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Rachel Yoder is an Irish writer based in New York. Her best friend is Irish based writer Stefanie Preissner, but that physical separation of 3000 miles has not damaged their friendship – they speak numerous times every single day. Recognising this feat they decided to explore the concept of friendship and what it means. So in this series they look at relationships that we were born into, forced into, fell into and chose. These are Situationships.
In today’s episode Ciaran Hancock is joined by hotelier John Fitzpatrick, owner of the Fitzpatrick Hotel Group in New York City. Later this month, the Fitzpatrick Manhattan will reopen following over twelve months of closure. In today's episode we hear about the reopening plans, the impact of Covid-19 on the hotel business and Fitzpatrick's thought…
The Government's Covid-19 policy was dealt a double blow this week, as it was forced to pause the mandatory hotel quarantine system and issues with two vaccines threw the planned inoculation programme into doubt. Hugh is joined by Jennifer Bray and Jack Horgan-Jones from The Irish Times political team to discuss the latest hurdles the coalition mus…
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Dan McLaughlin explains the background to a new flare-up in the war in eastern Ukraine between the government in Kiev and Russian-backed separatists, and the news that Russia has sent troops and tanks to its border with Ukraine for what it insists are military exercises. Why is trouble in the region increasing now, and is the threat of a major esca…
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Lance Armstrong, Liverpool knock-out, Louise Galvin and Virtual Insanity
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Thursday's #OTBAM podcast - Football with Mark Lawrenson, Lousie Galvin on the Women's Six Nations, Virtual Insanity with JD, Lance Armstrong latest and OTB AM's TV Picks. Timestamps below. Catch OTB's sports breakfast show LIVE weekday mornings from 7:30am or just get the podcast wherever you listen to yours.- 01:00 - LIVE with Ger and Eoin: Champ…
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Souness talks Pundits, GAA leagues gripe, Bernard Flynn, Dingley and Lavin, McGinley on Leaders
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Wednesday's #OTBAM podcast - Football with Graeme Souness, GAA legend Bernard Flynn, Irish Olympic hopefuls Sarah Lavin and Oliver Dingley, The Masters with JD, while Paul McGinley and Eoin Conroy of Leaders Lounge too. Timestamps below. Catch OTB's sports breakfast show LIVE weekday mornings from 7:30am or just get the podcast wherever you listen …
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CL scene-set, Zidane like Fergie? Tight Five, Irish WNT debrief, Shane's Snooker Guide
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Tuesday's #OTBAM podcast - Football with Graham Hunter and Kathleen McNamee. Rugby with Neil Treacy, Snooker with Shane Hannon and much more too. Timestamps below. Catch OTB's sports breakfast show LIVE weekday mornings from 7:30am.- 01:00 - LIVE with Ger and Shane:- 20:25 - Champions League with Graham Hunter- 45:10 - Sports Pages- 01:00:20 - The …
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Beibhinn Parsons, Meyler on José, Quinlan on ROG v Leinster, Masters recap, Blackmore
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Monday's #OTBAM podcast - Football with David Meyler, Champions Cup with Alan Quinlan plus an interview with Irish star Beibhinn Parsons. There's our Masters recap with Nathan and the Performance Rankings. Timestamps below. Catch OTB's sports breakfast show LIVE weekday mornings from 7:30am.- 01:00 - LIVE with Ger and Neil - Wild Weekend of Sport- …
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It's not just Brexit, or the Bobby Storey funeral, or the constant talk of a border poll. Many factors fed into this week's violence and rioting on the streets of Belfast. The violent clashes involved youths from loyalist and nationalist areas, but today's conversation with Newton Emerson focuses on the roots of the anger and disillusionment felt b…
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Love for Lowry, Aidan O'Rourke, Rice to United, Champions Cup, Crappy Quiz, Masters
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Friday's #OTBAM podcast - The Masters with Joe and JD, Football with Harris, Rugby with Alan Quinlan, the Crappy Quiz, and we're talking the fallout from the GAA with Aidan O'Rourke. There's all of that and much more too. Timestamps below. Catch OTB's sports breakfast show LIVE weekday mornings from 7:30am.- 01:00 - LIVE with Adrian and Eoin - Shan…
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Peter Pan Footballers, (another) GAA breach, the Masters picks, Andy Friend, OTB TV
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Thursday's #OTBAM podcast - it seems there's been another GAA training breach - we're talking Monaghan from the top, we have instant reaction to the Champions League. We're talking The Masters with John Duggan and Joe Molloy, Connacht Head Coach Andy Friend joins us and we've got the OTB TV Picks with Sue Murphy. There's all of that and much more t…
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Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe says better-than-expected exchequer returns show our economic "resilience", but do the numbers hide deeper scars? Cliff Taylor joins Ciaran to look at the latest set of economic figures showing Ireland's tax, spending and unemployment in the pandemic-stricken Q1 of 2021. Plus, Barry O'Halloran looks at Ryanair's…
The debate surrounding mandatory hotel quarantine rumbles on between government departments, but what are the logistical, legal and diplomatic issues at stake? Will the introduction of a vaccine passport or a digital green certificate be enough to smooth over the cracks? And with the long promised ramp up in vaccinations now on the horizon, will th…
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CL fallout w/ Lawro, Masters tips, Louise Galvin, Munster's move, Tyldesley on Fergie
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Wednesday's #OTBAM podcast - instant reaction to last night's Champions League. Rugby with Louise Galvin and Neil Treacy. The Masters with John Duggan. Clive Tyldesley on the best CL moment and the Irish kitman Fergus McNally. There's all of that and much more too. Timestamps below. Catch OTB's sports breakfast show LIVE weekday mornings from 7:30a…
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Liverpool-Madrid w/ Meyler, Woody on Munster's next move, Rassie Erasmus, Freewheelin
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Tuesday's #OTBAM podcast - a packed show ahead of a cracking week of sport, Keith Wood talks Champions Cup, and former Munster Head Coach Rassie Erasmus joins us. There's Football with David Meyler, on the Premier League fallout, and Champions League ahead of a box-office night. We're talking White vs. Hendry, the latest in the GAA and there's the …
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Behavioral economist Pete Lunn and political correspondent Jennifer Bray join Hugh to talk about the government's major moves in the Covid-19 fight this week: the easing of some restrictions, particularly around outdoor activities, and the simplification of the vaccine rollout, favouring older people over particular groups such as teachers, Gardaí …
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Honor devises a strategy for Ross as he attempts the exam for the second timeDi Ross O'Carroll-Kelly
Brazil's Covid-19 case numbers and deaths have hit staggering new highs in the past month: over 60,000 died in March alone. Now it is facing a political crisis to match its health crisis. President Jair Bolsonaro, his authority undermined by the raging pandemic, sacked his defence minister and three top military chiefs in what looks like a struggle…
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Dublin controversy with David Brady | James Coughlan previews Champions Cup | Grace Walsh | OTB AM
Thursday's #OTBAM podcast - David Brady on the Dublin controversy. Rugby with James Coughlan. Grace Walsh on Kilkenny Camogie. Sue Murphy gives us her TV picks...Timestamps below. Catch OTB's sports breakfast show LIVE weekday mornings from 7:30am.- 01:00 - LIVE with Ger and Eoin.- 14:50 - Rugby with James Coughlan.- 38:15 - Sports Pages.- 54:30 - …
This week the Government revealed its plan for the phased reopening the economy from April 12th onwards. On today’s show, Ciaran is joined by Ibec chief executive Danny McCoy and Cliff Taylor of The Irish Times to discuss what will it mean for Irish business and the wider economy. Is the timeline for reopening too sluggish? And, with the pace of th…
Last week was a very good one for the Green Party, but you could be forgiven for getting the opposite impression. Today, Hugh and guests spend a little time on the party's dangerous internal divisions (as demonstrated by the spat over party member and Lord Mayor of Dublin Hazel Chu's unsanctioned run for a Seanad seat) and more time on the signific…
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Ireland V Qatar reaction, Lawro, Matt Williams, Tight Five, F1 and Apollo
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Wednesday's #OTBAM podcast - Ireland V Qatar reaction with Mark Lawrenson. Champions Cup with Matt Williams. The Tight Five with Neil Tracey and Shane Hannon updates us on F1 as well as the inside scoop on his upcoming documentary on the Apollo moon landing....Timestamps below. Catch OTB's sports breakfast show LIVE weekday mornings from 7:30am.- 0…
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The state of Irish football, Vinny Perth tactical break-down and Louse Galvin on Munster rugby
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Tuesday's #OTBAM podcast - Rugby with Louise Galvin. Vinny Perth breaks-down Ireland's performances. The lastest Stephen Kenny press conference and Nathan Murphy & Stephen Doyle discuss the state of Irish football...Timestamps below. Catch OTB's sports breakfast show LIVE weekday mornings from 7:30am.- 01:00 - LIVE with Ger and Eoin -- 17:00 - Rugb…
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Irish football In Trouble, Quinny on Leinster V Munster, WNL Returns & Performance Rankings
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Monday's #OTBAM podcast - Irish football in trouble, reaction with Ger, Eoin and Stephen Ward. Alan Quinlan gives his reaction to Munster's defeat to Leinster. Cork City's Becky Cassin talks us through her equaliser against Galway and the return of the WNL. Eoin runs us through this week's Gillette Peformance Rankings. Timestamps below. Catch OTB's…
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The old man tells the court he broke lockdown and refuses ‘to live under your mortial law!’Di Ross O'Carroll-Kelly
In his new book Free Speech and Why it Matters, Andrew Doyle questions a new form of social justice activism, which as he puts it, casually disregards the principle of free speech for the sake of what is perceived to be a higher social priority. In today’s episode, the author and podcaster joins Hugh for a discussion on 'wokeness' and cancel cultur…
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Kilbane hammers FAI leaks, Six Nations and JJ w/ ROG, Leinster-Munster w/ Quinlan, Luxembourg, Crappy Quiz
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Friday's #OTBAM podcast - a show packed with quality for you, Ronan O'Gara and Alan Quinlan talk Rugby. Football with Kevin Kilbane, on the FAI leaks, and Ireland with Kathleen McNamee plus the Crappy Quiz. Timestamps below. Catch OTB's sports breakfast show LIVE weekday mornings from 7:30am.- 01:00 - LIVE with Adrian and Eoin - Glory to San Marino…
You’re listening in to OTB Sports takeover day in association with the Irish Cancer Society and supported by Novartis Ireland, where later this evening on Off The Ball we’ll also have a ‘living well and beyond with cancer’ panel, including Tony Ward, Mary Cullen and Noel McGrath. It’s that time of the year when the Irish Cancer Society are raising …
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Voters in Israel went to the polls this week in a bid to free the country of the political stalemate that has seen it hold four elections in two years.But after another cliffhanger result, the deadlock continues and it may be weeks before it becomes clear if prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu will be able to form another government.Exit polls after …
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Serbia fallout - Perth and Breen talk Irish football, OTB TV picks, Exercise in the cancer journey
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Thursday's #OTBAM podcast - the full fallout from Ireland's 3-2 defeat to Serbia - Gary Breen, Vinny Perth and post-match reaction from Belgrade. There's the OTB TV Picks with Sue Murphy and the Irish Cancer Society takeover with Dr. Noel McCaffrey and Dr. Cathy Kelly. Timestamps below. Catch OTB's sports breakfast show LIVE weekday mornings from 7…
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Value(s) is the new book by economist and former governor of the Bank of England Mark Carney. It’s an exploration into the ways in which economic and social values have become blurred and the radical change that is needed to build a better world for all. Recently, Irish Times columnist Chris Johns sat down with the Canadian banker for a wide rangin…
The EU is set to tighten export controls in a bid to prevent Covid-19 vaccines leaving the bloc. It comes as Europe looks destined for a showdown with the UK over a stockpile of AstraZeneca vaccines, said to number up to 30 million doses, and coveted by both sides to shore up inoculation campaigns. As shortfalls and supply issues hold back the roll…
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Coleman bites back, Crafty Beirne, Bluffers Guide to Serbia, Matt Holland, Rory Gallagher, Ali Donnelly
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Wednesday's #OTBAM podcast - Matt Holland talks Ireland. We've got the Bluffer's Guide to Serbia and the timeline of the Seamus Coleman story. Ali Donnelly of Scrum Queens joins as and we've got the Tight Five with Neil Treacy. Timestamps below. Catch OTB's sports breakfast show LIVE weekday mornings from 7:30am.- 01:00 - LIVE with Ger and Eoin - T…
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Nadia Power, Irish progress with Louise Galvin, picking Kenny's XI, Big Mike and Bigger Dev
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Tuesday's #OTBAM podcast - Six Nations recap with Louise Galvin, Mike McCarthy and Devin Toner get Up Close and Personal. Previewing Ireland-Serbia with Phil Egan, Nathan Murphy and Stephen Doyle, talking Leinster-Munster with Neil Treacy and we've got a feature interview with Nadia Power. Timestamps below. Catch OTB's sports breakfast show LIVE we…
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In today’s episode Irish Times Berlin correspondent Derek Scally joins Hugh to speak about his brand new book: The Best Catholics in the World. Having spent the last twenty years living and working in Germany, Scally has witnessed a nation engaging earnestly with their past, and asks why the same cannot be said for his native Ireland and the legacy…
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Smashing England, Blowing Grand Slams with Quinlan, Meyler Monday's, Performance Rankings
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Monday's #OTBAM podcast - Six Nations recap with Alan Quinlan. Football with David Meyler and Brian Kerr, we hear from Callum Robinson and Alan Browne too. There's the Gillette Performance Rankings and much more. Timestamps below. Catch OTB's sports breakfast show LIVE weekday mornings from 7:30am.- 01:00 - LIVE with Ger and Eoin - Ireland smash En…
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José time, Quinlan talks Farrell's Irish picks, Man Utd in Milan, Caplice on WXV and Crappy Quiz
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Friday's #OTBAM podcast - Rugby with Alan Quinlan and Anna Caplice. Football with Phil Egan and Daniel Harris talks Manchester United's win in the San Siro. There's the Cold Cuts, the Crappy Quiz and much more too. Timestamps below. Catch OTB's sports breakfast show LIVE weekday mornings from 7:30am.- 01:00 - LIVE with Adrian and Eoin - José Spurs …
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Alan Quinlan | Hope against England, Irish reshuffle, CJ Stander legacy & speculation | Rugby OTB AM
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Alan Quinlan joined OTB AM to look ahead to England's trip to The Aviva |#OTBAM is live with Gillette | #MadeOfWhatMatters