With news breaking that Alan Kelly was intending to resign his position as leader of the Labour Party yesterday evening - Kieran was joined on The Hard Shoulder by Paul Murphy, People Before Profit TD, Dublin South-West and former Senior Member of the Labour Party and Columnist, Fergus Finlay for reaction...

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