The Southern Star Sport Podcast

As mentioned earlier in the week, we’ll be putting out a series of special bonus Olympic podcasts over the course of the Tokyo games to keep everyone up to date with what’s going on with our West Cork Olympians over in Japan. And today we’re going to hear from Jake McCarthy, twin brother of Fintan, and a world-class rower in his own right who sadly missed out on his chance to qualify for the games...

On this week’s podcast we’re looking ahead to Sunday’s Munster final between Cork and Kerry and chatting to two former Cork footballers, Diarmuid Duggan and Micheál ‘Haulie’ O’Sullivan Sunday’s game is the first meeting between the sides since Cork’s famous win over the Kingdom in last year’s Munster semi-final and we’ll be asking Micheál and Diarmuid if Ronan McCarthy’s side can pull off a simila...

On this week’s podcast we’re chatting to Shane McCormack, the Wexford-man who has played a key role in Phil Healy’s rise to the top of Irish athletics. Phil will compete for Ireland in no less than three events at the Tokyo Olympic games which kick off in less than 10 days. Sticking with the Olympic theme, we’re also going to give you all a sneak preview of Episode 3 of The Southern Star’s Big Sto...

On this week’s podcast we’re chatting to Cork and Castlehaven star Brian Hurley ahead of the Munster football championship kicking off this weekend.  Cork get their campaign underway with a trip to the Gaelic Grounds to take on Limerick on Saturday at 3pm. It’s make or break for Ronan McCarthy’s side with no back door available to losing sides this year because of the shortened campaign. We’ll als...

On this week’s podcast we’re chatting to Ireland and Munster rugby legend Alan Quinlan about the two West Cork men, Fineen Wycherley and Gavin Coombes, in Andy Farrell’s latest Ireland squad Ireland take on Japan on Saturday and the USA a week later so we’ll ask Alan if he thinks Coombes and Wycherley will have a part to play. We also hear from Cork City's new assistant manager Richie Holland. The...

On this week’s podcast we’re chatting to Ireland and Munster rugby legend Alan Quinlan about the two West Cork men, Fineen Wycherley and Gavin Coombes, in Andy Farrell’s latest Ireland squad Ireland take on Japan on Saturday and the USA a week later so we’ll ask Alan if he thinks Coombes and Wycherley will have a part to play. We also hear from Cork City's new assistant manager Richie Holland. The...

On this week’s podcast we’re chatting to Cork football legend Daniel Goulding after his club Éire Óg secured the 2020 SAFC crown by beating Mallow last weekend. Éire Óg will now meet Castlehaven, Newcestown and Carbery Rangers in the group stage of the 2021 PSFC. We’ll also hear from two members of the Berehaven Golf Club team that secured the club’s first ever national title with a win over Balti...

On this week’s podcast we’re chatting to rising Irish MMA star Dee Begley from Bantry. Begley picked up her first pro win at a recent Clan Wars Event in Belfast and she spoke to us about that fight, training SBG in Dublin with John Kavanagh and her ambitions to reach the UFC. And in part-two we hear from Cork and Mourneabbey footballer Ciara O’Sullivan after Ephie Fitzgerald’s side booked their pl...

On this week’s podcast we’re looking at the return of club football action in West Cork and focusing on Clonakilty’s impressive win over St Michael’s on Monday and chatting to Clon footballer Jack O’Mahony. And in part-two we’re chatting to Ireland’s longest jumper. Shane Howard of Bandon AC is Ireland’s current long-jump champion and we’ll chat to him about his career and some exciting developmen...

On this week's podcast we're looking ahead to the club football season which gets underway this weekend. First up we’ll be chatting to new Carbery Rangers manager Declan Hayes ahead of his first game in charge against Cill na Martra. And in part two we’ll be catching up with Roland Whelton of county finalists Castlehaven ahead of their season opener with Valley Rovers. Jack and Kieran also reflect...

You’d know the Tokyo Olympics are just around the corner because for the second week in a row, rowing is the central focus of this week’s podcast. Skibbereen duo Paul O’Donovan and Fintan McCarthy have continued their dominance of the lightweight men’s double sculls after another gold-winning performance on Sunday morning at World Rowing Cup II in Lucerne. Fellow Skibbereen rower Lydia Heaphy also...

Another week, another two West Cork Olympians confirmed! Skibbereen Rowing Club has another two athletes Tokyo-bound after Emily Hegarty helped the Irish women's four qualify for this summer's Games and Aughadown-woman Aoife Casey produced the goods alongside Margret Cremen in the lightweight women’s double at the 2021 World Rowing Final Olympic Qualification Regatta in Lucerne on Sunday. On this...

What a guest we have for you on this week's podcast - the one and only Padraig Harrington! The three-time major winner chats to Kieran McCarthy about his Beara background, his father Paddy's influence and his many trips to West Cork growing up. We also touch a bit on golf - did we mention he's a three-time major winner?! Padraig also happens to be the European Ryder Cup captain this year so we get...

We have a brilliant show today with two of Cork’s most exciting young sporting talents joining us on the podcast. First up we’re chatting to Kinsale golfer John Murphy ahead of this weekend’s Walker Cup at Seminole Golf Club in Florida. For those of you who not familiar with the Walker Cup, it’s essentially the Ryder Cup for amateur golfers, played between the leading amateurs from the USA and Gre...

It’s GAA all the way on this week’s podcast as we begin gearing up for the return of inter-county action in the coming weeks. First up we’ll be chatting to All Ireland-winning Cork U 20 manager Keith Ricken. Keith was in brilliant form when he spoke to Kieran about what we’ve learned from lockdowns and the return of kids to training this week. We’ll also hear from Glengarriff’s Niamh Cotter. The C...

We’re heading to France this week to catch up with La Rochelle’s news recruit - Dunmanway’s Darren Sweetnam. The former Munster & Ireland winger has recently switched from the Pro 14 to join Ronan O’Gara’s Top 14 revolution and we caught up with him just hours before he made his debut for his new club on Friday. We’ll also hear from Cork and Courcey Rovers camogie star Lina Collins who spoke t...

It’s a rowing special on this week’s show as we reflect on yet more remarkable performances from Skibbereen rowers on the international stage. On Sunday afternoon in Varese Paul O’Donovan and Fintan McCarthy added the 2021 European title to their 2019 World crown. The Skibbereen duo raced to gold in the A final of the lightweight men’s double at the European Championships and on today’s podcast we...

We’re heading West for this week’s podcast and chatting to Cork GAA PRO and Beara secretary Joe Blake. We chat to Joe about his role with Cork and the challenges facing clubs in Beara. We are also joined by Tom Savage of Three Red Kings to chat about Gavin Coombes' brilliant performance for Munster in their loss against Toulouse at the weekend. You can add the Star Sport Podcast to your podcast pl...

We’re chatting club football and hurling today with Bandon goalkeeper Pat Prendergast and dare we say it - looking forward to the yet to be confirmed season ahead. Prendergast is a club legend and chats to us about planning for his 25th season at adult level. We also catch up with ex-Munster player and coach Laura Guest about the news that Dunmanway’s Darren Sweetnam is set to leave the province t...

It's another bonus edition of the Star Sport Podcast. On today’s show we’re chatting to West Cork Ladies footballers Aine Terry O’Sullivan, Siobhan Courtney and Martina O’Brien after they were named Team of the Year of the Celtic Ross Hotel West Cork Sports Awards on Sunday evening You can add the Star Sport Podcast to your podcast player of choice by copying this URL - https://southern-star.podom...

It’s a Celtic Ross Hotel West Cork Sports Star Awards special this week on the show. We hear from the Ballineen Bullet Phil Healy who on Sunday evening became only the 4th athlete in the history of the awards to claim the title of West Cork Sports Star of the Year for a second time. Phil answers some listeners' questions. We also chat to Christine O’Neill of Courcey Rovers.  The county senior camo...

On this week's show we're focusing on the rise of West Cork rugby and speaking to John Hodnett of Rosscarbery and Munster. Kieran McCarthy also previews our FREE 16-page magazine in this Thursday's Southern Star - West Cork Rugby Rising. We look closely at the rise of Gavin Coombes, catch up with former Bandon RFC head coach Regis Sonnes, chat to Laura Sheehan and Laura Guest, explain why rugby is...

On today’s show we’re looking back at the European Indoor Athletics championships in Poland and reflecting on Phil Healy’s star making 400m final performance. We also catch up with two time Irish boxing champion Christina Desmond who is set to miss out on a chance to qualify for the Olympics without throwing even one punch in anger. And finally we hear from Jon Hynes of Courcey Rovers about an upc...

On today’s show we’re looking ahead to the European Indoor Athletics championships in Poland which kick off this week and speaking to sprinter Joan Healy. We’ll also hear from West Cork Ladies Football chairman Brian Cotter on what the future holds for the divisional side and reigning county champions. If you ever feel the need to get in touch with the podcast to ask us to cover certain topics or...

It’s a Skibbereen Rowing Club Special on the podcast today, to mark 50 years of the famous club’s existence. For many people around the country, the town of Skibbereen is synonymous with rowing and on today’s show we’re going to explore why that is. Today’s podcast is brought to you in association with Access Credit Union. Access Credit Union has always been at the heart of our community, through...