <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://newstalk.com/listenlive">newstalk.com</a> or on Alexa, by <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Communicorp-Media-Newstalk/dp/B07D3YSBFX">adding the Newstalk skill</a> and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.

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The Hard Shoulder with Kieran Cuddihy on Newstalk. Join Kieran every weekday afternoon from 4-7pm for a round-up of the day’s events, interviews with the people at the centre of the stories – and a bit of craic along the way. Listen and subscribe to The Hard Shoulder on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify.  Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.   You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.

The Hard Shoulder with Kieran Cuddihy on Newstalk. Join Kieran every weekday afternoon from 4-7pm for a round-up of the day’s events, interviews with the people at the centre of the stories – and a bit of craic along the way. Listen and subscribe to The Hard Shoulder&nbsp;on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/highlights-from-the-hard-shoulder/id1155118264" rel="noopener noreferrer">Apple Podcasts</a>, <a href="https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubmV3c3RhbGsuY29tL2NvbnRlbnQvMDAxL3BvZGNhc3RGZWVkcy80MjcueG1s&amp;ved=0CAYQrrcFahcKEwjA-uKj2broAhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQGQ" rel="noopener noreferrer">Google Podcasts</a> and <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/4tkASPyZ2YfG9gpeZ2hu0k" rel="noopener noreferrer">Spotify</a>.&nbsp;Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.&nbsp;You can also listen to Newstalk live on <a href="http://newstalk.com/listenlive" rel="noopener noreferrer">newstalk.com</a> or on Alexa, by <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Communicorp-Media-Newstalk/dp/B07D3YSBFX" rel="noopener noreferrer">adding the Newstalk skill</a> and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.

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