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Welcome to Wednesday's OTB Breakfast Bite - your FREE bitesize sample of this morning's full Off The Ball Breakfast. On this morning's show, Mayo legend Colm Boyle assessed the lay of the land after a couple of rounds of the Allianz Football League, and his own county's fortunes. The Hard Shoulder (and Dicksboro's) Kieran Cuddihy joins us for his 'You Had To Be There'. And we spoke to ex-England c...

On Tuesday's Rugby Daily, Richie McCormack has details of the news that has set the cat among the Six Nations pigeons with Warren Gatland leaving as Wales head coach. We hear from WRU chief executive Abi Tierney, and the man who has been installed as interim head coach - Matt Sherratt. Scott Bemand's revealed his Ireland squad for the Women's Six Nations, with one big-name absentee. Romain Ntamack...

On Tuesday's Football Daily, Phil Egan brings you Carla Ward's first Republic of Ireland WNT squad, which includes an uncapped Charlton midfielder. We hear from the new manager on the inclusion of Mel Filis, and how she'll utilise captain Katie McCabe. Arne Slot calls for cool heads, not cool legs from his Liverpool squad ahead of the final Merseyside derby at Goodison. Carlo Ancelotti and Pep Gua...

Welcome to Tuesday's Off The Ball Breakfast Bite - your bitesize taster of this morning's full Off The Ball Breakfast. On this morning's show, the BBC's Chris Jones looked back on the Six Nations weekend that was. Will O'Callaghan gave us his latest Hurling Power Rankings. And Jonathan Wilson helped us look ahead to Manchester City v Real Madrid in the Champions League. And it's there we take our...

On Monday's Rugby Daily, Richie McCormack brings you all the reaction to Ireland's bonus point win at Murrayfield yesterday. We hear from interim head coach Simon Easterby, man of the match Sam Prendergast and Alan Quinlan. A trio of Munster players have signed new contracts at the province. Leo Cullen discusses his returning international contingent. And a Biarritz player is sacked for biting the...

Welcome to Monday's Off The Ball Breakfast Bite, your bitesize taster of this morning's full Off The Ball Breakfast. On this morning's show, League Of Ireland director Mark Scanlon helped us break the news that Off The Ball will be broadcasting 30 live Premier Division matches this season. Alan Quinlan and James Tracy broke down Ireland's dominant win over Scotland at Murrayfield. We rounded up th...

Ger Gilroy is joined by Michael McCarthy and Cian Fahey this week to look back on the Philadelphia Eagles overpowering performance against the Kansas City Chiefs in the Super Bowl.

On Monday's Football Daily, Phil Egan brings you news of Off The Ball's blockbuster League of Ireland announcement. We hear from Ange Postecoglou and Arne Slot in the wake of their teams' FA Cup 4th round exits. Pressure mounts on Philippe Clement at Rangers. And tributes paid to a former Newcastle striker.

On Friday's Rugby Daily, Richie McCormack brings you the team news for Sunday's Six Nations clash of Scotland and Ireland. We hear from Simon Easterby, Bundee Aki and Gregor Townsend. Ronan O'Gara tackles the rumours linking him with the Wallabies head-on. And a French club have turned their attentions to an Italian international having courted John Cooney.

Henry Hodgson, the General Manager NFL UK & Ireland, and Dan Rooney, the Director of Business Development and Strategy, Pittsburgh Steelers joined Eoin Sheahan live from New Orleans to discuss the recently announce regular NFL season game to take place in Croke Park in 2025!

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On Friday's Football Daily, Phil Egan brings you the fallout from last night's Carabao Cup semi-final. Ange Postecoglou hits back at pundits' claims his Tottenham side lack fight. Meanwhile, Spurs' latest signing still has eyes for Manchester United. Arne Slot is not giving any guarantees that Caoimhin Kelleher will get another outing at Wembley next month. Eddie Howe calls for concentration from...

Welcome to Friday's OTB Breakfast Bite, your bitesize taster of this morning's full Off The Ball Breakfast. On this morning's show, Ireland legends Ronan O'Gara and Alan Quinlan helped set the scene for Sunday's Six Nations clash with Scotland. We looked back on the Carabao Cup semi-finals - and Evan Ferguson's move to West Ham - with former Dundalk boss Vinny Perth. Former Kerry footballer Sean ‘...

On Thursday's Rugby Daily, Richie McCormack brings you news of, and reaction to, Joe Schmidt's impending departure as Wallabies head coach later this year. Munster have signed an Irish-qualified centre for next season. Romain Ntamack has apologised following his two-game ban, while Mathieu Jalibert returns in one of two changes for Le Crunch with England. England will be able to call upon Henry Ar...

Welcome to Thursday's Football Daily, where Phil Egan brings you news of the Republic of Ireland U21's Euro qualifying draw. Manchester United's worst fears regarding Lisandro Martinez are confirmed. We hear from Lys Mousset and Alan Reynolds on the €17m striker's decision to join Bohemians. Stephen Kenny discusses Mason Melia's Tottenham deal. And Brendan Rodgers continues to heap praise on Adam...

Welcome to this morning's OTB Breakfast Bite - your FREE bitesize taster of this morning's Off The Ball Breakfast. On this morning's show, former Scotland captain Greig Laidlaw helped us look ahead to Sunday's game with Ireland at Murrayfield. We also heard from The Roar's Christy Doran for immediate reaction to the news that Joe Schmidt will leave Australia after the Lions tour. Martin Lipton joi...

On Wednesday's Rugby Daily, Richie McCormack has the latest news from the Ireland camp ahead of Sunday's trip to Murrayfield. We speak to Dan Sheehan and scrum coach John Fogarty regarding the recent edge to Scotland fixtures. Both France and England are to change their 10s for Le Crunch on Saturday, while Richard Wigglesworth addresses concerns regarding the England squad's fitness. James Hume, J...

On Wednesday's Football Daily, Phil Egan brings you details of Mason Melia's blockbuster move to Tottenham, and what it means for St. Pat's. Denise O'Sullivan has strongly criticised the FAI's treatment of former WNT assistant Colin Healy. Bohemians are weighing up a move for former Premier League striker Lys Mousset, and we hear from another of their arrivals - Connor Parsons. Arne Slot discusses...

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 tr...

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-...

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 t...

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 sufferi...

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...

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 like...