Football

This week the girls chat to football legend Paul McGrath. ‘You’re on the pitch playing football, where’s your wallet?’ As we’ve learned in previous episodes, the fact that the girls know nothing about football isn’t  going to stop them…

The Alison Spittle Show – Episode 52 – Richie Sadlier In Episode 52, recorded live at the Workman’s Club, Dublin - Alison talks to former professional football player, pundit and psychotherapist Richie Sadlier about how generous Millwall…

November 1920 was a bleak and bloody time in Irish history. Kevin Barry was hanged in Mountjoy, Tom Barry led his West Cork flying column at the Kilmichael Ambush, the town of Tralee was sacked by auxiliaries and the playing field at Croke…

In which Colm absconds to his native land of Cork for frivolity and thus a tired Dave and buoyant Craig are forced to bring in a ringer. That ringer? None other than David A. Tapley of famously dormant dream-pop shoegaze outfit Tandem…

It’s just after eight in the morning as I exit the taxi which has taken me from Charles de Gaulle airport to the Irish training camp at Versailles. As regularly happens, the cheerful, good-natured French taxi driver waves away my attempts…

Hello there. Due to scheduling conflicts and a series of unfortunate events, we don't have a proper full episode of NO ENCORE for you this week. Believe us, we did our very best only for circumstances to conspire against us. Back to our…

Ken Early, the flame-haired flame-thrower of truth, sat down for an old chin wag on The HeadStuff Podcast, and, unsurprisingly we ended up talking about sport a lot. I like talking about sport, and Ken Early is my favourite voice in sport…

This week, the UK was forced to pay for plastic bags, talks of a living wage reached a high in Britain and Ireland, and everybody fell in love with Shane Long. Ireland are guaranteed a place in the Euro 2016 play-offs #COYBIG…

In my humble opinion, the best way to explore the complex topic of fragile masculinity, to examine the deep historical roots and interlocking societal impulses that make up the mainstream image of what it means to be a Real Man, is in tiny…

THE OXEGEN FIASCO JULY, 2007 It was the first weekend in July of 2007. The weather was great for a change and we were all eagerly awaiting our first Oxegen, a music festival, which took place annually in the grounds of Punchestown race…