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Actor & Comedian, Risteard Cooper

gabor June 10, 2026

Paula Wiseman chats with Risteard Cooper about his life as an actor and comedian and he also chats about his upcoming first live solo show tour. https://comedyclub.ie/event/risteard-cooper-dun-laoghaire-jun-20 https://www.risteardcooper.com/tour 1st broadcast on 10/06/2026

Lifeline: Killester-Donnycarney FC

gabor August 20, 2025

Killester-Donnycarney FC’s U16 manager David Mcwilliam, and young players Leo, Billy and Kyle talked to George and Mercedes about the benefits of sport, their club and their opening for new players to join the U16 team. https://killesterdonnycarneyfc.com/ KillesterDonnycarneyFC@gmail.com https://www.instagram.com/killester_donnycarneyfc/?hl=en%20 https://www.facebook.com/KillesterDonnycarneyFC/ https://x.com/KillesterDonny 1st broadcast…

Beyond the Back Page with Professor Simon Chadwick

admin July 7, 2023

On the show Patrick was joined by Professor Simon Chadwick, Simon is a professor of Sport and Geopolitical economy at the Skema Business School in Paris. He chatted to us about the reasons behind the increasing Saudi Arabian investment in sport, multi…

Beyond the Back Page with John Foot

admin June 27, 2023

On the show Patrick was joined my historian and author John Foot who joined us to chat about the life and times of former Italian prime minister and AC Milan owner Silvio Berlusconi.

Beyond the Back Page with Tim Rich

admin June 16, 2023

On the show I was joined by journalist Tim Rich who joined us to chat about his recent book On Days Like These, which looks back at the career of former Man United goalkeeper Les Sealey.

Beyond the Back Page with James Cunliffe

admin June 2, 2023

On the show Patrick was joined by Luton based journalist James Cunliffe who joined us to reflect on Luton’s promotion to the Premier League. James chatted to us about Luton’s incredible journey in recent years, rising from the non-League all the…

Beyond the Back Page with Mark Hodkinson

admin May 19, 2023

On the show Patrick was joined by Writer and Journalist Mark Hodkinson. Mark is a passionate Rochdale supporter and chatted to us about his recent books, The Longest Winter, A season with England’s worst football team and No one around here reads…

Elite Football Academy

admin October 19, 2021

Wayne Gallagher of the Elite Football Academy joins Noel McGuinness to tell all about Elite Football Ireland starting a soccer academy powered by Atletico de Madrid for young boys and girls. The programme will be carried out by official Atletico De Madrid coaches.

Beyond the Back Page – Patrick was joined by Shane Keegan, a member of the Dundalk coaching staff and Michael Hopkins joined us to chat about some book recommendations

admin October 9, 2020

On the show Patrick was joined by Shane Keegan, a member of the Dundalk coaching staff who joined us to talk about Dundalk’s upcoming matches in the Europa League campaign. Shane also spoke to us about his role as opposition analyst at…

The Saturday Sports Show: with Former Republic of Ireland Player John Anderson

admin August 20, 2020

Listen back as Fergus Carroll interviews former Republic of Ireland player, John Anderson, who played under the late Jack Charlton and who had a distinguished soccer career in English top flight football, particularly with Newcastle United.

Beyond the Back page 07-11-2019 Patrick talks League of Ireland and wakeboarding

admin November 11, 2019

On the show I was joined by Michael Hopkins who helped us reflect on the league of Ireland season which came to an end last Sunday. Also on the show we were joined by professional Wakeboarder David O Caoimh who gave us…

Beyond the Back Page: With Benjamin Roberts and his new book Bottled English footballs boozy story.

admin September 17, 2019

On the show Patrick Donohue was joined by Benjamin Roberts to talk about his new book Bottled: English Football’s Boozy Story.