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 1964: Arsenal can still pip Man City for the Premier League title, says John Giles 14.05.2024 21:00

John Giles joins Eamon to talk about the Premier League title race. Recorded on Monday 13th May 2024. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ep 1963: Startling Trump interview signals that democracy will lose if he wins 03.05.2024 31:08

Niall Stanage reports from Washington on student protests against Israel's war on Palestine, Joe Biden's response, and Donald Trump's interview with Time magazine. Niall is Associate Editor of The Hill and White House columnist for that publication. Recorded on Thursday 2nd May 2024. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ep 1962: Real Madrid - the beautiful game blighted shameful racism 02.05.2024 23:10

Barcelona-based journalist Richard Fitzpatrick talks to Eamon about Real Madrid and what lies behind the continuing success of a great club. Recorded on Wednesday 1st May 2024. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ep 1961: Insulting the Irish, the last cry of the drowning Tory Party 01.05.2024 26:32

Economist and commentator Chris Johns talks to Eamon. Recorded on Tuesday 30th April 2024. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ep 1960: Fear of Putin and a Trump presidency forcing Eastern European countries into a pre-war mindset 30.04.2024 24:55

Dmitry Elovsky joins Eamon to talk about the the war in Ukraine and the impact of the US's $60 billion aid package to Ukraine. Also the silent war and how Europe is building its military capacity. Dmitry Elovsky is Chief Editor for the YouTube channel Khordorkovsky. Live . Before the war he was Deputy Editor-in-Chief for TV Rain in Moscow. He moved to Lithuania when the war began and independent m...

Ep 1959: Premier League review - John Giles still fancies Arsenal to win the title 29.04.2024 27:53

John Giles joins Eamon to talk about the Premier League title race. Recorded on Monday 29th April 2024. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ep 1958: Tolerance for Netanyahu’s conduct in Gaza may cost Biden the presidency as student protests grow across America 26.04.2024 26:23

Niall Stanage reports from Washington on growing dissent from students critical of Joe Biden's handling of the Israel-Hamas conflict, Trump's criminal trial in New York, and the Trump immunity case before the Supreme Court. Niall is Associate Editor for The Hill and White House columnist for that publication. Recorded on Thursday 25th April 2023. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inf...

Ep 1957: Global economics - citing “pre-war” necessity Western leaders ramp up defence spending 25.04.2024 29:23

Economist and commentator Chris Johns joins Eamon to talk about the impact of war on the global economy and the vulnerability of Ireland's domestic and SME sector to decisions made in the US. Recorded on Wednesday 24th April 2024. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ep 1956: $60 billion to save Ukraine - US Congress faces down Trump's hard right rump 24.04.2024 28:52

Senator Tom Clonan talks to Eamon about developments in Russia's war in Ukraine as the long-delayed military aid package was passed by the US Congress over the weekend. He also talks about what Ireland needs to do if it is to maintain its neutrality. Tom Clonan is a senator, security analyst, author and retired Irish Army Captain He was elected to the Senate in March 2022. Recorded on Tuesday 23rd...

Ep 1955: Manchester United - Ten Hag must go 23.04.2024 27:47

John Giles joins Eamon to talk about the Premier League, the FA Cup semi-finals, Leeds United, and VAR Recorded on Tuesday 23rd April 2024. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ep 1954: Global Warming - Sleepwalking to catastrophe as we witness the evidence all around us 22.04.2024 31:14

John Gibbons talks to Eamon about the growing impact of global warming and the impact it will have on all our lives. John Gibbons is a Campaigning journalist on climate and the environment Recorded on Thursday 18th April 2024. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ep 1953: Justice at last for the Stardust victims and their families 21.04.2024 27:30

Frank Connolly joins Eamon to talk about the outcome of the Stardust Inquest. Four decades after the biggest fire disaster in the history of the State, the inquest jury found that all 48 of the young people who died at the Stardust nightclub were unlawfully killed. Frank Connolly is an author and investigative journalist. A Conspiracy of Lies: A Political Thriller - The Dublin Bombings, 1974 is hi...

Ep 1952: The spectre of violence looms as Trump and his followers take to the campaign trail 19.04.2024 28:29

Niall Stanage talks to Eamon about jury selection at the Donald Trump criminal trial in New York, US Senate candidate Kari Lake who told supporters to ‘strap on a Glock’ before elections, and the challenges facing Speaker Mike Johnson as the aid for Ukraine vote heads to the House of Representatives. Niall Stanage is Associate Editor of the Hill and White House columnist for that publication. Reco...

Ep 1951: The slow death of the Tory Party - Will Nigel Farage fill the gap? 18.04.2024 28:51

Economist and commentator Chris Johns talks to Eamon. Recorded on Wednesday 17th April 2024. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ep 1950: Israel ignores the warnings of its weak Western allies 17.04.2024 29:36

Senator Tom Clonan talks to Eamon about the threat of escalation of war in the Middle East as Iran launches attack on Israel and Israel prepares its response. Tom Clonan is a senator, security analyst, author and retired Irish Army Captain. In 1995, he deployed to South Lebanon as an officer commanding Irish troops under the UNIFIL mission in that country. Clonan's deployment to Lebanon coinc...

Ep 1949: Premier League - Man City favourites now as Arsenal and Liverpool feel the heat 16.04.2024 30:39

John Giles joins Eamon to review weekend Premier League games. Recorded on Tuesday 16th April 2024. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ep 1948: Week 1 - TikTok Taoiseach Simon Harris snubs the Dåil to go direct to the people on social media 15.04.2024 26:41

Fionnán Sheahan talks to Eamon about Simon Harris's first week as Taoiseach. Fionnán is Ireland Editor for Independent.ie, The Irish Independent and The Sunday Independent. Recorded on Friday 12th April 2024. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ep 1947: Netanyahu actively provoking war with Iran to deepen the crisis and stay in office 14.04.2024 28:23

Peter Oborne joins Eamon to talk about the Israel / Palestine war. Peter Oborne is a British journalist and broadcaster. He is author of The Fate of Abraham: Why the West is Wrong about Islam. He writes a political column for Middle East Eye and a diary column for the Byline Times. Recorded on Thursday 11th April 2024. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ep 1946: The surprise increase in inflation another threat to Biden's hopes of a return to the White House 12.04.2024 26:05

Niall Stanage talks to Eamon from Washington. Niall Stanage is Associate Editor of The Hill and White House columnist for that publication. Recorded on Thursday11th April 2024. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ep 1945: Foundation of the peace process strong enough to withstand the loss of Jeffrey Donaldson. 10.04.2024 23:55

Former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern joins Eamon to talk about the impact of Jeffrey Donaldson's resignation as leader of the DUP, the price of uniting Ireland, and challenges facing Simon Harris as he takes over as Taoiseach. Recorded on Tuesday 9th April 2024. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ep 1836: Prof. Avi Shlaim on the Israeli / Palestinian Conflict - A Jewish voice on the history that has led to the present crisis 09.04.2024 39:15

Professor Avi Shlaim spoke to Eamon last October following the 7th October attack by Hamas on Israel. Professor Shlaim is an author and Oxford historian of modern Middle East history. He is Emeritus Professor of International Relations at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of the British Academy. Of the many books he has written about the Middle East his most recent is Three Worlds: M...

Ep 1944: Premier League Title Race: Liam Brady on Arsenal's improvement since Declan Rice joined 08.04.2024 24:39

Liam Brady joins Eamon to talk about the Premier League title race and to remember Joe Kinnear who died on Sunday.. Recorded on Monday 8th April 2024. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ep 1943: After dithering for months Joe Biden finally calls for a ceasefire in Gaza 05.04.2024 27:18

Niall Stanage reports from Washington. Niall Stanage is Associate Editor and White House Columnist for The Hill. Recorded on Thursday 4th April 2024. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ep 1942: The end of Thatcherism as British Tories look set to turn Boris’s 80 seat majority into a crushing defeat 04.04.2024 27:43

Economist and commentator Chris Johns talks to Eamon about the decline of the Tory Party. Recorded on Wednesday 3rd April 2024. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ep 1941: Benjamin Netanyahu - bent on destruction, hated at home, can Netanyahu be stopped by his allies or his enemies? 03.04.2024 24:29

Patrick Bury talks to Eamon following the Israeli attack on the World Central Kitchen convoy and the attack on an Iranian consulate in Damascus. Also as the IDF withdraws from Al-Shifa Hospital. Dr Patrick Bury is a Senior Lecturer in  Security at the University of Bath specialising in warfare and counterterrorism. He is also a former NATO analyst and army infantry captain. Hosted on Acast. S...