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Recently ratified Roscommon boss Davy Burke joins Shane and Johnny on #OTBAM as he begins his preparations for his first season in charge at Dr Hyde Park. Catch OTB's sports breakfast show LIVE weekday mornings from 7:30am or just search for OTB AM and get the podcast on the OTB Sports app or wherever you listen to yours. SUBSCRIBE and FOLLOW the OTB AM podcast. #OTBAM is live weekday mornings from 7:30am across Off The Ball, in association with Gillette | #EffortlessFlow

Nemo Rangers captain Luke Connolly joins Shane and Johnny on #OTBAM as he celebrates beating city rivals St. Finbarr's to win the Cork SFC title and talks about his sister Megan heading to the World Cup with Ireland. Catch OTB's sports breakfast show LIVE weekday mornings from 7:30am or just search for OTB AM and get the podcast on the OTB Sports app or wherever you listen to yours. SUBSCRIBE and FOLLOW the OTB AM podcast. #OTBAM is live weekday mornings from 7:30am across Off The Ball, in association with Gillette | #EffortlessFlow

Mayo and Westport star Lee Keegan joins Shane and Johnny on #OTBAM after the club claimed the Mayo SFC title by Ballina Stephenites by 1-9 to 1-6. Catch OTB's sports breakfast show LIVE weekday mornings from 7:30am or just search for OTB AM and get the podcast on the OTB Sports app or wherever you listen to yours. SUBSCRIBE and FOLLOW the OTB AM podcast. #OTBAM is live weekday mornings from 7:30am across Off The Ball, in association with Gillette | #EffortlessFlow

Paddy Stapleton joins Shane and Johnny in studio to discuss his new kids books and debate if it's called a 'Hurl or Hurley'. Catch OTB's sports breakfast show LIVE weekday mornings from 7:30am or just search for OTB AM and get the podcast on the OTB Sports app or wherever you listen to yours. SUBSCRIBE and FOLLOW the OTB AM podcast. #OTBAM is live weekday mornings from 7:30am across Off The Ball, in association with Gillette | #EffortlessFlow

Welcome to Ep. 40 of The Football Pod 2.0 - James O'Donoghue and Paddy Andrews are back talking Gaelic Football with Tommy Rooney - we've managed to drag James away from his County Championship celebrations for a chat! (00:30) – County Medals for The Football Pod, Club winners. (18:30) – The David Clifford show, All-Stars and Football of the Year You can hear the podcast first in the 'The Football Pod' feed or also in the 'OTB GAA' feed - be sure to subscribe and leave us a review or comment if you enjoy! We want to hear your thoughts - use social media or email: [email protected]

Shane Hannon is joined by Kerry footballer Gavin White for reaction to last night’s GAA All-Star awards, as we look back on the accolades for the best players this past season.

Adrian Barry & Johnny Ward are joined by this year's Tailteann Cup Player of the Year Ronan O'Toole to reflect on this year's GAA season, playing for Westmeath & Jack Cooney being a father figure. Catch OTB's sports breakfast show LIVE weekday mornings from 7:30am or just search for OTB AM and get the podcast on the OTB Sports app or wherever you listen to yours. SUBSCRIBE and FOLLOW the OTB AM podcast. #OTBAM is live weekday mornings from 7:30am across Off The Ball, in association with Gillette | #EffortlessFlow

Nathan Murphy was joined in studio by Zak Moradi upon the release of his brilliant new book, Life Begins in Leitrim: From Kurdistan to Croke Park. From his birth in a refugee camp in Ramadi, Iraq, during the Gulf War, to finding a new life with his family in Carrick-on-Shannon aged just 11, Zak told his remarkable story to Off The Ball in an interview you should not miss.

For the twentieth and final episode of The Players Voice series this year we were joined by Limerick’s Barry Hennessy. The multiple All-Ireland winner opens up about his eating disorder and mental health challenges. Barry also reflects on Limerick’s recent dominance of the All-Ireland hurling championship, provides fascinating insights into his relationship with fellow Limerick goalkeeper Nickie Quaid and discusses the importance of humility on and off the field. Each episode of this series is hosted by Alan O’Mara, a former Cavan goalkeeper now working as a performance and wellbeing coach with sports and business leaders around the world. If you are a GPA member and impacted by this conversation, please call the GPA’s 24/7 helpline on 1800 98 92 85 or text ‘GPA’ to 50808 from the Republic of Ireland. From Northern Ireland call 0800 044 5059 or text ‘GPA’ 85258. If you aren’t a GPA member and are impacted by this conversation, please check out bodywhys.ie for more information on eating disorders, body image issues and support services. Thanks for listening!

GAA journalist Michael Verney joins Ger and Shane on #OTBAM to deliver his tips for the 2022 Hurling All-Stars ahead of the big reveal on Friday night. Catch OTB's sports breakfast show LIVE weekday mornings from 7:30am or just search for OTB AM and get the podcast on the OTB Sports app or wherever you listen to yours. SUBSCRIBE and FOLLOW the OTB AM podcast. #OTBAM is live weekday mornings from 7:30am across Off The Ball, in association with Gillette | #EffortlessFlow

Tommy joins Ger and Shane on #OTBAM as he delivers his shouts for the 2022 Football All-Stars ahead of Friday night's ceremony. Catch OTB's sports breakfast show LIVE weekday mornings from 7:30am or just search for OTB AM and get the podcast on the OTB Sports app or wherever you listen to yours. SUBSCRIBE and FOLLOW the OTB AM podcast. #OTBAM is live weekday mornings from 7:30am across Off The Ball, in association with Gillette | #EffortlessFlow

Welcome to Ep. 39 of The Football Pod 2.0 - James O'Donoghue and Paddy Andrews are back talking Gaelic Football with Tommy Rooney - and we've a special guest this week, Galway star Kieran Molloy talks the season gone by. We get stuck into the latest GAA news too as we hear breaking news in Donegal and Sky's deal with the GAA. (00:30) – Club winners, CR7 and bad subs, Sky and GAA split, Donegal's new boss. (24:00) – Kieran Molloy on The Football Pod - Galway's year, cruciate hell, Corofin. (56:00) – James O'Donoghue talks County Final week. You can hear the podcast first in the 'The Football Pod' feed or also in the 'OTB GAA' feed - be sure to subscribe and leave us a review or comment if you enjoy! We want to hear your thoughts - use social media or email: [email protected]

Joe Molloy was joined by the Sunday Times GAA journalist Mick Foley to discuss the termination of a television broadcast deal between the GAA and Sky Sports. As RTÉ undergoes an inter-county off season of notable departures in its usual personnel, is there a chance of widespread change in how gaelic games are packaged by the media?

Laois hurling manager Willie Maher joins Adrian and Shane on #OTBAM as he settles into his new role in the O'Moore County. Catch OTB's sports breakfast show LIVE weekday mornings from 7:30am or just search for OTB AM and get the podcast on the OTB Sports app or wherever you listen to yours. SUBSCRIBE and FOLLOW the OTB AM podcast. #OTBAM is live weekday mornings from 7:30am across Off The Ball, in association with Gillette | #EffortlessFlow

Kilmacud Crokes captain Shane Cunningham joins Shane and Johnny at #OTBAM after his side's successful defence of their Dublin SFC title against Na Fianna. Catch OTB's sports breakfast show LIVE weekday mornings from 7:30am or just search for OTB AM and get the podcast on the OTB Sports app or wherever you listen to yours. SUBSCRIBE and FOLLOW the OTB AM podcast. #OTBAM is live weekday mornings from 7:30am across Off The Ball, in association with Gillette | #EffortlessFlow

Host Alan O’Mara gets inside the mind of Lee Keegan on this week’s episode. The Mayo legend reflects on his GAA journey to date and explains how becoming a father has widened his perspective in both sport and life. Lee talks about the frustration of appearing in, but not winning any, of his 7 All-Ireland final appearances and chats about his plans for the 2023 season. He discusses the challenges of physical and mental burnout, changing the culture in Mayo GAA and how much he has benefited from engaging with the GPA and going back to college to develop himself as a leader and a person. This podcast series is brought to you as part of BEO 360, a GPA programme that empowers inter-county players across 4 key areas - life skills, wellbeing, dual career and transitions. Please go to beo360.gaelicplayers.com to learn more. Our host Alan O’Mara is a Performance and Wellbeing coach with sports and business leaders around the world. Learn more about his work at www.realtalks.ie

Irish Independent's Michael Verney joins Ger and Shane on #OTBAM to run through the best GAA players he ever faced. Catch OTB's sports breakfast show LIVE weekday mornings from 7:30am or just search for OTB AM and get the podcast on the OTB Sports app or wherever you listen to yours. SUBSCRIBE and FOLLOW the OTB AM podcast. #OTBAM is live weekday mornings from 7:30am across Off The Ball, in association with Gillette | #EffortlessFlow

Mayo legend David Brady joined Joe Molloy in the wake of winning the Meath Senior Football Final with Ratoath.

Welcome to Ep. 38 of The Football Pod 2.0 - James O'Donoghue and Paddy Andrews are back talking Gaelic Football with Tommy Rooney. We're focusing on the club action as James and East Kerry reach the Championship final, Paddy reports back from the Shane Walsh show and we shoutout the winners from around the country. Plenty more too as the lads answer your questions. enjoy!

Kilkenny hurling legend Eddie Brennan joined Joe Molloy on Monday's Off The Ball following Ballyhale Shamrocks' fifth successive Kilkenny county final win. After another virtuoso performance from Ballyhale's TJ Reid, Eddie explained why he believes the Kilkenny star now stands alone as the greatest hurler of the modern age.

Kerry legend Paul Galvin joins Ger and Nathan on #OTBAM to talk responding to media criticism, renewed excitement in the Kingdom, and intercounty management, as his new book, 'Threads: Clothes and the Irishman', hits bookstores across the country. Catch OTB's sports breakfast show LIVE weekday mornings from 7:30am or just search for OTB AM and get the podcast on the OTB Sports app or wherever you listen to yours. SUBSCRIBE and FOLLOW the OTB AM podcast. #OTBAM is live weekday mornings from 7:30am across Off The Ball, in association with Gillette | #EffortlessFlow

Kilmacud Crokes’ Dara Mullin speaks to Oisin Langan after his side pipped Na Fianna to the Dublin SFC title by 0-11 to 0-10 Aisling gets reaction from Ratoath manager David Brady and players Bobby O’Brien, Bryan McMahon and Ciaran Ó Fearraigh after a fiery end to the Meath final, with Ratoath triumphing over Summerhill

Four-time All-Ireland winner Paul Murphy joined Ger Gilroy to preview Sunday's Kilkenny Senior Hurling Final between James Stephens and five-in-a-row chasing Ballyhale Shamrocks.

Dillon Quirke's club team-mates. John O'Keeffe and Jimmy Maher joined Ger & Shane in studio to pay tribute to their Clonoulty-Rossmore team-mate who tragically passed away after falling ill during a game in August.

Shinrone hurling boss Trevor Fletcher joins Ger and Shane on #OTBAM as the club celebrated winning their first-ever Offaly title over the weekend. Catch OTB's sports breakfast show LIVE weekday mornings from 7:30am or just search for OTB AM and get the podcast on the OTB Sports app or wherever you listen to yours. SUBSCRIBE and FOLLOW the OTB AM podcast. #OTBAM is live weekday mornings from 7:30am across Off The Ball, in association with Gillette | #EffortlessFlow

We are delighted to welcome Limerick’s Dan Morrissey onto the podcast this week. Dan chats to our host, Alan O’Mara, about what it has been like to win four of the last five All-Ireland Hurling championships and shares his journey on and off the field. He also discusses the role of sports psychology, the importance of belief and confidence and how grateful he is to be part of this golden generation of Limerick hurlers. The Players’ Voice is a podcast brought to you by the Gaelic Players Association in collaboration with Real Talks. The podcast series is brought to you as part of BEO 360, a GPA programme that empowers inter-county players across 4 key areas - life skills, wellbeing, dual career and transitions. Please go to beo360.gaelicplayers.com to learn more. To find out more about Alan O’Mara’s work as a performance and wellbeing consultant, please go to www.RealTalks.ie or find him on Twitter and Instagram at @aomthecat. Thanks for listening!

Welcome to Ep. 37 of The Football Pod 2.0 - James O'Donoghue and Paddy Andrews are back talking Gaelic Football with Tommy Rooney. Club action is heating up, we've got some early winners, Monday club memories and big games ahead - the lads talk the perfect pre-season, biggest regrets in their careers and much more too, enjoy! (00:30) – New winners as the exclusive Monday Club opens up! (22:00) – Kerry's case for Regional Championship vs. Meath and Dublin. (38:00) – Perfect pre-season, big regrets, players to watch in 2023. You can hear the podcast first in the 'The Football Pod' feed or also in the 'OTB GAA' feed - be sure to subscribe and leave us a review or comment if you enjoy! We want to hear your thoughts - use social media or email: [email protected]

Former Laois captain John O'Loughlin, 4x Donegal title winner Brendan Kilcoyne and KFM commentator Ger McNally joined Will O’Callaghan to look at some of the club senior football finals this weekend.

All-Ireland winning Dublin footballer Lauren Magee and her father, also a former Dub, Johnny Magee sit down to discuss how sport has shaped their relationship and learnings from life. #EffortlessFlow | @GilletteUK

Offaly Hurling legend Johnny Pilkington joins Ger and Shane on #OTBAM to preview Reeling in the Hurling Years. Catch OTB's sports breakfast show LIVE weekday mornings from 7:30am or just search for OTB AM and get the podcast on the OTB Sports app or wherever you listen to yours. SUBSCRIBE and FOLLOW the OTB AM podcast. #OTBAM is live weekday mornings from 7:30am across Off The Ball, in association with Gillette | #EffortlessFlow

Ex-Westmeath footballer Alan Mangan joins Ger and Shane on #OTBAM as his Castletown-Geoghegan side won their first Westmeath Senior Hurling title since 2017 last weekend. Catch OTB's sports breakfast show LIVE weekday mornings from 7:30am or just search for OTB AM and get the podcast on the OTB Sports app or wherever you listen to yours. SUBSCRIBE and FOLLOW the OTB AM podcast. #OTBAM is live weekday mornings from 7:30am across Off The Ball, in association with Gillette | #EffortlessFlow

Brendan Egan, a former Sligo intercounty footballer, current St. Vincents club player and former colleague of Brian Mullins paid tribute to one of the GAA's most iconic figures. Catch OTB's sports breakfast show LIVE weekday mornings from 7:30am or just search for OTB AM and get the podcast on the OTB Sports app or wherever you listen to yours. SUBSCRIBE and FOLLOW the OTB AM podcast. #OTBAM is live weekday mornings from 7:30am across Off The Ball, in association with Gillette | #EffortlessFlow

Wexford GAA Chairperson Micheál Martin joins Ger and Shane on #OTBAM this morning as the Model County tries to lead the way in tackling referee abuse in the club game. Catch OTB's sports breakfast show LIVE weekday mornings from 7:30am or just search for OTB AM and get the podcast on the OTB Sports app or wherever you listen to yours. SUBSCRIBE and FOLLOW the OTB AM podcast. #OTBAM is live weekday mornings from 7:30am across Off The Ball, in association with Gillette | #EffortlessFlow

Welcome to Ep. 36 of The Football Pod 2.0 - James O'Donoghue and Paddy Andrews are back talking Gaelic Football with Tommy Rooney. This is the Ray Connellan hour, where we hear from the Westmeath star about their Tailteann Cup success, what life is really like in Australia and the realities of Football today. We also discuss the prospect of 14 new management teams in the 2023 Gaelic Football season. (00:30) – 2023 ushering in a new era of Football Managers. (23:00) – The Ray Connellan Hour: Westmeath, AFL, Recovery. (45:00) – Tailteann Cup reaction, Team Holidays, Dessie Dolan. You can hear the podcast first in the 'The Football Pod' feed or also in the 'OTB GAA' feed - be sure to subscribe and leave us a review or comment if you enjoy! We want to hear your thoughts - use social media or email: [email protected]

Former All-Ireland winning captain Tommy Drumm and former Dublin footballer Barney Rock paid tribute to the late great Brian Mullins on OTB Saturday.

Former Meath footballer and now AFLW star Vikki Wall joined John Duggan for a chat on OTB Saturday. Vikki is an ambassador for the National Dairy Council who are launching the next phase of its campaign – ‘From the Ground Up’. The campaign highlights the hard work and commitment required by top athletes and dairy farmers to be top of their game.

With the breaking news of the passing of Brian Mullins, Ger Gilroy and Michael McCarthy pay tribute to a true, true legend of the GAA.

West Coast Eagles AFLW player, Aisling McCarty, spoke to Aisling O'Reilly about life in Australia and the rules she'd like to see implemented in LGFA. Catch OTB's sports breakfast show LIVE weekday mornings from 7:30am or just search for OTB AM and get the podcast on the OTB Sports app or wherever you listen to yours. SUBSCRIBE and FOLLOW the OTB AM podcast. #OTBAM is live weekday mornings from 7:30am across Off The Ball, in association with Gillette | #EffortlessFlow

GAA journalist Damian Lawlor joined Nathan Murphy to talk about his new book, "After The Storm", which charts the story of how the GAA and its people managed to weather the coronavirus pandemic and re-emerged from it.

Waterford hurling manager Davy Fitzgerald joins Ger and Shane on #OTBAM as he returns this year to both the Déise and Ireland's Fittest Family, with a new series kicking off this Sunday night. Catch OTB's sports breakfast show LIVE weekday mornings from 7:30am or just search for OTB AM and get the podcast on the OTB Sports app or wherever you listen to yours. SUBSCRIBE and FOLLOW the OTB AM podcast. #OTBAM is live weekday mornings from 7:30am across Off The Ball, in association with Gillette | #EffortlessFlow

Welcome to Ep. 35 of The Football Pod 2.0 - James O'Donoghue and Paddy Andrews are back talking Gaelic Football with Tommy Rooney. This is the Stephen O'Neill special, where the legendary Tyrone forward sits down for a brilliant chat - we also discuss the return of Jack McCaffrey and Paul Mannion plus the Irish boys winning in Australia! (00:30) – Kerry long for O'Connor, McCaffrey and Mannion return. (12:30) – The Stephen O'Neill special - angles, SOS, Tyrone chemistry (30:00) – Risky Football, the 08 comeback story, squad depth. (01:05:30) – quick-fire: favourite footballers, favourite boots, a word of advice. You can hear the podcast first in the 'The Football Pod' feed or also in the 'OTB GAA' feed - be sure to subscribe and leave us a review or comment if you enjoy! We want to hear your thoughts - use social media or email: [email protected]

Cora Staunton, Mickey Quinn and Ciarán Byrne joined John Duggan on The Saturday Panel to discuss Geelong Cats' AFL Grand Final victory. They also discussed their own Aussie Rules journeys, homesickness, and how Gaelic football skills compare to the oval ball.

Kerry GAA legend and Tralee Warriors star Kieran Donaghy was in studio with Adrian and Kathleen speaking about his return to playing club football and what's next for Kerry. Catch OTB's sports breakfast show LIVE weekday mornings from 7:30am or just search for OTB AM and get the podcast on the OTB Sports app or wherever you listen to yours. SUBSCRIBE and FOLLOW the OTB AM podcast. #OTBAM is live weekday mornings from 7:30am across Off The Ball, in association with Gillette | #EffortlessFlow

This is the second part of a two part interview with Offaly legend Niall McNamee on The Players Voice. Here he opens up about life in recovery from gambling addiction and how he has maintained his well-being since his last bet almost 11 years ago. Niall also discusses how he uses his own struggles to help other people in difficulty and the rise of problem gambling in sport and wider society. In part one of this conversation, Niall reflected on his sporting career to date and his journey as a successful entrepreneur. You can find that episode by searching ‘The Players Voice’ on whatever podcast platform you prefer. Earlier in this series, Tyrone’s All Ireland winning midfielder Conn Kilpatrick shared his experience of gambling addiction and recovery, so please feel free to check that out also. If you are a GPA member and worried about problem gambling, call 1800 98 92 85 or text ‘GPA’ to 50808 from the Republic of Ireland OR from Northern Ireland please call 0800 044 5059 or text ‘GPA’ to 85258. If you aren’t a GPA member and need support, please check out gamblersanonymous.ie OR problemgambling.ie Finally - this podcast is brought to you as part of BEO 360, a GPA programme that empowers inter-county players across 4 key areas - life skills, wellbeing, dual career and transitions. Please go to beo360.gaelicplayers.com to learn more.

Adrian and Shane pick the brain of GAA journalist Michael Verney for his top 5 performances he's seen firsthand on the latest edition of You Had To Be There. Timestamps and topics below. (01:10) – Joe Canning - 2008 (08:20) – Eoin Larkin - 2011 (15:00) – Khabib v McGregor - 2018 (21:40) – Rachael Blackmore - 2022 (26:30) – Gearoid Hegarty - 2022 Catch OTB's sports breakfast show LIVE weekday mornings from 7:30am or just search for OTB AM and get the podcast on the OTB Sports app or wherever you listen to yours. SUBSCRIBE and FOLLOW the OTB AM podcast. #OTBAM is live weekday mornings from 7:30am across Off The Ball, in association with Gillette | #EffortlessFlow

Brendan Ó Dufaigh joins Ger and Shane on OTB AM to talk about his new book dedicated to the life and memory of his son, Brendan Óg 'Ogie' Ó Dufaigh.

Mayo star Lee Keegan joins Ger and Shane on #OTBAM with his experiences of the early McStay era, plus reaction to the news that Paul Mannion and Jack McCaffrey are back in the Dublin mix. Catch OTB's sports breakfast show LIVE weekday mornings from 7:30am or just search for OTB AM and get the podcast on the OTB Sports app or wherever you listen to yours. SUBSCRIBE and FOLLOW the OTB AM podcast. #OTBAM is live weekday mornings from 7:30am across Off The Ball, in association with Gillette | #EffortlessFlow

Former Brisbane Lions and St Kilda player Colm Begley joined Joe Molloy to look ahead to Saturday's AFL Grand Final between Geelong and Sydney at the MCG, where Irish duo Zach Tuohy and Mark O'Connor look to become champions with the Cats.

This episode of The Bernard Brogan Podcast with Jack McCaffrey originally aired in December 2020 - it's a fascinating chat. We were delighted to welcome Jack McCaffrey to Ep. 4 of the podcast for an exclusive interview. It's a brilliant listen, between two friends and former teammates - Bernard and Jack chat about winning All-Ireland's together, and growing up in Dublin. We hear about Jack's life off the pitch and why he stepped back from Dublin Football earlier in 2020 in a searingly honest insight into life as an intercounty footballer. The Bernard Brogan Podcast was brought to you by Off The Ball and SuperValu in the winter of 2020 - you'll find the other episodes in the OTB GAA feed, or Off The Ball's YouTube channel, as the Dublin legend brings you inside the lives of some of the most interesting figures in sport.

Ger, Johnny and Cathal discuss Dublin's All-Ireland chances now that Paul Mannion and Jack McCaffrey will be back in the 2023 squad. Catch OTB's sports breakfast show LIVE weekday mornings from 7:30am or just search for OTB AM and get the podcast on the OTB Sports app or wherever you listen to yours. SUBSCRIBE and FOLLOW the OTB AM podcast. #OTBAM is live weekday mornings from 7:30am across Off The Ball, in association with Gillette | #EffortlessFlow