Highlights From Off The Ball

On Monday's Football Daily, Phil Egan brings you the latest on Evan Ferguson at West Ham where Graham Potter has leapt to the defence of his on-loan striker. We hear from Pep Guardiola as Erling Haaland faces another spell on the sidelines. Liverpool are said to be keen on a former Manchester City star, while Arsenal's new sporting director could determine their move for a striker this summer.Unai Emery is refusing to be drawn on Marcus Rashford's future, despite his brace in an FA Cup quarter-final win at Preston. And UCD will look to build upon Friday's momentum tonight.

In our latest episode of 'Settle In' Kathleen McNamee was joined by IDA Co-Founder Laura Youngson to talk about their company that created "The first ever soft-ground boot engineered specifically for female athletes." Laura talked about her inspiration for the design and how they got from ideation to the boots being debuted in the Guinness Women's Six Nations.  Settle In is brought to you by Guinness 0.0 

Tune in for a small portion of the Sunday Paper Review w/ Adrian Barry as he is joined by Paddy O’Dea & Sue Ronan for this week’s edition!

On Friday's Rugby Daily, Richie McCormack brings you team news ahead of Ireland's W6N game with Italy in Parma on Sunday. We hear from Scott Bemand and Neve Jones on that Azzurri test. Leinster have been linked with a big-name replacement for Jordie Barrett. Conor Murray to reach 200 Munster caps in Castlebar tomorrow. Paul Gustard will not be Leicester coach next season, and Bill Beaumont calls for unity with the RFU.

Johnny Ward is in for John Duggan this week, and he is joined by the racing aficionado himself Thom Malone to look at all the weekend's races. They are also joined by Sam Norris from William Hill.The Racing Pod with William Hill.18+ | Bet responsibly | http://GamblingCare.ie

On Friday's Football Daily, Phil Egan brings you a full preview of tonight's League of Ireland action. We'll have live coverage of Shamrock Rovers' meeting with Derry City live on tonight's Off The Ball, with coverage on Newstalk beginning at 7pm. Ahead of that game, we'll hear from Stephen Bradley and Tiernan Lynch. Plus, Stephen Kenny, Keith Long, Tim Clancy and Stephen Elliott look ahead to some of tonight's other games. Tottenham have seemingly identified their ideal replacement for Ange Postecoglou. And we hear from Chelsea women's boss Sonia Bompastor following their Champions League comeback.

On Thursday's Rugby Daily, Richie McCormack has the latest - and pretty significant - contract news from Leinster, and we hear from Leo Cullen on the influence of their NIQ players. Rob Baloucoune is back for Ulster, who hand a 200th cap to Stuart McCloskey.Andy Farrell's left the door open for his son to be part of the Lions tour of Australia. And Ellie Kildunne reaches as landmark for England this week in the Six Nations, as Scott Bemand previews the Italian test.

On Thursday's Football Daily, Phil Egan has details of the board tasked with delivering a successful Euro 2028. Newcastle are said to be very keen on a Liverpool defender. Brazil's association remains hopeful of making Carlo Ancelotti their World Cup boss. Calls from within European football's corridors of power are growing for a return of Russia.And Phil looks ahead to tonight's Women's Champions League action.

This is Thursday's OTB Breakfast Bite, your FREE bitesize taster of this morning's full Off The Ball Breakfast. On this morning's show, we had reaction to Shane Curran's snap resignation as Carlow football manager, with Tommy Rooney. We looked ahead to Ireland's W6N game away to Italy with Grace Davitt. Owen Heary & Barry Murphy look ahead to this weekend’s League of Ireland action, which includes Off The Ball's live coverage of Shamrock Rovers' meeting with Derry City. Plus, Irish MMA star Will Fleury joins us for his latest edition of You Had To Be There. And it's with Will's visit that we take our Bite, but not until we get the views of Owen Heary and Barry Murphy regarding the FAI's academy problems. Catch Off The Ball Breakfast 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

After touching back down on Irish soil only yesterday with a silver medal from the World Indoor Championships in China and a bronze medal at the indoor Europeans just 12 days before, Kate O'Connor chats to Eoin about her recent success!From what goes into training, how she's changed her mindset, and the difficulties she faced along the way, this is a enjoyable watch and a window into the life of a top-level athlete.#OffTheBall

On Wednesday's Rugby Daily, Richie McCormack brings you details of Andy Farrell's Lions coaching staff, and what it means for Ireland's tests with Georgia and Portugal. We hear from two of Farrell's deputies - John Fogarty and Andrew Goodman.Gabrielle Vernier has learned of her punishment following the 20-minute red card she received in Belfast. Niamh O'Dowd explains the 'Green Wave'. Abdelatif Benazzi has landed a decent consolation job after missing out on the chairmanship of World Rugby. And Mohamed Haouas has learned how he'll pay for his latest transgression.

On Wednesday's Football Daily, Phil Egan brings you up to speed on another eventful 24-hours in the Republic of Ireland WNT orbit. One of Carla Ward's coaching staff has departed, with another potentially following in the summer, so the manager has addressed talk of a potential rapprochement with Colin Healy. One of Liverpool's transfer targets last summer looks likely to join Trent Alexander-Arnold at Real Madrid next season. Pressure is mounting on Brazil manager Dorival, but Phil has the reason he could be spared. And there's been a new twist in the case investigating the death of Diego Maradona.

Former Dublin footballer and now health & performance nutritionist Kate McDaid joins Ger & Colm to talk about nutrition in sport.Off The Ball Breakfast w/ Optimum Nutrition | #unlockmoreyouCatch 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

On Tuesday's Rugby Daily, Richie McCormack brings you the latest ahead of Saturday's novel interpro in Castlebar. We hear from stand-in Connacht coach Colm Tucker, as well as Munster skills coach Mossy Lawler and their former Connacht man Sean O'Brien on that game at MacHale Park. Sam Prendergast's signed a new deal at Leinster on another busy day for the province's biro. Rob Baloucoune's injury nightmare is finally at an end. And France centre Gabrielle Vernier faces a ban after her 20-minute red against Ireland.

On Tuesday's Football Daily, Phil Egan brings you news of the latest Republic of Ireland WNT squad - who's in, who's out, and why. We speak directly to Ireland manager Carla Ward on her selection for the Greece window. Mason Melia's made a piece of U21 history for his country. Marc Canham discusses the FAI's Academy plans. Plus it seems Trent Alexander-Arnold's future has been definitely decided.

In the first episode of this series, Eoin takes you to Colombia, where our first destination is the city of Medellin. Here, there are football ultras trying to make the world a better place, and there is a football club trying to get away from the historic association with Pablo Escobar.There is the national sport of Tejo, where drinking beer is encouraged and making things explode is the aim of the game.In Bogota, we hear about a national obsession with cycling, and how it’s intertwined - and not for the better - with the current politics of Colombia. There is better news on the women’s football front, however, as the national team gains positive headlines.There is also alcohol tasting, a bus that gets stuck in the highland mud and a dog-friendly MMA gym.Before all that, there’s part one of the Patagonian hitchhiking journey, as Eoin tries to get a lift out of the town of Bariloche.Follow Eoin…https://www.instagram.com/eoinsheahan/ https://x.com/EoinSheahan https://www.tiktok.com/@eoinsheahan

Coming to your OTB Daily feed this Tuesday (March 25th) at 10am - the first episode of Eoin Sheahan's Diverted. Before the first episode went live, Eoin chatted to OTB's Mick McCarthy about the 10-part series, which you can find each Tuesday in the OTB Daily feed, and in its own podcast feed. You can access that here to subscribe. Follow Eoin on this not-so-smooth journey from the Deep South of the USA to the southern tip of Argentina, as he tries to recover from missing out on the Biggest Party In The History of The Universe (™).Each week, this podcast will travel to a new country, and we will bring you to a ritualistic fighting festival in rural Bolivia, to the basketball-crazy highlands of Guatemala and to the equine sport heartlands of Argentina’s gaucho country. We will become experts in Jai-Alai and Tejo, we will speak extensively with a survivor of the 1972 Andes plane crash, we will become fans of FC Palestino and hang out with lucha libre fighters. There are carnivals and psychedelics and broken bone

On Monday's Rugby Daily, Richie McCormack brings you reaction to Ireland's W6N loss to France at Kingspan Stadium, as we speak directly to head coach Scott Bemand. Richie has the latest on the stories linking Irish coaches to the Lions staff, and what that means for Ireland's summer Tests. The latest too on Antoine Dupont's knee injury. Plus, tributes are paid to an All Black (and Clontarf) great.

On Monday's Football Daily, Phil Egan brings you all of the relevant reaction from last night's Nations League win for the Republic of Ireland over Bulgaria. We speak to Evan Ferguson after he ended a four-month wait for a goal, and assistant manager John O'Shea. Plus, Juventus have a new manager, with their previous boss Thiago Motta exiting in acrimonious fashion.

Adrian and John are joined by Orla McElroy and Declan Lynch for this 20-minute bite of the Sunday Paper Review, looking ahead to the Ireland v Bulgaria match this evening