The Southern Star Sport Podcast

On this week’s show we’re chatting to Cork, Bantry Blues and Carbery footballer Ruairi Deane. Deane, who wasn’t involved with the Cork senior footballers this season, has been a driving force for Carbery in the senior club championship and he spoke to Kieran about his involvement with the divisional side, his hopes for the club season ahead and whether we’ll see him back in the red of Cork again....

On this week’s show we’re chatting to Cork ladies football manager Shane Ronayne about how his first season in charge is going so far. Cork take on Mayo in the All-Ireland quarter final at Cusack Park in Ennis this Saturday and we’ll chat to Shane about that game as well as the financial challenges facing women inter-county players in light of the expenses revelations that have come to light in re...

On this week’s show we’re joined by Ireland’s new national 5,000m champion, Glengarriff’s Darragh McElhinney. Darragh was the star of the show at the 150th National Track and Field championships in Santry at the weekend as he stormed to victory in a time of 13.53.84. Later on the show we’re chatting to Carbery’s divisional football manager Tim Buckley ahead of their big West Cork derby against Bea...

On this week’s show we’re looking ahead to Cork’s All-Ireland quarter final against Dublin at Croke Park this Saturday at 6pm and we’re joined by our analysis dream team of ex-Cork footballers Diarmuid Duggan and Micheál 'Haulie' O’Sullivan. Later on the show we’re chatting to Irish international sprinter Joan Healy about her plans and ambitions for the season ahead.  *** The Star Sport Podcast is...

On this week’s show we’re looking back on Cork’s round two qualifier win over Limerick at Páirc Uí Chaoimh on Sunday and reflecting on the All-Ireland Quarter Final draw which has pitted the Rebels against Dublin in Croke Park on June 25th. 2010 All Ireland winner John Hayes joins us on the line to break it all down. Later on the show we’re chatting to Ireland and Skibbereen Rowing star Lydia Heap...

On this week’s show we’re looking ahead to Cork’s All Ireland round two Qualifier with Limerick at Páirc Uí Chaoimh this Sunday afternoon and we're joined the Limerick Leader’s GAA correspondent Jerome O’Connell to get the view from the Treaty City. Later on the show we’re chatting to All-Star Erika O’Shea about her decision to leave Gaelic Football behind in order to pursue a professional AFLW ca...

On this week’s show we’re looking ahead to Cork’s crunch All Ireland Qualifier with Louth at Páirc Uí Chaoimh this Saturday afternoon and we're joined by 2010 All Ireland winner with Cork, Paddy Kelly. Before that though Kieran and Jack discuss Glengarriff’s Darragh McElhinney breaking a 44-year-old Irish U23 5000m record at the weekend. *** The Star Sport Podcast is brought to you in association...

On this week’s show we’re joined by Mike Keohane and Tom Barry of Lyre Rovers. Rovers secured a famous Beamish Cup final victory over rivals Clonakilty a number of weeks back. Mike & Tom spoke to Ger McCarthy at the Celtic Ross Hotel in Rosscarbery on Tuesday when Lyre were awarded with a West Cork Sports Star monthly award for their Beamish Cup exploits. We’re also chatting to International F...

On this week's show we're chatting to ex-Cork footballer Diarmuid Duggan about Cork's 23 points to 11 loss to Kerry at Páirc Uí Rinn last Saturday. Despite the losing margin there were plenty of positives for John Cleary and his players to take out of the game and it looks like they have a solid foundation to build from ahead of the All Ireland qualifiers in a few weeks. *** The Star Sport Podcast...

The Munster senior football championship clash between Cork and Kerry is the focus of this week’s podcast and we're joined by Fintan O’Toole of the42.ie to preview Saturday’s clash at Páirc Uí Rinn. We’re also looking back at the Beamish Cup final which saw Lyre Rovers overcome local rivals Clonakilty in an enthralling game at Skibbereen on Sunday. *** The Star Sport Podcast is brought to you in a...

The Páirc Uí Rinn Or Nowhere saga is finally at an end and after weeks of speculation, name calling and questionable Twitter gags, the Munster football semi-final between Cork and Kerry has been fixed for the Cork city venue at 6pm on May 7th. On today’s podcast we’ll be joined by Cork GAA Chairman Marc Sheehan to discuss that and more as we gear up for the start of the Munster football championsh...

The Beamish Cup takes centre stage on this week’s podcast as we chat to Clonakilty Soccer Club manager John Leahy following their semi-final win over defending champions Dunmanway Town in Skibbereen last weekend. The Brewery Town will take on Lyre Rovers in the decider in a few weeks as they look to bounce back from losing the final at Turners’ Cross just last season.  Lyre overcame Riverside in t...

The Pairc Ui Rinn or nowhere saga is the subject of today’s podcast and we're joined by Mick Foley of the Sunday Times to get the latest on whether the Cork footballers will get their wish to play their Munster semi-final against Kerry at the Cork venue rather than traveling to Killarney to take on Jack O’Connor’s side. The Star Sport Podcast is brought to you in association with Access Credit Uni...

On today’s show we’ll be hearing from the 2021 Celtic Ross Hotel West Cork Sports Stars of the Year, Fintan McCarthy and Paul O’Donovan, who were crowned the best in the west in Rosscarbery last Friday evening. The Olympic champions were in great form and they spoke to Kieran about what it means to be recognised by their local community. We’ll also hear from Junior Sports Star of the Year Maeve O’...

On today’s show we’ll be reflecting on the Cork footballers’ great escape which was completed on Sunday afternoon in Tullamore when Keith Ricken’s side edged out Offaly 1-21 to 1-20 to secure Division 2 football for next season and condemn the Midlanders to division 3 We’ll be joined by Diarmuid Duggan and Micheál Haulie O’Sullivan to dissect the win and to review the overall performance of the si...

Following the recent successes of a number of teams from the Beara Peninsula, we’ll be casting our eyes West this week and chatting to Joe Blake of Beara GAA about some of the positive stories coming out of the division despite the obvious geographical and demographical challenges they face. We’re also going to catch up with members of the Skibbereen Women’s rugby team to chat about their season s...

It’s a ladies football special on the show this week and we’re joined by Cork and Kinsale footballer Orla Finn to chat about life under new Cork boss Shane Ronayne and their National League campaign. We’re also joined by Brian McCarthy and Anne O’Grady, the management team who guided the West Cork Ladies to their first ever county title in 2020. We ask them about the disbandment of the West Cork l...

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The Star Sport Podcast is brought to you in association with Access Credit Union . Access Credit Union now offers Cultivate Farm Finance and is ready to support local farmers. With a Cultivate loan, farmers in West Cork can benefit from the local decision making and personal service offered by their Credit Union. To find out more go to www.accesscu.ie/cultivate or call on (028) 21883 *** Our guest...

The Star Sport Podcast is brought to you in association with Access Credit Union . Access Credit Union now offers Cultivate Farm Finance and is ready to support local farmers. With a Cultivate loan, farmers in West Cork can benefit from the local decision making and personal service offered by their Credit Union. To find out more go to www.accesscu.ie/cultivate or call on (028) 21883 *** Our guest...

The Star Sport Podcast is brought to you in association with Access Credit Union . Access Credit Union now offers Cultivate Farm Finance and is ready to support local farmers. With a Cultivate loan, farmers in West Cork can benefit from the local decision making and personal service offered by their Credit Union. To find out more go to www.accesscu.ie/cultivate or call on (028) 21883 *** West Cork...

The Star Sport Podcast is brought to you in association with Access Credit Union . Access Credit Union now offers Cultivate Farm Finance and is ready to support local farmers. With a Cultivate loan, farmers in West Cork can benefit from the local decision making and personal service offered by their Credit Union. To find out more go to www.accesscu.ie/cultivate or call on (028) 21883 *** Over the...

The Star Sport Podcast is brought to you in association with our friends at Access Credit Union . Access Credit Union - Where your bank really does matter. Choose the Credit Union, Choose Local, Choose Community. The Cork footballers got their first National Football League points on the board on Saturday following a dogged, hard-fought draw with Clare at Páirc Uí Chaoimh. A late Brian Hurley 45-y...

The Star Sport Podcast is brought to you in association with our friends at Access Credit Union . Access Credit Union - Where your bank really does matter. Choose the Credit Union, Choose Local, Choose Community. The Six Nations gets underway this weekend with Andy Farrell’s Ireland side set to host Wales at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday at 2.15. The opening weekend of the Six Nations is always an...

The Star Sport Podcast is brought to you in association with our friends at Access Credit Union . Access Credit Union - Where your bank really does matter. Choose the Credit Union, Choose Local, Choose Community. It’s GAA all the way on this week’s show as we gear up for the start of the National Football League and with that the real beginnings of the Keith Ricken-era. With Cork set to travel to...