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The Final Whistle

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The Final Whistle is broadcast every Thursday on Ocean FM from 8-9 pm and looks at the main local and national sports stories of the week. You can contribute to the programme too by text/WhatsApp 083 3500530.The programme is also available as a podcast each week.

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Latest episode

Jun 25, 2026

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Episodes

The Final Whistle podcast 20/06/2024 20.06.2024

Sligo are back in Croke Park this Sunday. A new football documentary about the football career of Seamie Coleman is coming soon to a screen near you. The cars are revving up in Donegal for the 20214 Wilton Recycling Donegal International Rally. And - we salute Sligo’s medal winners at the European Athletics Championships in Rome. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Final Whistle podcast 06/06/2024 - Penalty shoot-outs, Gaeltacht All-Irelands & Runaway Brides! 06.06.2024

Sligo-Leitrim reach the Girls U14 Gaynor Cup final after a penalty shoot-out win. Kilcar manager Michael Hegarty on his club's seventh All-Ireland Comórtas Peile na Gaeltachta title in their Centenary year Breege Connolly on the Ireland European Athletics Championship line-up Sligo Rovers defender JR Wilson on Thursday's FAI Cup draw Sligo's Fittest Superstars is a big hit for the Mercy College. S...

The Final Whistle podcast 23/05/2024 23.05.2024

Carbury are Super League champions again. And for all they’ve won over the past 25 years, it seems this win is as precious as any of the others. We’ll hear why. There’s a new basketball club in Sligo. Who are the Atlantic Eagles? And what is their likely impact on the existing club in the town, the EJ Sligo All-Stars? We’ll hear from one of founding members. Sligo jockey Derek Fox talks about abou...

The Final Whistle 02/05/2024 - Déjà Vu North West highlights 02.05.2024

Listen back to highlights from the inaugural Déjà Vu North West in Sligo on Saturday, April 27th, 2024 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The West of Ireland Champions Centenary Dinner 26.04.2024

The Final Whistle gives you a flavour of Thursday night’s Champions Dinner at Co Sligo Golf Club in Rosses Point, celebrating the past winners of golf’s West of Ireland Championship over the last century. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Final Whistle podcast 25/04/2024 25.04.2024

The Final Whistle gives you a flavour of Thursday night's Champions Dinner at Co Sligo Golf Club in Rosses Point, celebrating the past winners of golf's West of Ireland Championship over the last century. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Final Whistle 18/04/2024 18.04.2024

As Red Óg Murphy's second anniversary passes, his parents want to keep the the conversation about mental health going. We’ll hear about a special event they’re organising next month in Sligo town. And as the first heavyweight clash in this year’s football championship takes us to Celtic Park, Paddy McGill will chew on the weekend possibilities with a Derry man and a Donegal man on the Donegal GAA...

Ocean FM's West of Ireland golf preview 28.03.2024

Ocean FM brings you a special preview of the 2024 Connolly Motor Group West of Ireland Championship live from Co Sligo Golf Club - with contributions from Kevin & Shane Flanagan, Robbie Fitzpatrick, Ben O'Dowd (Assistant Pro at Co Sligo GC) & Mark McGowan (Irish Golfer magazine). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Final Whistle podcast 21/03/2024 21.03.2024

It's Ireland’s Call for Sligo’s Nicole Fowley – the Drumcliffe native starts at outhalf in Saturday’s opening Six Nations match against the French – her first Six nations game for five years. Could Leitrim gaelic football secure a promotion double this weekend? The women will go up to Division 3 if they beat Limerick in their league semi-final on Sunday. The men will do likewise if they beat Tipp...

The Final Whistle podcast 14/03/2024 14.03.2024

Just days after the Sligo senior men’s team lifted the Connacht Senior Cup, Sligo Grammar complete an historic treble double in schools rugby. Three consecutive Connacht Senior Schools league and cup doubles. It’s never been done before. We visit the Grammar to find out how they’ve managed it. Winner NOT alright.... Is the Cheltenham Racing Festival losing its spark? One Sligo racegoer, who was at...

The Final Whistle podcast 07/03/2024 07.03.2024

Five months out from the Paris Olympics, Sligo boxer Dean Clancy - and his dad & coach Jason -sit down to chat with Ocean FM Sport about the fighter's preparations and aspirations. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Final Whistle podcast 29/02/2024 29.02.2024

For the first time, Ireland will play Australia in a women's Masters International Rules Serie - and a Sligo woman will captain the girls in green. We’ll hear from her on the programme. After helping Glenview Stars win a league and cup double in junior soccer, Laura McGinn puts on the Ireland shirt again – this time at the Deaflympics in Turkey. She’ll explain why the hearing implants will all be...

The Final Whistle podcast 22/02/2024 22.02.2024

This week, the story of the Sligo man who’s become the youngest ever Irish climber to complete the seven summits challenge – that’s climbing the highest mountain in each of the seven continents. Ryan O’Sullivan, from Grange, tells us he did it. Plus, the sports stadium debate in this country is cranking up a gear. As Casement Park in Belfast finally looks like it’s moving, the league of Ireland is...

The Final Whistle 15/02/2024 15.02.2024

Here comes the new League of Ireland season - and Sligo Rovers are getting the old band back together. Last season's leading scorer Max Mata returns from Shrewsbury Town on a short-term loan deal. We'll hear from Max plus manager John Russell, new club captain Niall Morahan, Will Fitzgerald & Kailin Barlow. Plus - we've a lookback at last weekend's Leitrim Sports Star Awards. See omnystudio.co...

The Final Whistle podcast 08/02/2024 08.02.2024

Mary Cullen on her 15-year Irish 3000 metres indoor record which was finally eclipsed in France last Saturday. The Abbey School Donegal Town break new ground this weekend as they contest a first-ever Ulster Colleges MacLarnon Cup final. We’ll get a sense of what the occasion means from teacher and long-time GAA coach in the school, Pauric O’Donnell. And - if you’re a cycling fan in the north west,...

The Final Whistle podcast 01/02/2024 01.02.2024

All-Ireland soccer celebrations for St Claires Comprehensive School Manorhamilton. Their FAI Schools Senior Cup is in the studio tonight – along with some of the players. The Lidl ad campaign to attract more fans to women’s national league games has generated much discussion on this station this week. Why don’t more GAA fans support their female county teams? We’ll bring you a flavour of what our...

The Final Whistle podcast 25/01/2024 25.01.2024

It’s down to business this weekend for Donegal, Sligo and Leitrim gaelic footballers as the Allianz Football League begins. As Donegal try to manage expectations around Jim McGuinness take 2, should Sligo and Leitrim be raising theirs in Divisions 3 and 4? We’ll hear from Manus Boyle, Noel Maguire and Martin McGowan. Plus - golf's West of Ireland championship is returning to its traditional matchp...

The Final Whistle podcast 18/01/2024 18.01.2024

Here comes the national football league throw-in for Donegal and Sligo women’s gaelic footballers. As the LGFA celebrates its 50th birthday, league organisers are trying to attract more fans to the games. The livestreaming of all games has been pulled. We talk to some of the managers. Plus –Tubbercurry’s outgoing provincial president, John Murphy, on fighting Connacht GAA’s corner for the past thr...

The Final Whistle podcast 11/01/2024 11.01.2024

Three-time Sigerson Cup winners ATU Sligo begin their 2024 challenge in third level gaelic football’s All-Ireland championship. We’re live to Belfast for news of their round one match against the Ranch – St Mary’s. The national football begins for the Leitrim women’s gaelic footballers this Sunday in Kilkenny. Jonny Garrity will tell us about his streamlined squad – and the benefits of Division fo...

The Final Whistle podcast 04/01/2024 04.01.2024

We'll hear Jim McGuinness’s new year’s resolutions as Donegal make a winning start to the McKenna Cup. From Belfast, Four Masters major minors - after last year’s agonising Ulster club final defeat, the Donegal town club have set the record straight this week. Plus - As Darts World Championship draws to a close in the Ally Pally, we’re getting the banana fancy dress attire on again for one of loca...

The Final Whistle podcast 21/12/2023 21.12.2023

The FAI’s head of emerging talent, Niall Harrison, on the lie of the land in the search for the county’s best young soccer talent. Plus - Sligo gets ready to go ‘snooker loopy’ in Killarney next month, as it contests the All-Ireland club snooker finals. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Final Whistle podcast 14/12/2023 14.12.2023

Donegal GAA has its first female Chairperson – former Tanaiste Mary Coughlan. A third of the new executive officers are women. Also tonight, Sligo Chairman Sean Carroll repeats his call for a national conversation about the GAA’s financial landscape. JP McManus must have been listening... He’s donating 1 million euro to every county in the in the country. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy in...

The Final Whistle podcast 07/12/2023 07.12.2023

Sligo Leitrim’s Noel Kennedy leads the soccer grassroots calls for FAI chief executive Jonathan Hill to resign. Charlie McGinty on 50 years of rugby in Donegal Town Plus - reflections on an eventful year in the pool for Co Sligo Swimming Club as it looks to continue to grow the sport locally. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Final Whistle podcast 30/11/2023 30.11.2023

After bringing Jim McGuinness back to revitalise the county's fortunes on the field of play - is former Tánaiste Mary Coughlan about to lead a similar re-vamp off it? Donegal GAA is set to elect her as its new Chairperson. It's a history-making weekend for Owenmore Gaels of Sligo as they get ready to contest a first-ever Connacht club football final. Their Chairman Colm McGurran is in studio. Plus...

The Final Whistle podcast 23/11/2023 23.11.2023

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