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EPISODE · Aug 19, 2026 · 13 MIN

Should Cricket Ireland have boycotted their Afghanistan game?

from The Hard Shoulder

“Last Saturday, two things happened at the same time. The brutally misogynist Taliban regime staged a military parade in Kabul to celebrate its five years back in power. And Ireland played Afghanistan in a cricket international in Belfast.”So wrote Irish Times Columnist, Fintan O’Toole, who joins Ciara to discuss.

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