The Stand

The Stand with Eamon Dunphy

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The Stand with Eamon Dunphy is a current affairs, sport and culture podcast posting five or more episodes each week. Editor and Presenter - Eamon Dunphy As a former professional and international soccer player Eamon was capped 23 times for Ireland. He has been a writer and broadcaster for over 40 years and written five best selling books including an early memoir Only a Game? , U2’s biography Unforgettable Fire , Sir Matt Busby’s biography A Strange Kind of Glory , Roy Keane’s autobiography Keane , and most recently his own memoir, The Rocky Road . As a newspaper columnist Eamon has writt...

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Ep 818: Politicians v Plutocrats - Can Washington Tame Tech Giants? 05.08.2020 31:21

Matt Stoller talks to Eamon about last week's appearance at the US Congress Anti-Trust Committee by Apple, Amazon, Google and Facebook CEOs. Matt Stoller is the Director of Research at the American Economic Liberties Project and a visiting lecturer in the Department of History at Columbia University. He writes a free email newsletter Big, and his book, Goliath: The 100-Year War Between Monopoly, P...

Ep 817: On The Passing Of John Hume Eamonn McCann Talks About The Man He Knew 04.08.2020 33:40

Journalist Eamonn McCann talks to Eamon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ep 816: October Budget A Real Test For Uneasy Coalition 04.08.2020 32:11

Fionnán Sheahan, Ireland Editor for The Irish Independent, talks to Eamon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ep 815: Covid-19 – Sweden Plays The Long Game 01.08.2020 31:27

Philip O'Connor reports from Sweden. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ep 814: Republicans Beginning To Distance Themselves From Trump 31.07.2020 30:35

Niall Stanage reports from Washington. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ep 813: Boris Threatens the Union, Bad News for Ireland 30.07.2020 34:02

Chris Johns joins Eamon to discuss Boris Johnson's first year as Prime Minister. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ep 812: Cervical Check Scandal – Official Ireland's Shameless Torture of Its Victims 29.07.2020 34:05

In the wake of Ruth Morrissey's death, her solicitor Cian O'Carroll talks to Eamon about the ongoing battle for justice. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ep 811: The View from Russia 29.07.2020 36:33

Bryan MacDonald, journalist with RT, talks to Eamon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ep 810: Democracy Is Asleep While Tyrants Grow Bolder 28.07.2020 29:01

Ruadhán MacCormaic, Assistant Editor, The Irish Times, talks to Eamon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ep 809: Brexit - Boris Must Deliver on Time 28.07.2020 36:46

Brendan O'Neill, Editor of Spiked Online, talks to Eamon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ep 808: Liam Brady Joins Eamon To Review The Premiership Season 27.07.2020 28:44

Liam Brady Joins Eamon To Review The Premiership Season. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ep 807: Government Stimulus Welcome but Brexit Looms Ugly in the Background 25.07.2020 29:17

Eamon is joined by Chris Johns to discuss what the government's new stimulus package sets out to achieve and whether it will be enough to do the job. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ep 806: Rapidly Spreading Coronavirus Bodes Ill for The Donald 24.07.2020 31:34

Niall Stanage reports from Washington. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ep 805: As The Kinahan Cartel Is Brought Down it Leaves a Legacy of Fear, Hatred and Division 24.07.2020 31:04

Nicola Tallant, investigations Editor with the Sunday World, talks to Eamon about the conviction of Bomber Kavanagh in the UK and the consequences for Daniel Kinahan. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ep 804 – China Well Prepared for the Coming Cold War 23.07.2020 36:03

Peter Goff, Asia correspondent for the Irish Times, talks to Eamon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ep 803: Angela Merkel Takes the Lead as Europe Meets the Challenge of Covid-19 21.07.2020 24:23

Naomi O'Leary, Europe Correspondent for The Irish Times and host of The Irish Passport, joins Eamon to talk about the recent EU Summit. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ep 802: Covid-19 - Absence of Clear Thinking May Prove Costly 21.07.2020 37:26

Tomás Ryan, Associate Professor in the School of Biochemistry and Immunology and the Trinity Institute of Neuroscience at Trinity College, talks to Eamon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ep 801: Hong Kong Fights for Its Life 06.07.2020 32:07

Peter Goff, Asia correspondent with the Irish Times, talks to Eamon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ep 800: Barcelona and Messi – The Sad End to a Glorious Era 05.07.2020 25:43

Richard Fitzpatrick reports from Barcelona on a great club in crisis. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ep 799: Another Dismal Week for Donald Trump 03.07.2020 31:19

Niall Stanage reports from Washington. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ep 798: Europe Divided On Pandemic Bailout – Angela Merkel's Greatest Challenge 03.07.2020 26:37

Naomi O'Leary, Europe correspondent with the Irish Times and host of the Irish Passport podcast, talks to Eamon about the EU's response to the coronavirus pandemic. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ep 797: Robert Fisk - No End to Israeli Expansion 02.07.2020 26:17

Robert Fisk talks to Eamon about growing moves by Israel to annex the West Bank. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ep 796: Lack of Covid Leadership is Dangerous 02.07.2020 35:16

Dr. Tomás Ryan, Assistant Professor at the School of Biochemistry & Immunology at Trinity College Dublin, tells Eamon that the new government should have a Minister for Covid-19. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ep 795: More Bad News for the Kinahan Mob 30.06.2020 27:28

Nicola Tallant talks to Eamon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ep 794: Send in the Clowns - Johnson and Cummings Drive Britain to the Cliff Edge 30.06.2020 31:50

Economist Chris Johns talks to Eamon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.