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Fact or Fable: Can cranberry juice prevent UTIs?

Fact or Fable? - December 07, 2021 19:00 - 14 minutes
Shane Hannon from Off The Ball joins us every Tuesday to confirm or rubbish some of the most popular myths and truths out there… This week we have a health / diet special, with two questions up for investigation - Can cranberry juice prevent UTIs? and does an apple a day really keep the doctor a...

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Fact or Fable: Is the Bermuda Triangle a paranormal place?

Fact or Fable? - November 04, 2021 08:01 - 13 minutes
Off The Ball's Shane Hannon talked about whether the Bermuda Triangle really is a paranormal place.

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Fact or Fable: Did Marie Antoinette say “Let them eat cake”?

Fact or Fable? - October 19, 2021 18:30 - 8 minutes
Shane Hannon from Off The Ball joins Kieran every Tuesday to confirm or rubbish some of the most popular myths and truths out there… Todays question... Did Marie Antoinette say “let them eat cake”? Was Napoleon really short? The Hard Shoulder Listen and subscribe to The Hard Shoulder on Apple Pod...

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Fact or Fable: How accurate is James Bond as an MI6 spy?

Fact or Fable? - September 28, 2021 18:35 - 14 minutes
Shane Hannon from Off The Ball joins Kieran every Tuesday to confirm or rubbish some of the most popular myths and truths out there… So far we’ve looked at topics including the Guinness diet, whether yawning is contagious, beans making you fart, cows walking down stairs, swallowing spiders in you...

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Is it true that we burn more calories chewing celery than are in it?

Fact or Fable? - July 27, 2021 18:30 - 9 minutes
Shane Hannon, from Off The Ball, joined Kieran as he does every week for Fact or Fable... The Hard Shoulder 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 o...

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Does leaving your hand in warm water really make you pee?

Fact or Fable? - May 25, 2021 18:30 - 14 minutes
Shane Hannon from Off The Ball joined Kieran on The Hard Shoulder to confirm or rubbish another one of the most popular myths and truths out there. So far, they've looked at topics including the Guinness diet, whether yawning is contagious, the 5-second rule for food and cows walking down stairs....

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Do carrots help you see in the dark?

Fact or Fable? - May 18, 2021 18:30 - 12 minutes
Off the Ball's Shane Hannon, joined us on the show for the latest edition of Fact or Fable. This week we found out if carrots help you see in the dark? The Hard Shoulder Listen and subscribe to The Hard Shoulder on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify.      Download, listen and subscribe ...

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Can you beat the breathalyzer?

Fact or Fable? - May 11, 2021 19:21 - 11 minutes
Off the Ball's Shane Hannon, joined us on the show for the latest edition of Fact or Fable. Today, we asked can you beat the breathalyzer? The Hard Shoulder Listen and subscribe to The Hard Shoulder on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify.      Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstal...

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Can cows walk down stairs?

Fact or Fable? - May 04, 2021 19:44 - 11 minutes
This week Shane Hannon investigates if cows can walk down stairs! If you've got a Fact or Fable you want us to check out email [email protected]

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Can you survive on a diet of Guinness?

Fact or Fable? - April 13, 2021 18:50 - 10 minutes
Is it possible to survive on a diet purely of Guinness? In the first in our new series on The Hard Shoulder Shane Hannon investigates if a pint of plain is your only man. If you've got something you'd like Shane to investigate email us [email protected]  

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