Highlights From Off The Ball

Author of “We Used to Dance Here” Dave Tynan joins Eoin to discuss his latest collection of short stories and how Irish sport affects the masses. 

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, all of whom are nominated for the Olympic Sport Awards for 2025.Eoin also speaks with Rowing Ireland Performance Director Niall O'Carroll.The Team Ireland Olympic Sports Awards take place on December 6th!

Colm Boohig, Shane Hannon, and Dara Smith-Naughton bring you through Friday morning's back pages, as both Irish sides suffered defeat in last night's Conference League.

Eoin Sheahan, Cameron Hill and Stephen Doyle are here to bring you Wednesday's Newsround, where they'll be discussing Shelbourne and Shamrock Rovers in the Conference league, Arne Slot's future at Liverpool, Jack Crowley and Tadgh Beirne returning to Munster and all the biggest sports stories of the day. 

The Olympic Sports Awards are coming up in just over a weeks time and the 'Word On The Street' team have been out and about getting people's opinions on their Male and Female Athlete's of the Year and the biggest Sporting Moment! With cycling popping up across multiple awards, we got OTB cycling-enthusiast, Dara Smith-Naughton, in to explain why their achievements have been so extraordinary. Results for the 'real' awards will be out December 6 - stay tuned!Have a topic or thought in mind? Send us a DM on @OffTheBall on all our social platforms or send us a WhatsApp at 0879180180!

Ger Gilroy, Colm Boohig, Dara Smith-Naughton & Matthew Brennan will run you through all of today’s news, the morning after Arsenal & Bayern Munich went head to head in the Champions League!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

Tommy Rooney, Cameron Hill and Eoin Doyle are here to bring you Wednesday's Newsround, where they'll be discussing tonight's Champions League fixtures, the James Ryan ban, John Martin's comments and all the biggest sports stories of the day. 

Off The Ball's own Dara Smith Naughton caught up with Minister of State at the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport, Charlie McConalogue, Sport Ireland CEO Dr Úna Murray, Cycling Ireland CEO James Quilligan, Irish track legend Martyn Irvine, and World Champion Lara Gillespie at the launch of the National Velodrome, on the Sport Ireland campus.

Ger Gilroy, Colm Boohig & Arthur O’Dea run through some busy morning newspapers, following a night of Champions 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

Mick McCarthy, Cameron Hill and Vinny Perth are here to bring you Tuesday's Newsround, where they'll be discussing iconic tonight's Champions League fixtures, James Ryan's red card fate and all the biggest sports stories of the day.

Ger Gilroy, Colm Boohig & Dara Smith-Naughton run you through all of today’s news, the morning after 10-man Everton STUNNED Ruben Amorim’s Manchester United!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

Hiya everyone! It was a very busy weekend of sports, so we have a bumper extended Newsround for you this evening! From 7 - 8pm we'll bring you through the reaction to Ireland's defeat to South Africa, the Premier League action, club GAA updates, and much, much more!

Champion Jockey Oisin Murphy joins Eoin Sheahan in studio as he launches his new book, Sacrifice, in which he talks about his battles with alcohol, his success as a jockey, and his own self criticism.If you are affected by any of the topics in this interview, visit drinkaware.ie 

Ger Gilroy is joined by Colm Boohig and Arthur O'Dea in studio to bring you a review of the weekend's sporting action which saw Ireland lose their final Autumn Nations Test to South Africa in the Aviva Stadium, Liverpool and Manchester City both losing, Arsenal hammering Tottenham Hotspur 4-1 and Irish players scoring goals across Europe. 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/join

Shane Hannon is joined by Adrian Barry and Aidan Delaney for today’s headlines, dominated by Ireland being defeated by South Africa 24-11 at the Aviva Stadium. 

Shane Hannon is joined by Cameron Hill in studio to bring you all of today's sporting news ahead of Ireland's final match in the Autumn Nations series against South Africa and the Premier League returns following a dramatic International break.

Shane Hannon, Colm Boohig & Dara Smith-Naughton run through the morning papers, as they chat about the leftover excitement from the Hungary win, and Andy Farrell's squad announcement for tomorrow's clash with South Africa.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 Sheehan is joined in studio by Cameron Hill and Dion Fanning to bring you all the news from today as the Republic of Ireland MNT found out their Play-Off Semi-Final opponents in Czechia as well as their potential final opponents should they win and Andy Farrell made 4 changes to last weeks line-up for the last November International this Saturday against the Springboks.

Irish Paralympian Josephine Healion joins Kathleen McNamee in studio for this week's Settle In to discuss her journey from overcoming a visual impairment diagnosis to representing Ireland in cycling events at the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games. Settle In on Off The Ball with Guinness 0.0.

Happy Thursday everyone! Every week we ask the public if they have a topic in mind, and this week you delivered! Amy Gibbons, a Gaelic football player and coach, reached out to us about her 3rd ACL rupture. She is a major advocate for research into why ACL injuries are so prevalent in women's sports, and what can be done to mitigate it. We spoke to her about her own journey and recovery, as well as rugby player Aoibheann Reilly, Kildare football lead s&c Dr Neil Welch, and UPMC consultant orthopaedic surgeon Professor Brian Devitt for this special episode.Have a topic or thought in mind? Send us a DM on @offtheball on all our social platforms or send us a WhatsApp at 087 9 180 180!