Highlights From Off The Ball

Colm Boohig, Shane Hannon, and Arthur O'Dea go through the big sports stories this Friday morning, looking particularly at Manchester United's draw with West Ham yesterday evening, the new GAA report concerning rural decline, and a preview of the end of the F1 Championship at Abu Dhabi this Sunday.

Happy Thursday! It's your weekly dose of Word On The Street. As we race into the final weekend of the Formula 1 season (pun-intended), Eve and Rachel dive into the three-way battle for the 2025 F1 World Title between Max Verstappen, Oscar Piastri, and Lando Norris. A big welcome to Off The Ball's Hannah Stack's as she makes her WOTS debut and brings us up to speed with Irish F2 driver, Alex Dunne, and what's on the cards for him next season. Have a thought or topic in mind? Send us a DM at @OffTheBall or get in touch on 087 9 180 180.

Eoin Sheahan, Cameron Hill and Ben Symes are here to bring you Thursday's Newsround, where they'll be discussing Manchester United vs West Ham, Eben Etzebeth's punishment, Daniel Wiffen's gold and all the biggest news stories of the day.

Winner of the first ever season of Traitors Ireland, Vanessa Ogbonna, joined Eoin Sheahan for another episode of Settle In. In this edition, they got into her football career in both Ireland and the USA, her career ending ACL injury and how life has been in a post Traitors Ireland world! Settle In on Off The Ball is brought to you by Guinness 0.0

Ger Gilroy, Colm Boohig, Arthur O’Dea & Matthew Brennan will run you through all of today’s news, the morning after an action-packed night of Premier League action!Catch The Off The Ball Breakfast show LIVE weekday mornings from 7:30am or just search for Off The Ball Breakfast and get the podcast on the Off The Ball app.SUBSCRIBE at OffTheBall.com/joinOff The Ball Breakfast is live weekday mornings from 7:30am across Off The Ball

Andy Farrell and his Irish team learn their World Cup fate while the Premier League midweek games continued with many players rested across the league, Will, Cameron and Keith Treacy discuss it all on tonight's edition of The Newsround!

Ger Gilroy Colm Boohig & Arthur O’Dea run through some busy Wednesday morning newspapers, following an action-packed night of Premier League action.Catch The Off The Ball Breakfast show LIVE weekday mornings from 7:30am or just search for Off The Ball Breakfast and get the podcast on the Off The Ball app.SUBSCRIBE at OffTheBall.com/joinOff The Ball Breakfast is live weekday mornings from 7:30am across Off The Ball

Eoin Sheahan, Mick McCarthy and Cameron Hill are here to bring you Tuesday's Newsround, where they'll be discussing tonight's Premier League fixtures, the resignation of Alan Mahon and all the biggest sports stories of the day. 

Now former Irish rower and Olympian Sanita Puspure invited Eoin Sheahan into her home for an exclusive interview after her exit from the Irish rowing setup and the allegations against her former coach Antonio Maurogiovanni. 

Prime Mutton is arguably the world's most-loved stout reviewer, but he also happens to be a massive Manchester City fan. Eoin spends a day with the man himself, going from pub-to-pub in Manchester and taking in a Champions League game at the Etihad Stadium. Esquire magazine described Prime Mutton as “Instagram's Middle-Aged Man of the Moment,” and Eoin charts his popularity in his hometown, sinks a few creamers and lives the life of a full-blown Muttonista.

Episode 3 of Colm Boohig's 'YOU MADE ME!' sees former tennis pro Jenny Claffey return to Elm Park Golf & Sports Club to chat through her journey from young star to fully fledged professional, and the injuries that ultimately ended her career far too early.

Off The Ball's Dara Smith-Naughton sits down with European & World Champion track cyclist, Lara Gillespie, fresh off her world title win in Chile. Lara has been nominated for the 2025 Allianz 'Female Athlete of the Year', in the Olympics Sports Awards. The Olympic Sports Awards are in partnership with Off The Ball. Race audio credit - TNT Sports & UCI Track.

Colm Boohig, Arthur O’Dea & Dara Smith-Naughton will run you through all of today’s news, the morning after Jacques Nienaber addressed his comments about a return to the Springboks…Catch The Off The Ball Breakfast show LIVE weekday mornings from 7:30am or just search for Off The Ball Breakfast and get the podcast on the Off The Ball app.SUBSCRIBE at OffTheBall.com/joinOff The Ball Breakfast is live weekday mornings from 7:30am across Off The Ball

The Newsround returns as Eoin, Mick and Stevo discuss all the latest news from the world of sport.Charlie Smyth impresses on his NFL debut for the New Orleans Saints as Eleanor Mallon helps St. Ergnats of Moneyglass to victory against favourites Kilmacud Crokes, to reach the AIB All-Ireland Senior Club Championship final. Search for Off The Ball app in the app store if you're on iOs: https://apps.apple.com/ie/app/otb-spo.. .

Kathleen McNamee was joined by Fiona Murtagh ahead of the Olympic Ireland Awards to discuss being nominated for Allianz Female Athlete of the Year after what has been an interesting time for the rower who has mixed up her disciplines and found a new love for the sport.Off The Ball are the official media partners for the Olympic Ireland Awards.

Ger Gilroy, Colm Boohig & Dara Smith-Naughton will run you through all of today’s news, through the ever controversial Performance Rankings…Catch The Off The Ball Breakfast show LIVE weekday mornings from 7:30am or just search for Off The Ball Breakfast and get the podcast on the Off The Ball app.SUBSCRIBE at OffTheBall.com/joinOff The Ball Breakfast is live weekday mornings from 7:30am across Off The Ball

John Duggan is joined in studio by Adrian Barry and Cathal Mullaney who bring you all of today's pressing news from around the sports world with a massive day of Premier League action upon us as well as a thumping for Wales by South Africa yesterday in Cardiff.

John Duggan is joined by Will O'Callaghan and Alanna Cunnane to bring you all of today's sporting news including a jam-packed Premier League slate today and the return of the United Rugby Championship with Munster and Connacht in action 

Eoin Sheahan travelled to the Rowing National Centre in Cork to speak with Irish rowers Fintan McCarthy and Fiona Murtagh, as well as rowing coach Dominic Casey, and the Rowing Ireland Performance Director Niall O'Carroll about the hot topic of the coaching culture within Irish rowing. 

Rachel Sheehan was joined by Anna McGann and Gráinne Walsh for a walk along the Old Rail Trail as they discussed the influence growing up in the Midlands had on their sporting careers and the pride they have at representing Ireland at an international level.