The Hard Shoulder

From today on, Brazilian beef is banned from entering the EU, as it is not compliant with EU food safety standards.Earlier this week, the EU commission said Brazil has failed to provide sufficient guarantees that its exports meet EU standards aimed at preventing the misuse of ant ...  Show more

From today on, Brazilian beef is banned from entering the EU, as it is not compliant with EU food safety standards.Earlier this week, the EU commission said Brazil has failed to provide sufficient guarantees that its exports meet EU standards aimed at preventing the misuse of ant ...  Show more

US President Donald Trump will visit Áras an Uachtaráin to meet President Catherine Connolly next week, despite tensions between the pair earlier this year.But, what can we expect to see happen during this visit?Joining Shane to discuss this is Paul Johnston, former Ambassador of ...  Show more

Mortgage brokers have reported a new trend of parents selling their houses to their adult children to get them on the property ladder, but what happens when there is more than one child in the family?Family wills are notorious for causing conflict among siblings, especially when ...  Show more

El Niño, a pattern of changing ocean temperatures and wind patterns in the tropical Pacific that happens every few years, is expected to fuel extreme weather into early next year, according to a new report by the World Meteorological Organisation.Joining Shane to discuss is Oisín ...  Show more

The UK Green Party Leader Zack Polanski has announced that he intends to stand in the by-election for Keir Starmer’s constituency, Holborn and St Pancras.Lucy Fisher, Whitehall Editor at the Financial Times, joins Ciara to discuss.