OTB's Saturday Panel

Formula One journalists Rebecca Clancy and Chris Medland joined Shane Hannon to look ahead to the start of the Formula One season. They give their predictions, look at how Haas have been affected by Russia's invasion of Ukraine and break down the new F1 rules among many other things.

On The Saturday Panel this week we took a look ahead to next week's Cheltenham Festival - including all your tips for the big races! 2021 Festival winner Seán Flanagan and Gold Cup and Champion Hurdle-winning jockey Conor O'Dwyer joined John Duggan.

Joining John Duggan on The Saturday Panel this afternoon were a selection of some of Ireland's top female sportstars as we mark International Women's Day next Tuesday! Olympic rowing bronze medalist Eimear Lambe, AFLW star Cora Staunton, and Irish women's hockey star Chloe Watkins were with us. This week's Saturday Panel is in partnership with An Post. The An Post Irish Women in Sports stamps are...

John Duggan was joined by Meara Treasa Ni Cheallaigh and Pillar Caffrey on The Saturday Panel to look back on the biggest stories of the sporting week!

We previewed the upcoming Six Nations on The Saturday Panel today - Mike Ruddock, Malcolm O'Kelly and Alan Quinlan joined John Duggan. They talked Six Nations nerves, Andy Farrell's selection headaches, where Wales are at, and plenty more besides! @VodafoneIreland | #TeamOfUs

On The Saturday Panel we were joined by three of Team Ireland's Winter Olympics athletes, as they prepare for the start of the tournament on February 4th in Beijing. Snowboarder Seamus O'Connor, freestyle skier Bubba Newby, and Alpine skier Tess Arbez joined John Duggan from the pre-training camp in Innsbruck.

Cliodhna O'Connor, Gavin Cooney and Shane Keegan joined John Duggan on The Saturday Panel to discuss the week that was. We discussed Ashling Murphy's horrific murder in Tullamore, and the conversation it has started. We also got into Novak Djokovic's saga in Australia, talks of a golf documentary, and plenty more.

The Saturday Panel took a look ahead to the 2022 year in sport this afternoon - as Fiona Hayes, Pillar Caffrey and Gary Murphy joined John Duggan! We talked Irish major hopes in golf, the Six Nations, World Cup ambitions, the GAA, and lots more besides.

For our Christmas Day OTB Saturday, John Duggan and Shane Hannon have sat down to comb through their top 10 sporting moments of 2021. Sit back and enjoy this look back at the moments that made the last 12 months truly special in a sporting sense. Racing - Rachael Blackmore Golf - Leona Maguire and Phil Mickelson Limerick Hurling Euro 2020 / Republic of Ireland men's and women's Tyrone and Meath Fo...

Johnny Ward, Dan McDonnell and Mark Lawrenson join John Duggan for OTB Football Saturday. The panel will be reacting to this weekend’s Premier League action (or lack thereof!). We’ll also be reacting to the Champions League and Nations League draw, and reflecting on the career of Sergio Aguero. @SkyIreland

John Duggan joined by sports commentary George Hamilton, Galway United manager John Caulfield and writer for the Independent Brendan Fanning to chat about their books along with the best sporting books of 2021

We had a special Formula One Saturday Panel to mark the final weekend of a pulsating battle for the ages between Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen. Can Hamilton win a record-breaking eight world title? Or is Dutchman Verstappen on course for his first triumph? Joining John Duggan were five-time Formula One Grand Prix winner John Watson, former F1 driver David Kennedy, and Rebecca Clancy, the motor...

John Duggan joined by former Munster/Ireland and Lions second-row Mick Galwey, 1995 All-Ireland winner with Dublin Jason Sherlock and current Longford footballer Mickey Quinn to discuss the benefits of playing different sports, How they developed as players and so much more! The Saturday Panel is brought to you this week with thanks to the All-New Renault Arkana. The sporty, spacious, hybrid SUV....

We touched on a number of topics from the week gone by on The Saturday Panel this afternoon - including Rassie Erasmus and the issue of dealing with referees. Former Dublin and Cork Camogie star Sarah O'Donovan, ex-Dubs manager Pillar Caffrey, and former Group Head of INM Des Gibson joining John Duggan.

To mark Movember we were joined on The Saturday Panel today by three ambassadors of the annual charity event!   Limerick hurler Tom Morrissey, Olympic boxer Emmet Brennan and Westmeath footballer Boidu Sayeh were with John Duggan.

We caught up on the basketball state of the nation on The Saturday Panel - Kieran Shannon of the Irish Examiner and DCU Mercy and Ireland star Hannah Thornton joined John Duggan.

On our Saturday Panel John Duggan was joined by Timmy McCarthy, Gavin Cummiskey and Cliona Foley to relfect on the week's stories. They discussed the sports books of the year, ticket touts, the return of the November international series, and the use of flares and smoke bombs in stadiums.

Michael Verney from the Irish Independent and Mick O'Keeffe of Teneo joined John Duggan on The Saturday Panel. We had reaction to the GAA Special Congress vote, which ended in defeat for Proposal B. The lads also discussed Henry Shefflin's shock entry into inter-county management with Galway.

We continued our discussion around the proposed new GAA championship structures on The Saturday Panel. This day next week the GAA Special Congress will sit when a decision will be made over Proposal B, or a continuation of the status quo. Former GAA President Nickey Brennan and Cork GAA CEO Kevin O'Donovan joined John Duggan.

For our Saturday Panel, Shane Hannon caught up with two Indy drivers at different points in their lives. Willy T Ribbs is a motorsport legend - the first black man to drive in the Indy 500, and first black driver to get behind the wheel of a Formula 1 car. He is also the focus of the Netflix documentary film 'Uppity: The Willy T Ribbs Story'. James Roe is a 22-year-old driver from Kildare who has...

John Duggan joined by 2-time 6 Nations winner Alison Miller, ex-Dundalk manager Shane Keegan and Irish Independent journalist Michael Verney

Our Saturday Panel today is brought to you by the Sport Ireland Campus, the heartbeat of Irish Sport where high performance, participation and recreational sport live side by side, who are celebrating European Week of Sport to help people #beactive John Duggan joined by Ireland/Leinster/British & Irish Lions star Robbie Henshaw, European medalist and Paralympics 1500 metres runner Greta Streim...

We talked a lack of respect shown towards female sports stars in Ireland on The Saturday Panel this afternoon. The Ryder Cup, the Kerry management situation, and Brian Cody's longevity also came up, as did our favourite sports documentaries, off the back of the 'SCHUMACHER' film being released on Netflix this week. Máire-Treasa Nic-Cheallaigh, Michael Verney and Gavin Cummiskey joined John Duggan.

Peter Canavan, David Brady and Alan Brogan joined John Duggan on The Saturday Panel for our final preview of the All-Ireland final, as Mayo and Tyrone do battle. Renault Ireland. Official Car Partner of The GAA. Visit https://www.renault.ie/gaa for more.

We talked pressure on Stephen Kenny, the importance of backroom teams, and the Mayo hopes for next weekend on The Saturday Panel today. Current Offaly football boss and former Mayo manager John Maughan, ex-Cork and Dublin camogie star Sarah O'Donovan, and the former Dundalk coach Shane Keegan joined John Duggan.