Wrestling

Ace newsman Richard Chambers joins Dave Hanratty in the NO ENCORE co-host hot seat, making his long, long-awaited return to the show. On the agenda for the last regular episode of the year? Plenty. Will the rollout of Covid-19 vaccines…

The best damn music podcast in town, NO ENCORE, returns with reports of great live music and violently theatrical happenings, a lively chat with Soulé and some good old-fashioned emo wanderings. ? ACT ONE: Live correspondence from…

A wrestling reference in the title can only mean wrestling references on the show itself, and this episode of NO ENCORE does indeed kick off with grappling. That, and a wedding, but stay tuned for all the news, a fun interview, the…

It's a raucous atmosphere in the NO ENCORE studio as Dave Hanratty and Colm O'Regan are joined by Dara Kiely and Daniel Fox of the wonderful Girl Band ahead of their Vicar Street headliner on February 17 in aid of Pieta House. On a…

I'm not a sporty person. In primary school, we used to play football every day at small and big break. I was always picked last. I scored a goal once. Another time I did a handball by accident and one of my teammates insisted it wasn't a…

There are no shortcuts on the latest NO ENCORE, but the boys are joined by the excellent duo of John Duignan and Conall Ó Breacháin aka We Cut Corners for some lively chat. They're lovely gentleman who make really great music that you…

DOUBLE FIGURES, AWWWWWWH YEAH. Ahem. To celebrate hitting the big One-Zero, your NO ENCORE boys - Dave Hanratty, Craig Fitzpatrick and Colm O'Regan - welcome Kieran McGuinness from the excellent Delorentos on board as a special guest…

Character Select concerns moments in film, television and gaming where music had such a significant impact that it became a character in its own right. Joshua Hughes laces up his boots and dives into the squared circle to observe how…

Foxcatcher Directed by Bennett Miller Starring Channing Tatum, Steve Carell, Mark Ruffalo and Sienna Miller I can safely say that the moment before I watched the first trailer for Foxcatcher I knew absolutely nothing about the…

On April Fool's Day, I couldn't think of a better Legend of the Month than Andy Kaufman. I had written a joke Legend - it was going to be an April Fool's prank - Fred Phelps, the horrible man who founded the Westboro Baptist Church. In the…