NT: The Hard Shoulder with Kieran Cuddihy

patob · 09-03-2021 6:48pm

Had to laugh when Stefanie Preissner was aghast to hear Cuddihys little joke about Meghan having to live with a bunch of Germans. Cuddihy not familiar with Stefanie's background or maybe forgotten in a bit of Royal bashing.

Bill Ponderosa · 09-03-2021 6:51pm

Del.Monte wrote: »

Kieran Cuddihy doing his best to play up to the Republican segment of his listeners.

I have no time for people who troll, or worse, the likes of James McClean but he has brought a lot of it on himself. Like many others he should remember the old proverb 'those that live by the sword, perish by the sword' i.e if he would get off social media, stop tweeting, giving rubbish interviews about poppies and all the rest, he could have had a quiet life.Instead he's riled up the low end of the football gene pool and brought it home to his family. Also,Cuddihyseems genuinely upset by callers telling him GB isn't the cess pit of anti-Irish racism he believes it to be.

Good man del monte you old West Brit

gourcuff · 10-03-2021 3:27pm

Del.Monte wrote: »

Kieran Cuddihy doing his best to play up to the Republican segment of his listeners.

I have no time for people who troll, or worse, the likes of James McClean but he has brought a lot of it on himself. Like many others he should remember the old proverb 'those that live by the sword, perish by the sword' i.e if he would get off social media, stop tweeting, giving rubbish interviews about poppies and all the rest, he could have had a quiet life.Instead he's riled up the low end of the football gene pool and brought it home to his family. Also,Cuddihyseems genuinely upset by callers telling him GB isn't the cess pit of anti-Irish racism he believes it to be.

every part of this is nonsense, army murders civilians in a mans home town and you expect this man to honour the same men. moronic. If that riles up the low end of the english gene pool, then thats on them.

he got dogs abuse for years before ever saying anything publically, just for not wearing a flower.

Del.Monte · 10-03-2021 3:35pm

gourcuff wrote: »

every part of this is nonsense, army murders civilians in a mans home town and you expect this man to honour the same men. moronic. If that riles up the low end of the english gene pool, then thats on them.

he got dogs abuse for years before ever saying anything publically, just for not wearing a flower.

I'm not engaging with you but you should try carefully reading what I said before reacting. I don't expect anybody to wear a poppy unless they want to and the whole poppy fascism thing gets my goat.

meeeeh · 11-03-2021 5:14pm

Why do we scare women into constantly being worried that someone will attack them. Yes there are d1ckheads and yes I had very unpleasant experiences myself but there is still very small likelihood anything will happen to us.

2smiggy · 11-03-2021 5:16pm

I don't know any women like the one on now 'who lives in fear everyday of her life'

HeidiHeidi · 11-03-2021 5:17pm

meeeeh wrote: »

Why do we scare women into constantly being worried that someone will attack them. Yes there are d1ckheads and yes I had very unpleasant experiences myself but there is still very small likelihood anything will happen to us.

I had to turn this off pretty much straight away.

That hysterical monologue by the first contributor was beyond ridiculous.

As you say, bad things happen, and it would be lovely to be able to never have a worry - but hyping things up to that extent serves nobody.

Allinall · 11-03-2021 5:18pm

2smiggy wrote: »

I don't know any women like the one on now 'who lives in fear everyday of her life'

How do you know?

i would have thought most would not show it.

Also, it's a turn of phrase. Not to be taken literally.

2smiggy · 11-03-2021 5:22pm

Allinall wrote: »

How do you know?

i would have thought most would not show it.

Also, it's a turn of phrase. Not to be taken literally.

what turn of phase ?? What part should we take literally ? that's what she said.

Well any of the women I know in 20 or so years have never mentioned fear of walking home at night. Or during the day time like the woman calling into the show

StreetLight · 11-03-2021 5:25pm

Allinall wrote: »

How do you know?

i would have thought most would not show it.

Also, it's a turn of phrase. Not to be taken literally.

Did you not hear her say that she does literally live in fear every day?

meeeeh · 11-03-2021 5:31pm

There are rational fears and there are cities or neighbourhoods where I wouldn't go around after dark. And frankly any man going around would be also in danger.

However I live in rural area close to lovely path through the woods that a lot of us walk. I also know women who are afraid to walk there despite no attack being there in last 50 years. They are in more danger of being hit by a car staying on main road. That's just nonsense.

whisky_galore · 11-03-2021 5:32pm

No amount of "conversations" and well-meaning campaigns are going to change bad cnuts into decent guys, short of chemically castrating every male in the world it's not going to go away.

hold my beer · 11-03-2021 5:36pm

The show is relying on idiots phoning in and idiot pundits saying stupid things. I need to find something else to listen to at this time of day.

MattressRick · 11-03-2021 5:42pm

The male caller saying that men are led to believe that they treat women well if they don't rape them, because judges declare certain grades of sexual assault e.g. low grade sexual assault, is just nonsense that's pandering to this generalisation of men.
There was no balance in that discussion.
A tiny minority of men behave like this towards women yet every man is being tarred with the same brush in that discussion. Kieran Cuddihy could do worse than at least point that out, yet he was too afraid to.

Del.Monte · 11-03-2021 5:49pm

This topic is being so badly handled with its anti-male woke agenda that it's beyond crazy. This woman says "I'm sure that it's not all males" - thank you so much. :rolleyes:

2smiggy · 11-03-2021 5:50pm

this is where Ivan or George is badly missed !!

Del.Monte · 11-03-2021 5:53pm

And now this one remembering an incident from the 1950s (!) and says her abuser was about 11 and she was 9 and they went to court - righty in 1950's Ireland.

meeeeh · 11-03-2021 6:08pm

As much as I am sick of every woman is scared narrative I'm also sick of some whinging how everything is anti men. Well majority of attackers are men and they are stronger than women.

Once you look at stats it becomes fairly clear it's fairly rarely that you will be attacked but if it happens it will most likely be a man. That's just basic statistics.

Del.Monte · 11-03-2021 6:27pm

Of course the majority of attackers are men but the tiny number of men who behave in this way are not going to be influenced by all the whining. The only thing that will reduce this sort of carry on is absolutely ruthless prison sentences where hard labour is also involved and no amount of trashing the entire male population will achieve anything but it helps provide fodder for trash radio programmes, Twitter and FB.

hold my beer · 18-03-2021 7:57pm

Enjoyed that interview with the two brothers from The Happy Pear. More of that please The Hard Shoulder, less random phone caller's opinions and waffle.

18-03-2021 10:45pm

Del.Monte wrote: »

Of course the majority of attackers are men but the tiny number of men who behave in this way are not going to be influenced by all the whining. The only thing that will reduce this sort of carry on is absolutely ruthless prison sentences where hard labour is also involved .

Can you point to anywhere that this has worked, before I reach for that now-overdone 'definition of madness' (doing the same thing that always failed, and expecting...?)

Cultural change is needed, not more prisons.

01-04-2021 7:30pm

The mother of the boy named Lewis (sp?), who had previously been on Liveline, was on with Cuddihy this evening, and gave a very affecting account of her struggle to avail of treatment with her son with Spina Bifida.

Her son has had such bad sores that a piece of bone in his hip had become exposed. I know we are in the midst of a pandemic, but this has been going on in that family since 2019. Kieran Cuddihy described it as institutional neglect, and it's true. If anyone else except the State was responsible for that, the guards would be called.

hold my beer · 02-04-2021 1:21am

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

The mother of the boy named Lewis (sp?), who had previously been on Liveline, was on with Cuddihy this evening, and gave a very affecting account of her struggle to avail of treatment with her son with Spina Bifida.

Her son has had such bad sores that a piece of bone in his hip had become exposed. I know we are in the midst of a pandemic, but this has been going on in that family since 2019. Kieran Cuddihy described it as institutional neglect, and it's true. If anyone else except the State was responsible for that, the guards would be called.

I have no idea why, but certain parts of our public service have fallen way below standard. Prime Time this evening was about the wastage in the OPW. How do these things happen, and how do we stop it happening in the future? I honestly don't know. Newstalk have been running ads about how to improve Society. Be interesting to see how far they go with it, and what people's views and ideas are.

06-04-2021 4:34pm

This wan.

EmmetSpiceland · 06-04-2021 6:11pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

This wan.

Gok?

15-04-2021 4:38pm

Nice to hear Mark Cagney back on the radio,filling in for Kieran today!

16-04-2021 12:52pm

zorro2566 wrote: »

Nice to hear Mark Cagney back on the radio,filling in for Kieran today!

Heard that. The man must have said 'I' about 800 times throughout the programme. If Cagney was interviewing an Inuit about life in Greenland he would spend half the time talking about himself building a snowman in his back garden.

Listen out for it next time he's on. He has to bring every topic around to himself and his experiences.

hold my beer · 16-04-2021 1:10pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Heard that. The man must have said 'I' about 800 times throughout the programme. If Cagney was interviewing an Inuit about life in Greenland he would spend half the time talking about himself building a snowman in his back garden.

Listen out for it next time he's on. He has to bring every topic around to himself and his experiences.

He cuts across people too much, usually with an 'I' story as you say.

hold my beer · 20-04-2021 4:18pm

Was that guy who was on defending ticket touts a phone in? Ridiculous

hold my beer · 22-04-2021 4:07pm

The show is really just a Drivetime misery slot, and I've had enough. Music from 4pm it is.

touts · 22-04-2021 4:18pm

Of all the days to have a BiBi interview. Go on Kieran ask her about her opinion on gender neutral toilets.......

wmpdd3 · 03-05-2021 4:38pm

Who is covering for Kieran? He is brutal. Bring back Mark Cagney. I've listed 38 minutes and can't last anymore.

Of to drive time.

Sheep Shagger · 03-05-2021 4:43pm

wmpdd3 wrote: »

Who is covering for Kieran? He is brutal. Bring back Mark Cagney. I've listed 38 minutes and can't last anymore.

Of to drive time.

Is David Quinn from the Iona Institute who is covering- Jesus Christ he's brutal and that's before you think about his background.

Beechwoodspark · 03-05-2021 5:02pm

In the car this afternoon and Pleasantly surprised by the presenter today - David Quinn.

Going well so far.

Hopefully we hear more of David going forward.

Beechwoodspark · 03-05-2021 5:03pm

zorro2566 wrote: »

Nice to hear Mark Cagney back on the radio,filling in for Kieran today!

Cagney is an instant turn off. That man is obsessed with himself

Beechwoodspark · 03-05-2021 5:04pm

wmpdd3 wrote: »

Who is covering for Kieran? He is brutal. Bring back Mark Cagney. I've listed 38 minutes and can't last anymore.

Of to drive time.

Cagney is absolutely self obsessed

Dare I say it the newbie on now is far preferable

crazy 88 · 03-05-2021 5:07pm

Sheep Shagger wrote: »

Is David Quinn from the Iona Institute who is covering- Jesus Christ he's brutal and that's before you think about his background.

Did he break in there? Surely woketalk wouldn't let him run his own program

wmpdd3 · 04-05-2021 12:15am

Poor man sounded like he was reading from que cards. I switched off then he introduced Vicky Feeeeeling. How she kept a straight face, I'll never know.

Oh dear. More and more I'm switching to radio 1, I hate breakfast, lunchtime and I'm not pushed on the hard shoulder. I'm listening since 2008, but it's the worst it's ever been.

Beechwoodspark · 04-05-2021 9:20am

Must say I liked David Q on yest evening. Hopefully he becomes a regular.

Much prefer him to the likes of Cagney. Cagney I find, spends more time talking about himself and his views than actually, y’know, interviewing the guest.

Anyway rant over. - NT management if you are reading stick with David Q, he has great potential

Patrick2010 · 11-05-2021 5:25pm

Cuddihy seems to enjoy a nightly rant about something or other. Today’s topic of the day is how hard it is for millennials.
He also loves campaigning various health issues, waiting lists, vaccines and will have someone on at length explaining their situation before asking the next politician on to talk about something else when they are going to fix this.
He’s becoming a shock jock but assume he’s getting in the texts he keeps plugging

zell12 · 10-01-2022 5:19pm

The broadcast gone nuts in the last 10 minutes, interference

zell12 · 10-01-2022 5:19pm

Broadcasting live from his bedroom as he has got Covid

zell12 · 01-08-2022 2:38pm

Sinn Fein TD Eoin Ó Broin (Tues), and Fine Gael Senator Regina O’Doherty (Wed) will guest-present Newstalk’s The Hard Shoulder

https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/radio/sinn-fein-td-eoin-o-broin-and-fine-gael-senator-regina-odoherty-to-guest-present-on-newstalk-this-week-41882265.html

Rosalinda Eyes · 16-11-2022 11:19pm

Wasn't at all impressed with Kieran's attitude the other day. He disapproved of McDonalds bringing in paper straws. He had nothing of value to add to the discussion.

Electric Gypsy · 24-11-2022 3:47pm

I think Keiran plays bumb a lot. It's kind of obvious. he really doesn't need to do that. I really noticed it the other week with the way he said "why is white rice bad for me?".