KCLR Sport

Last week we spotted a story in the Carlow Nationalist about Edel Hayen, who is now in her 25th season with thew Carlow Ladies Footballers. We invited Hayden on the KCLR Sport show to have a chat about her long service to the county and what keeps her going.

On Sunday before Kilkenny played Offaly in the hurling league, we met Kilkenny minor football manager Eoin Hennessy for chat about the work he is doing with his young squad.

Carlow opened their Allianz League division 4 campaign with a 2-16 to 1-15 win over Antrim at the Rogers Casements club in Antrim.  We had the game live on KCLR and afterwards Brendan Henessy got lots of reaction from players, management and analysts.

Carlow collected silverware last night beating Wicklow in the O'Byrne Shield Final. 2-13 to 1-7 the final score. The game was live on KCLR and our match commentator Brendan Hennessy got all the reaction.

Last week Carlow's Niall Culleton earned his spot on the PDC tour where he'll mix it with the best including Luke Littler, Luke Humphries, Gerwyn Price and Gian van Veen. We had a chat with Culleton about what lies ahead and his journey so far.

Carlow enjoyed a 2-15 to 3-9 win over Laois yesterday in the Dioralyte O’Byrne Shield semi final in Rathvilly. Ross Dunphy and Colm Hulton with the goals for Carlow. After the game we caught up with Carlow manager Joe Murphy and forwards Conor Doyle and Colm Hulton as well as Laois boss Justin McNulty. We also hear from Aaron Amond, Ciara Kavanagh and Bronagh Nolan who were winners at the Carlow G...

Colm Hulton scored 1-3 as Carlow beat Wexford 1-13 to 0-13 in the O'Byrne Shield quarter final at St Patricks GAA club in Tullow. It was a special night for Paddy Doyle from the host club St Pats who came off the bench to score the second last point of the game on what was his debut. Joe Murphy's side will now face Laois in the semi final this Saturday at 2 in Rathvilly and the game will be live o...

Carlow will play Wexford at Brother Leo Park in Tullow on Wednesday night in the O’Byrne Shield. By coincidence that was the fixture that opened the refurbished ground in 1966! That’s a game you can hear live on KCLR Plus. Carlow lost 3-14 to 3-9 against Offaly yesterday in the O’Byrne Cup and Brendan Hennessy got reaction from both camps while Oisin got analysis with Wille Quinlan who also spoke...

Last week CK United were confirmed as one of the teams accepted into the FAI National League. The league will be the third tier of the League of Ireland and while it will be a truncated season with no promotion in 2026, it will be a full season to run alongside the first and premier divisions in 2027. That will include promotion and relegation as well as a place in Sports Direct FAI Senior Cup. CK...

26 year old Lando Norris was crowned F-1 world champion for the first time last week. A third placed finish in Abu Dhabi enough for him to pip Max Verstappen to the title with Oscar Piastri third. Thomas Maher of Planet F-1.com has been speaking all about it with Donagh Maher.

After making a positive impact during his spell as interim Manager Joe Murphy has been handed thew reigns on a full-time basis. Their first competitive game with Murphy as full time manager takes place on Saturday January 3rd when Offaly come to Eire Og.   Regardless of the result Carlow will have a game on Wednesday January 7th in the O'Byrne Cup or Shield and that will be held in Brother Leo Par...

On Sunday Muckalee will look to win an AIB LGFA All-Ireland Junior Club Final for the very first time, in their way are Cromane from Kerry. The game is on in Parnell Park and is live on KCLR's Kilkenny frequency at 2pm. Ahead of the game we heard from both camps including Muckalee captain Clodagh Hanlon.  

Last week Paulstown Boxing Club’s Emma Keating won the All-Ireland Intermediate.  We headed out to the boxing club in Paulstown and spoke to Emma and coach Nathan Cahill/

Muckalee have an AIB All-Ireland Ladies Club Final to look forward to following their 3-6 to 1-4 win over Galway's Menlough/Skehana in today's semi final. Yesterday Fighting Cocks reached a first ever Leinster Final with a 3-11 to 2-10 win over St Brigids in Longford, their manager Gary Nolan discussed that win and the upcoming final with us.

We may have had bigger wins, but it is hard to think of a more important one as Ireland end years of hurt by keeping the dream alive past the group stage of the World Cup qualifiers. Hear from Jayson Molumby and Heimir Hallgrímsson as well Kevin Kilbane, Keith Treacy, Stephen Finn, Kevin Doherty who all spoke to KCLR Sport on a day of days for Irish football 

Listen back to the 2025 Hurling for Cancer Research including interviews with a galaxy of stars from Irish sport including TJ Reid, Grace Walsh, Bernard Dunne, Lee Chin, Eddie Brennan, Eoin Cody, Huw Lawlor, Davy Russell, Gizzy Lyng, Liam Cahill, Liam Griffin, Joe Canning, Stephen Hunt, David Gough, Ollie Canning, Aisling O'Reilly,Martin Story, Larry O'Gorman, Mikey Fogarty,  Pa Horgan, Brian Carr...

Sligo and Wexford are in the bowl for the Tailteann Cup quarter-finals. Alan McLoughlin scored 1-3 as Sligo overcame Carlow by 1-27 to 2-19 . Paddy Mc Donnell scored 2 goals for Sligo while Ross Dunphy once again excelled and was named Detail Menswear man of the match by Willie Quinlan. Sean Nolan's 2-3 helped Wexford to register a 5-23 to 2-21 victory against Antrim. After Carlow's exit Joe Murph...

Joe Murphy, Conor Doyle and Johnny Furey on Carlow's dramatic draw with Wexford in the Tailteann Cup. Plus, analysis from Maria Kinsella, Bernard Horohan and the great Tommy Murphy.

Carlow manager Joe Murphy has praised the attitude of his players following their Tailteann Cup win away to Fermanagh. Mikey Bambrick netted twice while John Murphy also grabbed a goal as the Leinster side overcame the Ernesiders. 3-18 to 2-18 the final score in Brewster Park. After the game KCLR got all the reaction from the management and players as well as our analyst Maria Kinsella.  * this is...

Kilkenny City Harriers runner Peter Lynch broke the Irish Marathon record in Dusseldorf recently. The American based former St Kierans student dropped into studio to chat to us about the achievment and what his plans for the future are.

Next Sunday at 2 Carlow get their Tailteann Cup campaign underway when they face Fermanagh in Brewster Park, that’s a game that will be live on KCLR thanks to Dan Morrissey and Co. After that it’s games against Wexford and Longford. Last Friday Club Carlow held their Golf Classic and we headed up to Carlow Golf Club to chat to Carlow manager Joe Murphy.

The Chairperson of the Oireachtas Sports Committee says 'it's bananas' that in today's day and age there are rules forcing our camogie players to wear SKORTS. Labour's Alan Kelly has become the latest to have his say and he's inviting the Camogie Association to the Oireachtas Sports Committee to deal with the issue 'once and for all'. It follows yesterday's protest at the Leinster semi-finals when...

Kilkenny minor football manager Eoin Hennessy on the work they are doing, Carlow boss Joe Murphy on jumping in mid-season, plus Sam Mulroy and Ethan Rafferty 

Darren Randolph on how he became a goalkeeper and that night against Germany. He also talks about how well Caoimhín Kelleher is doing at Liverpool.

Shane Curran and Aaron Amond on Carlows opening day draw with Tipp plus the post-match thoughts of Willie Quinlan and Bernard Horohan. The Carlow ladies were supposed to play this week but their game in Laois was postponed.