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Welcome to Wednesday's OTB Breakfast Bite - your bitesize taster of this morning's full Off The Ball Breakfast.On this morning's show, Ulster and Ireland centre Stuart McCloskey helped us set the.table for Sunday's meeting with Scotland at Murrayfield.Seamus Hickey and Sarah O'Donovan looked back on the weekend's hurling.And football writer Dan Bardell ran the rule over Aston Villa's January transfer business.And it's there we take our bite this morning, with Dan talking to Ger about Marcus Rashford's loan from Manchester United. And we begin with Ger, Colm and Arthur taking a look at Mason Melia's deal with Tottenham.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

In case you missed it, here is episode five of our Settle In series, a bonus listen for our OTB fans!In the latest episode of 'Settle In,' Kathleen McNamee was joined by Jim McElroy from Bohemians' Pride Committee to talk about the club's trailblazing mission to make football a more welcoming space for the LGBTQ+ community.From the whole club marching in Dublin Pride to instigating never-before-done research on LGBTQ+ participation in football, they are leaders in this field.Settle In with Guinness 0.0.

On Tuesday's Rugby Daily, Richie McCormack brings you news of Gregor Townsend adding experience to his second row ahead of Ireland's visit to Murrayfield. Ronan O'Gara assesses Sam Prendergast's Six Nations debut. Jonny Bell is ending a 30-year association with Ulster, who have given an update on Ethan McIlroy's ACL injury. Wales haven't given up hope of a back row duo playing against Italy. And the Six Nations/Eurovision crossover you've all been waiting for.

Welcome to Tuesday's Football Daily, where Phil Egan ties up the loose ends following transfer deadline day. We hear from new West Ham striker Evan Ferguson following his loan move from Brighton. Gavin Bazunu is given the chance to rebuild his career in Belgium. Celtic have blocked a loan move for Johnny Kenny. Tottenham's signing of Kevin Danso is all the more timely with another defender suffering a long-term injury. And we hear from Eddie Howe on Newcastle's transfer business.

Welcome to Tuesday's OTB Breakfast Bite - your bitesize taster of this morning's full Off The Ball Breakfast.On this morning's show, Keith Treacy joined Colm on hosting duties, and along with The Athletic's Mark Critchley to assess the business done - and not done - on transfer deadline day.Tommy Rooney joined us to look back on the weekend's League action.And we were lucky enough to have Ronan O'Gara, Alan Quinlan and James Tracy in to look back on Ireland's Six Nations win over England.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

John Duggan is joined by Johnny Ward and Jane Mangan to look ahead to a bumper weekend of racing across Ireland and the UK.Who will be Johnny Ward's Charity Bet this week?The Racing Pod on Off the Ball with William Hill

Welcome to Friday's OTB Breakfast Bite - your bitesize sample of this morning's Off The Ball Breakfast.Things got started with Ronan O'Gara joining Shane Hannon and Colm Boohig on the show for a look ahead to the weekend's Six Nations clash between Ireland and England. Football journalist Andy Mitten then joined us live from Bucharest to discuss Manchester United's 2-0 defeat of FCSB and how likely success in the Europa League might be. Alan Quinlan was in studio next for more chat about the weekend's rugby, before author Peter Bills was back in the OTB studio to discuss his brilliant new book about Irish rugby. Right now, we'll hear about Colm's decision not to attend the Aviva Stadium this weekend and Ronan O'Gara's thoughts on the importance of home advantage in rugby. 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

We had a very special guest on this week's edition of You Had To Be There on Off The Ball Breakfast. The co-creator of Alan Partridge and the man behind television shows like The Thick Of It and Veep, it was our great privilege to have the remarkable Armando Iannucci join us in studio to reflect on his relationship with sport and much, much more besides. Armando joined Ger Gilroy and Colm Boohig in the OTB studio to mark the arrival of his stage adaptation of the Stanley Kubrick classic, 'Dr. Strangelove'. There will be plenty of discussion about the play throughout this chat - not to mention the pivotal role Steve Coogan will be playing within in - but the show is going to run from the 5th to the 22nd of February at the Bord Gais Energy Theatre and tickets are available to purchase now! Don't forget you can tune into Off The Ball Breakfast every weekday morning from 7.30AM.

Welcome to Thursday's OTB Breakfast Bite - your bitesize sample of this morning's Off The Ball Breakfast.Things got started with a look back at last night's Champions League action, Jhon Duran's potential move to Saudi Arabia and some rugby chat. The former Celtic, Monaco, Fulham and Scotland midfielder John Collins joined us then to reflect on Celtic's Champions League campaign and a little bit about his own illustrious playing career. On the Gaelic Football front, former Kerry footballer and coach Mike Quirke joined the lads to consider the implementation of the new Gaelic football rules and why he thinks patience is required. Up first though, we'll hear from the top of this morning's show where Ger and Colm discussed today's reports that Sam Prendergast is set to start for Ireland against England, and hear from English Rugby World Cup winner about just how good he thinks the young Irish out-half might be. Catch Off The Ball Breakfast LIVE weekday mornings from 7:30am or just search for Off The Ball Breakfa

Irish golfer, Sara Byrne joined Nathan Murphy in our sixth instalment of our 'Settle In' series. In this deep dive into her golfing career, Sara recounted the sacrifices she made to play golf as a young girl, her dreams of making the LPGA, and the difficult decision to end her amateur career and turn pro. Settle In on Off The Ball is brought to you by Guinness 0.0 

Welcome to Wednesday's OTB Breakfast Bite - your bitesize sample of this morning's Off The Ball Breakfast.Things got started with the Cork GAA C.E.O. Kevin O'Donovan joining Ger Gilroy and Colm Boohig to discuss the fact that Cork's highly-anticipated game against Limerick this weekend will not be televised. Irish international Anna Caplice was up next to discuss Ireland's Six Nations clash with England on Saturday evening. And finally, the Irish MMA fighter Will Fleury joined us in studio to discuss his career in the sport and his forthcoming heavyweight title fight on March 8th. Up first though, we'll hear from the top of this morning's show where the lads debated the Cork vs Limerick confusion.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

Welcome to Tuesday's OTB Breakfast Bite - your bitesize sample of this morning's Off The Ball Breakfast.The seven-time All-Ireland winning Dublin footballer Paddy Andrews joined Ger and Arthur on this morning's show as our co-host! Things got started with another Dublin GAA man Ryan O'Dwyer jumping into studio to tell us how the Dublin hurlers should go this season, before explaining how much pressure his fellow native Tipperary hurling supporters will be putting on Liam Cahill. The Leicester Tigers Head Coach Michael Cheika joined us next to discuss Ireland's upcoming Six Nations clash with England, before giving a pretty definitive answer to the notion that he could be tempted down to Munster. Finally, OTB's GAA correspondent Tommy Rooney was on hand with his official Gaelic Football Power Rankings! Up first though, we'll hear what Paddy makes of Dublin's chances this year now that Stephen Cluxton has decided to stay on for another year (at least), before Tommy tries to justify his decision for some inactio

Cian Fahey joins Mick McCarthy to talk through a jam-packed Championship weekend where the Chiefs and Eagles booked their trip to New Orleans for Superbowl 59

Welcome to Monday's OTB Breakfast Bite - your bitesize sample of this morning's Off The Ball Breakfast.This morning on the show, Jim Gavin, the six-time All-Ireland winning manager and Chair of the Football Review Committee joined Ger Gilroy and Keith Treacy in studio to reflect on a first league outing for the new Gaelic Football rules enhancements.Football writer Jonathan Wilson considered how long Ange Postecoglou can last after yet another disappointing Spurs defeat.And Alan Quinlan broke down his Ireland depth chart for the back and second rows ahead of this weekend's Six Nations opener against England.We'll first hear what Ger, Arthur and Keith made of the weekend's Gaelic football action, before Jim Gavin joins the conversation to give us his expert analysis.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

On the OTB Saturday Newsround this afternoon in studio were John Duggan, Shane Hannon and Cameron Hill discussing all the very latest goings-on in the world of sport.

On a bumper Friday edition of Rugby Daily, Richie McCormack takes you into Ireland camp as we hear from Paul O'Connell. Dan Sheehan is back for Leinster after his ACL injury, and we hear from Leo Cullen on the hooker's recovery and those rumours regarding Rabah Slimani. Ben O'Connor is to make his first start for Munster, with their CEO providing an update on their search for a new head coach. John Cooney will make a landmark appearance for Ulster on Sunday. And Pete Wilkins calls for consistency from his Connacht side.

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On Friday's Football Daily, Phil Egan brings you news of Andrew Omobamidele's move to Strasbourg. Shamrock Rovers look like losing another member of their European squad. A former Ireland U21 goalkeeper will be involved with a Champions League side.We hear from Ruben Amorim and Enzo Maresca as talk regarding an Alejandro Garnacho transfer intensifies. Arne Slot's been receiving some notes on Liverpool's performances from his Dad.And Mikel Arteta discusses Arsenal's hunt for a forward.

Welcome to Friday's OTB Breakfast Bite - your bitesize sample of this morning's Off The Ball Breakfast. This morning on the show, former Ireland hooker James Tracy assessed the Irish depth chart ahead of this year's Six Nations.Football writer Daniel Harris looks back at Manchester United's Europa League win over Rangers. And former tennis pro Jenny Claffey was on following the shock withdrawal through injury of Novak Djokovic at the Australian Open. And it's there we take our Bite - firstly with Colm, Shane and Arthur's reaction to the Djokovic news, and then we hear too from Jenny. 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

On Thursday's Rugby Daily, Richie McCormack brings you more of Simon Easterby's media briefing at the Six Nations launch, where he talked about Jonathan Sexton's role among the coaching set-up, and the gap in philosophy between Leinster and Ireland. Richie has the latest on Rabah Slimani's contract status at Leinster. We hear from Stormers head coach John Dobson on the club's link to their home city of Cape Town. Netflix has cut the cord on the Six Nations documentary 'Full Contact'. Another key player has added to Scotland's injury list. And Nicolas Sanchez has called time on a storied career.