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…
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…
While Novak Djokovic suffers the distinction of being the first sportsman ever to be banned for not taking drugs, Anthony digs into the impossibly high standard of the Law and how, despite this, there remains a legal loophole which gives up hope.…
Donna Cooney joins Joe Byrne to discuss how a group of twenty sea swimmers and dippers have come together in Clontarf baths to train for six weeks and put on a unique display performance which took place on 28th of September. For more info…
On this edition of Northside Today: Lisa Kelly, DCC Sports Inclusion & Integration Officer talks to Michael Sullivan about the BeActive Challenge. Dublin City Council is challenging people to BeActive on Sunday June 28th as part of the Sport Ireland BeActive Day. Broadcast:…
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…
On the show I was joined by writer, Tony Evans. Ahead of the Merseyside derby Tony spoke to us about his recent book Two Tribes a city on the brink. The book looks at the 1985/1986 season when Liverpool and Everton battled…
Dame Street, 1918. Photo- National Library of Ireland Dublin in 1918 looks back at our capital city 100 years ago. Join our presenters Ciarán Murray and Donie Tarrant in the company of historians Maeve Casserly, Ida Milne, Cormac Moore, Richard McElligott, Donal…
Ciaran Murray introduces Tatjana Skot’s interview with Ken McCue of Sports Against Racism Ireland (SARI) who explains the ethos of the organisation and how sport, and specially soccer, can be a tool for integration and solidarity. Later, Ciaran talks to Garrett Mullan…
Episode 21 of the Irish history Show on Near FM presented by Cathal Brennan and John Dorney. On this episode the presenters are joined by Dr. David Convery to discuss a new collection of essays he has edited entitled ‘Locked Out: A…