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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 f...

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 som...

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 t...

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 Champion...

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 inc...

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...

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 B...

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-Arno...

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 | #unlockmoreyou 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 Off The B...

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 n...

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 ai...

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 t...

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

John Duggan and Shane Hannon spoke on Saturday's Newsround after news of the passing of legendary boxer George Foreman at the age of 76. They also paid tribute to F1 great Eddie Jordan, who died earlier this week, and discussed which teams do and don't necessarily want to play in an Allianz League final.

John Duggan is back with us after a week of Cheltenham Racing along with Johnny Ward to give us their thoughts and reflections on the week of festival racing. As well as that, they'll get into the upcoming cards at Naas and Navan as flats racing begins! To hear all this and more, make sure to subscribe at offtheball.com/join   The Racing Pod on Off The Ball with William Hill, see Gamblin...

On Friday's Rugby Daily, Richie McCormack puts the final touches to Ireland's Women's Six Nations preparations. We hear from Linda Djougang and Fiona Tuite on the test that awaits in Belfast against France. RG Snyman and Jordie Barrett are back to reinforce Leinster in Pretoria. Ulster are getting stronger as they prepare to slay the Dragons. While Connacht shuffle their pack for their trip to the...

On Friday's Football Daily, Phil Egan brings you all the reaction to the Republic of Ireland's Nations League playoff win away to Bulgaria. We speak to goalscorers Finn Azaz and Matt Doherty, as well as Troy Parrott to get their views of the first leg in Plovdiv. Plus, Phil rounds up all of last night's Nations League playoff and World Cup qualifier action. And here at home, Kerry add some interna...

On Thursday's Rugby Daily, Richie McCormack has the team news ahead of Ireland's Women's Six Nations opener with France in Belfast. Eve Higgins discusses what success looks like for Ireland in this year's tournament, plus head coach Scott Bemand shares his reasons for picking a new captain. Munster have rung the changes for their URC trip to Glasgow. Peato Mauvaka has received a ban for his headbu...

On Thursday's Football Daily, Phil Egan puts the finishing touches to the Republic of Ireland's preparations for tonight's Nations League playoff first leg with Bulgaria. Heimir Hallgrimsson discusses Evan Ferguson, Troy Parrott, Rocco Vata and his goalkeeping conundrum. A Liverpool stalwart leaves the Dutch camp carrying an injury. Brazil's preparations for their World Cup qualifier with Colombia...

Legendary F1 team owner Eddie Jordan passed away on Thursday following a fight with pancreatic cancer. During the depths of Lockdown in 2021, the ebullient Dubliner looked back over his unique career in motorsport with Joe Molloy. Eddie looked at his days of working with a young Michael Schumacher, his recollections of Ayrton Senna, and his own travails on the F1 grid.

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, Nathan Murphy joined Kathleen and Colm from Plovdiv where he previewed the Republic of Ireland's Nations League playoff with Bulgaria. They, of course, aren't the only international teams in action this week, and football writer Graham Hunter examined the state o...