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"They're such a brilliant team."
"Physically, it's going to be the hardest game we've played since that game against them in the World Cup."
"We have to find another level."
Bernard Jackman looks ahead to Ireland v South Africa.
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"Physically, it's going to be the hardest game we've played since that game against them in the World Cup."
"We have to find another level."
Bernard Jackman looks ahead to Ireland v South Africa.
FULL POD: www.the42.ie/extra/?utm_s...
November 19, 2025 at 10:49 AM
"They're such a brilliant team."
"Physically, it's going to be the hardest game we've played since that game against them in the World Cup."
"We have to find another level."
Bernard Jackman looks ahead to Ireland v South Africa.
FULL POD: www.the42.ie/extra/?utm_s...
"Physically, it's going to be the hardest game we've played since that game against them in the World Cup."
"We have to find another level."
Bernard Jackman looks ahead to Ireland v South Africa.
FULL POD: www.the42.ie/extra/?utm_s...
NEW: It is another gloriously happy day, as Sinéad and Gav continue to bask with the rest of you in the beautiful afterglow of Ireland’s victory in Hungary.
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November 18, 2025 at 3:15 PM
NEW: It is another gloriously happy day, as Sinéad and Gav continue to bask with the rest of you in the beautiful afterglow of Ireland’s victory in Hungary.
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"The renewal of the social contract between Irish fans and Irish players is what has been won this week."
After yesterday's historic win for Ireland, today's episode of The 42's Football Family is available for free in The 42FM feed: open.spotify.com/episode/2NsU...
After yesterday's historic win for Ireland, today's episode of The 42's Football Family is available for free in The 42FM feed: open.spotify.com/episode/2NsU...
November 17, 2025 at 5:20 PM
"The renewal of the social contract between Irish fans and Irish players is what has been won this week."
After yesterday's historic win for Ireland, today's episode of The 42's Football Family is available for free in The 42FM feed: open.spotify.com/episode/2NsU...
After yesterday's historic win for Ireland, today's episode of The 42's Football Family is available for free in The 42FM feed: open.spotify.com/episode/2NsU...
On this week's episode of The 42FM, @gcooney93 and @SineadOCarroll discuss how sport exposes Ireland’s housing crisis.
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November 14, 2025 at 6:00 AM
On this week's episode of The 42FM, @gcooney93 and @SineadOCarroll discuss how sport exposes Ireland’s housing crisis.
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NEW: Battle of the hurlers of the year, how Ballygunner do it, and when did Junior B hurling get so good?
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November 12, 2025 at 10:23 AM
NEW: Battle of the hurlers of the year, how Ballygunner do it, and when did Junior B hurling get so good?
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On this week's episode of The 42FM, Gav and Sinéad discuss how sport exposes Ireland’s housing crisis.
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November 12, 2025 at 8:56 AM
On this week's episode of The 42FM, Gav and Sinéad discuss how sport exposes Ireland’s housing crisis.
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'This is a guy you want' - Kevin O'Toole's journey from Ivy League to NYC and Ireland call-up.
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November 7, 2025 at 7:45 AM
'This is a guy you want' - Kevin O'Toole's journey from Ivy League to NYC and Ireland call-up.
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"A GAA club isn't just a threshing machine that separates the wheat from the chaff, and at the end of it you have a senior Gaelic football team."
On this week's pod, Ciarán Murphy joined Sinéad O'Carroll to chat hurling, Gaeilge and more.
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On this week's pod, Ciarán Murphy joined Sinéad O'Carroll to chat hurling, Gaeilge and more.
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November 6, 2025 at 12:35 PM
"A GAA club isn't just a threshing machine that separates the wheat from the chaff, and at the end of it you have a senior Gaelic football team."
On this week's pod, Ciarán Murphy joined Sinéad O'Carroll to chat hurling, Gaeilge and more.
LISTEN: open.spotify.com/episode/6vpo...
On this week's pod, Ciarán Murphy joined Sinéad O'Carroll to chat hurling, Gaeilge and more.
LISTEN: open.spotify.com/episode/6vpo...
"They're exposed to a level of coaching that is getting better and better at underage level."
"When they get to the age of 17 or 18, they've already played hundreds of games."
@DeclanBogue on why Gaelic footballers are so attractive to AFL clubs.
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"When they get to the age of 17 or 18, they've already played hundreds of games."
@DeclanBogue on why Gaelic footballers are so attractive to AFL clubs.
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November 6, 2025 at 8:29 AM
"They're exposed to a level of coaching that is getting better and better at underage level."
"When they get to the age of 17 or 18, they've already played hundreds of games."
@DeclanBogue on why Gaelic footballers are so attractive to AFL clubs.
🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/7w34...
"When they get to the age of 17 or 18, they've already played hundreds of games."
@DeclanBogue on why Gaelic footballers are so attractive to AFL clubs.
🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/7w34...
NEW: Ciarán Murphy on why hurling and the Irish language have a similar struggle
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November 4, 2025 at 12:05 PM
NEW: Ciarán Murphy on why hurling and the Irish language have a similar struggle
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NEW: The f****d-up thinking behind the Enhanced Games
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October 14, 2025 at 5:07 PM
NEW: The f****d-up thinking behind the Enhanced Games
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"It was just the worst of rich entitlement."
On this week's episode of The 42FM, Gavin Cooney tells Sinead O'Carroll about the personal and vitriolic abuse that was directed at Europe’s players at Bethpage Black.
FULL POD: open.spotify.com/episode/2kCa...
On this week's episode of The 42FM, Gavin Cooney tells Sinead O'Carroll about the personal and vitriolic abuse that was directed at Europe’s players at Bethpage Black.
FULL POD: open.spotify.com/episode/2kCa...
September 30, 2025 at 12:53 PM
"It was just the worst of rich entitlement."
On this week's episode of The 42FM, Gavin Cooney tells Sinead O'Carroll about the personal and vitriolic abuse that was directed at Europe’s players at Bethpage Black.
FULL POD: open.spotify.com/episode/2kCa...
On this week's episode of The 42FM, Gavin Cooney tells Sinead O'Carroll about the personal and vitriolic abuse that was directed at Europe’s players at Bethpage Black.
FULL POD: open.spotify.com/episode/2kCa...
The 42FM: Why are we happy to let the NFL into Croke Park?
"I just find it bizarre that it has not been accompanied with any sense of the public debate."
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"I just find it bizarre that it has not been accompanied with any sense of the public debate."
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September 16, 2025 at 11:14 AM
The 42FM: Why are we happy to let the NFL into Croke Park?
"I just find it bizarre that it has not been accompanied with any sense of the public debate."
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"I just find it bizarre that it has not been accompanied with any sense of the public debate."
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NEW: Will Jim Gavin regret running for President?
🎙️ Gavin Cooney
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🎙️ Gavin Cooney
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September 3, 2025 at 9:14 AM
NEW: Will Jim Gavin regret running for President?
🎙️ Gavin Cooney
FULL POD: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2Q2QQDqKrGKtmoBF8z1pMp?si=985ea51c90864d3c
🎙️ Gavin Cooney
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Aoife Donohoe shows the O'Duffy cup to her 84-year-old grandmother, Kathleen Duane from Mullagh at the homecoming last night for All-Ireland senior camogie champions Galway.
August 12, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Aoife Donohoe shows the O'Duffy cup to her 84-year-old grandmother, Kathleen Duane from Mullagh at the homecoming last night for All-Ireland senior camogie champions Galway.
On this week’s GAA Weekly, Ronan, Fintan, and Sinéad preview the All-Ireland Camogie final.
Can Galway do what they did back in 2019 and overcome their familiar foes, Cork?
Listen to The 42’s GAA Weekly HERE: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4LjUfbNzCJVd2AEtja7Ick?si=VPCjsgS2TI2TrkvmY1nOTA
Can Galway do what they did back in 2019 and overcome their familiar foes, Cork?
Listen to The 42’s GAA Weekly HERE: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4LjUfbNzCJVd2AEtja7Ick?si=VPCjsgS2TI2TrkvmY1nOTA
August 8, 2025 at 10:00 AM
On this week’s GAA Weekly, Ronan, Fintan, and Sinéad preview the All-Ireland Camogie final.
Can Galway do what they did back in 2019 and overcome their familiar foes, Cork?
Listen to The 42’s GAA Weekly HERE: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4LjUfbNzCJVd2AEtja7Ick?si=VPCjsgS2TI2TrkvmY1nOTA
Can Galway do what they did back in 2019 and overcome their familiar foes, Cork?
Listen to The 42’s GAA Weekly HERE: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4LjUfbNzCJVd2AEtja7Ick?si=VPCjsgS2TI2TrkvmY1nOTA
Can Cork’s veterans cap off their glittering careers with a win and three-peat success this weekend against Galway?
Listen to The 42’s GAA Weekly HERE: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4LjUfbNzCJVd2AEtja7Ick?si=VPCjsgS2TI2TrkvmY1nOTA
Listen to The 42’s GAA Weekly HERE: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4LjUfbNzCJVd2AEtja7Ick?si=VPCjsgS2TI2TrkvmY1nOTA
August 8, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Can Cork’s veterans cap off their glittering careers with a win and three-peat success this weekend against Galway?
Listen to The 42’s GAA Weekly HERE: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4LjUfbNzCJVd2AEtja7Ick?si=VPCjsgS2TI2TrkvmY1nOTA
Listen to The 42’s GAA Weekly HERE: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4LjUfbNzCJVd2AEtja7Ick?si=VPCjsgS2TI2TrkvmY1nOTA
On this week’s GAA Weekly, Ronan, Fintan, and Sinéad preview the All-Ireland Camogie final.
Can Galway do what they did back in 2019 and overcome their familiar foes, Cork?
Listen to The 42’s GAA Weekly HERE: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4LjUfbNzCJVd2AEtja7Ick?si=VPCjsgS2TI2TrkvmY1nOTA
Can Galway do what they did back in 2019 and overcome their familiar foes, Cork?
Listen to The 42’s GAA Weekly HERE: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4LjUfbNzCJVd2AEtja7Ick?si=VPCjsgS2TI2TrkvmY1nOTA
August 7, 2025 at 6:46 PM
On this week’s GAA Weekly, Ronan, Fintan, and Sinéad preview the All-Ireland Camogie final.
Can Galway do what they did back in 2019 and overcome their familiar foes, Cork?
Listen to The 42’s GAA Weekly HERE: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4LjUfbNzCJVd2AEtja7Ick?si=VPCjsgS2TI2TrkvmY1nOTA
Can Galway do what they did back in 2019 and overcome their familiar foes, Cork?
Listen to The 42’s GAA Weekly HERE: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4LjUfbNzCJVd2AEtja7Ick?si=VPCjsgS2TI2TrkvmY1nOTA
Can Cork’s veterans cap off their glittering careers with a win and three-peat success this weekend against Galway?
Listen to The 42’s GAA Weekly HERE: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4LjUfbNzCJVd2AEtja7Ick?si=VPCjsgS2TI2TrkvmY1nOTA
Listen to The 42’s GAA Weekly HERE: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4LjUfbNzCJVd2AEtja7Ick?si=VPCjsgS2TI2TrkvmY1nOTA
August 7, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Can Cork’s veterans cap off their glittering careers with a win and three-peat success this weekend against Galway?
Listen to The 42’s GAA Weekly HERE: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4LjUfbNzCJVd2AEtja7Ick?si=VPCjsgS2TI2TrkvmY1nOTA
Listen to The 42’s GAA Weekly HERE: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4LjUfbNzCJVd2AEtja7Ick?si=VPCjsgS2TI2TrkvmY1nOTA
LATEST EPISODE: Is horse racing a sport or an industry?
The figures show the sport earns multiples more of the taxpayer’s money than any other. Is that fair?
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The figures show the sport earns multiples more of the taxpayer’s money than any other. Is that fair?
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Apple https://apple.co/3YNMlAq
July 29, 2025 at 10:22 AM
LATEST EPISODE: Is horse racing a sport or an industry?
The figures show the sport earns multiples more of the taxpayer’s money than any other. Is that fair?
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The figures show the sport earns multiples more of the taxpayer’s money than any other. Is that fair?
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The 42's Declan Bogue breaks down how Jim McGuinness and Donegal will attempt to limit David Clifford's influence in Sunday's All-Ireland final.
FULL FREE POD: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0swsvX74DdF3ooVtttWVRB?si=c8b299abaeff4025
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July 25, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The 42's Declan Bogue breaks down how Jim McGuinness and Donegal will attempt to limit David Clifford's influence in Sunday's All-Ireland final.
FULL FREE POD: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0swsvX74DdF3ooVtttWVRB?si=c8b299abaeff4025
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"We've a 15-year-old called David Clifford and he's going to make us known all across Ireland."
If you listen to one clip ahead of Sunday's All-Ireland final, let it be this.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0swsvX74DdF3ooVtttWVRB?si=ca40d094828941c9
If you listen to one clip ahead of Sunday's All-Ireland final, let it be this.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0swsvX74DdF3ooVtttWVRB?si=ca40d094828941c9
July 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
"We've a 15-year-old called David Clifford and he's going to make us known all across Ireland."
If you listen to one clip ahead of Sunday's All-Ireland final, let it be this.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0swsvX74DdF3ooVtttWVRB?si=ca40d094828941c9
If you listen to one clip ahead of Sunday's All-Ireland final, let it be this.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0swsvX74DdF3ooVtttWVRB?si=ca40d094828941c9
The 42's Declan Bogue breaks down how Jim McGuinness and Donegal will attempt to limit David Clifford's influence in Sunday's All-Ireland final.
FULL FREE POD: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0swsvX74DdF3ooVtttWVRB?si=c8b299abaeff4025
FULL FREE POD: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0swsvX74DdF3ooVtttWVRB?si=c8b299abaeff4025
July 25, 2025 at 9:44 AM
The 42's Declan Bogue breaks down how Jim McGuinness and Donegal will attempt to limit David Clifford's influence in Sunday's All-Ireland final.
FULL FREE POD: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0swsvX74DdF3ooVtttWVRB?si=c8b299abaeff4025
FULL FREE POD: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0swsvX74DdF3ooVtttWVRB?si=c8b299abaeff4025
"We've a 15-year-old called David Clifford and he's going to make us known all across Ireland."
If you listen to one clip ahead of Sunday's All-Ireland final, let it be this.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0swsvX74DdF3ooVtttWVRB?si=ca40d094828941c9
If you listen to one clip ahead of Sunday's All-Ireland final, let it be this.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0swsvX74DdF3ooVtttWVRB?si=ca40d094828941c9
July 25, 2025 at 9:13 AM
"We've a 15-year-old called David Clifford and he's going to make us known all across Ireland."
If you listen to one clip ahead of Sunday's All-Ireland final, let it be this.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0swsvX74DdF3ooVtttWVRB?si=ca40d094828941c9
If you listen to one clip ahead of Sunday's All-Ireland final, let it be this.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0swsvX74DdF3ooVtttWVRB?si=ca40d094828941c9
On this week's pod, Fintan O'Toole and Declan Bogue join Ronan Early to look ahead to an All-Ireland final full of promise and intrigue.
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LISTEN FOR FREE: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0swsvX74DdF3ooVtttWVRB?si=97d342fbb9234f00
July 25, 2025 at 5:00 AM
On this week's pod, Fintan O'Toole and Declan Bogue join Ronan Early to look ahead to an All-Ireland final full of promise and intrigue.
LISTEN FOR FREE: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0swsvX74DdF3ooVtttWVRB?si=97d342fbb9234f00
LISTEN FOR FREE: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0swsvX74DdF3ooVtttWVRB?si=97d342fbb9234f00