Best Peter Birch Podcasts (2025)

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Kilkerrin-Clonberne and Caltra Cuans head for Croke Park | Willie Ward and Peter Birch 28:55

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Killkerrin-Clonberne manager Willie Ward and Caltra Cuans manager Peter Birch join Paul to look ahead to this Saturday's All-Ireland senior and intermediate ladies football club championship finals.Subscribe for more content!If you have any questions or thoughts for upcoming podcasts, email the [email protected].…

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FRANKIE BURKE CALLS TIME ON HIS CLUB FOOTBALL CAREER WITH ANNAGHDOWN 1:03:34

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Frankie Burke joined Paul on this week's Pod to reflect on his 23 seasons lining out for the Annaghdown senior footballers.Subscribe for more content!If you have any questions or thoughts for upcoming podcasts, email the [email protected].

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All-Ireland senior camogie championship final preview: Athenry v St Finbarr's 35:34

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Athenry camogie manager Joe Rabbitte and former Cork camogie coach Adrian O'Sullivan join Aoife Lynskey to look ahead to this Sunday's All-Ireland senior camogie final between Athenry and St Finbarr's.Subscribe for more content!If you have any questions or thoughts for upcoming podcasts, email the [email protected]…

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Angie Hobbs on Plato on Power 23:50

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Melissa Hoffman: Eat Your Ethics 28:14

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A lot of people think that kosher means that animals were treated significantly better than animals that enter the non-kosher market. And largely, this is just not true, because kosher is very much now a part of the same systems that produce 99% of the animal products that get into our grocery stores, and therefore could be categorized as factory f…

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Liam Gordon on Refereeing this year’s All-Ireland Senior Hurling Final 48:12

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Hurling Referee Liam Gordon joins Paul on this week's Podcast.Subscribe for more content!If you have any questions or thoughts for upcoming podcasts, email the [email protected].

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JAMIE MURPHY READY TO GO AGAIN FOR TUAM STARS IN 2026 54:20

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Jamie Murphy sat down with Paul Shaughnessy to chat about his career with the Tuam Stars senior footballers.Subscribe for more content!If you have any questions or thoughts for upcoming podcasts, email the [email protected].

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37. [Caribbean Echoes 6] Caribbean Convicts 28:41

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Caribbean Convicts weaves together the story of the Caribbean men who arrived in Sydney onboard the convict ship the Moffatt on August 30, 1836. Most had been enslaved, including William Buchanan, a Jamaican man transported for participating in the Christmas Day slave uprising in Jamaica in 1831-32. Join historical novelist Sienna Brown as she expl…

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Damien Finnerty | Coaching Galway Senior Camogie Team | Success with St Thomas' 49:12

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Galway senior camogie selector and St Thomas' senior hurler Damien Finnerty joins Paul on this week's PodcastSubscribe for more content!If you have any questions or thoughts for upcoming podcasts, email the [email protected].

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HEARTBREAK FOR MOYCULLEN | GALWAY SENIOR FOOTBALLERS PLAY CLARE IN A CHALLENGE | TOMMY ROONEY 47:40

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Tommy Rooney joins Paul to chat about Moycullen's heartbreaking Connacht Senior Football Championship defeat to St Brigid's and the lads chat about what we can expect from the Galway senior footballers in 2026. Subscribe for more content!

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GALWAY MAN WINS LEINSTER HURLING CHAMPIONSHIP WITH AMSTERDAM GAA 32:41

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Grahame McDermott of Amsterdam GAA club joins Paul to reflect on winning the Leinster Junior Special Hurling Championship with the Dutch side.If you have any questions or thoughts for upcoming podcasts, email the [email protected] Podcast is brought to you by Hoare Chartered Accountants. Hoare Chartered Accountants based in Galway City …

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All-Ireland semi-final time for Kilkerrin Clonberne, Caltra Cuans and Menlough Skehana 33:23

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Paul is joined by Kilkerrin Clonberne manager Willie Ward, Caltra Cuans selector Michael Hennelly and Menlough Skehana manager Thomas Flynn ahead of the All-Ireland Ladies Football Championship semi-finals.If you have any questions or thoughts for upcoming podcasts, email the [email protected] Podcast is brought to you by Hoare Chartere…

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Athenry and Killimor 60 minutes away from Croke Park | Killian Whelan and and Darren McDonagh 48:40

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Killian Whelan previews Athenry's All-Ireland senior camogie championship semi-final against Dicksboro. In part two of the show Killimor camogie manager Darren McDonagh looks ahead to his side's All-Ireland intermediate championship semi-final against Camross. Killian Whelan previews Athenry's All-Ireland senior camogie championship semi-final agai…

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Moycullen will relish underdogs tag against St Brigid's | Seán Óg De Paor 1:02:17

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Seán Óg De Paor and Paul preview the Connacht Senior Football Championship final between Moycullen and St Brigid's.If you have any questions or thoughts for upcoming podcasts, email the [email protected] Podcast is brought to you by Hoare Chartered Accountants. Hoare Chartered Accountants based in Galway City are a leading provider of A…

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Brett Mitchell: The Man Who Freed the Elephants 39:26

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"It just makes everything worthwhile with what we did. It just highlights how flexible elephants are and how adaptable they are from captivity to wild, and that when given the chance, they will choose freedom. And they will choose autonomy." - Brett Mitchell For nearly thirty years, Brett Mitchell has lived alongside elephants — first in captivity,…

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Samuel Scheffler on Grief and Time 21:02

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Grief is affected by the passage of time in a way that some attitudes and emotions aren't. Samuel Scheffler explores why this might be so in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast.

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36. [Caribbean Echoes 5]: Live from the Abercrombie with Zahra Newman and Alana Valentine 45:55

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In this special episode of Caribbean Echoes, series producers Ben Etherington and Sienna Brown are in conversation with star Jamaican-Australian actress Zahra Newman and acclaimed playwright Alana Valentine. They discuss the making of the series and how performance emerged as a key theme across it. Zahra reflects on being a Black Caribbean-Australi…

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MEELICK EYRECOURT AND BALLINASLOE TARGET PROVINCIAL HURLING TITLES | CYRIL FARRELL 52:36

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Cyril Farrell and Paul preview Ballinasloe's and Meelick Eyrecourt's Connacht hurling finals this weekend.If you have any questions or thoughts for upcoming podcasts, email the [email protected] Podcast is brought to you by Hoare Chartered Accountants. Hoare Chartered Accountants based in Galway City are a leading provider of Audit, Acc…

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Moycullen into Connacht final | Would Divisional teams work in Galway SFC | Seán Ó Domhnaill 1:01:16

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Former Galway footballer Seán Ó Domhnaill and Paul look back on Moycullen's victory over Leitrim Gaels and they also look back on Carna Cashel's defeat in the Connacht Junior Football Championship semi-final.If you have any questions or thoughts for upcoming podcasts, email the [email protected] Podcast is brought to you by Hoare Charte…

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Nina Jackel and Blake Moynes: The Cruelty Behind the Selfie 33:38

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"You look at these animals, and they're just so far removed from the life that I want them to have, that they should have that, we would hope that wild animals have. And they're just humiliated and degraded and they're so utterly powerless." - Nina Jackel Today, we're taking you inside one of the darkest corners of the animal tourism industry — pla…

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MEELICK EYRECOURT END 28-YEAR WAIT FOR INTERMEDIATE HURLING CHAMPIONSHIP 34:38

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Meelick Eyrecourt joint captains James Downey and John Fleming joined Paul to reflect on winning this year's Intermediate Hurling Championship.If you have any questions or thoughts for upcoming podcasts, email the [email protected] Podcast is brought to you by Hoare Chartered Accountants. Hoare Chartered Accountants based in Galway City…

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Amy Jones: Skin and Bones 37:39

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"It was a really surreal experience because I didn't know what to expect from a tiger farm. I've been in a lot of industrial farms of other animals. I sort of thought to myself, 'surely it can't be, it can't be actually a farm like what we see, how we raise pigs and chickens and cows.' But it was it was literally a factory farm - a prison, essentia…

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Ballinasloe prepare for Connacht Junior Hurling Championship semi-final against Moytura 47:27

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Ballinasloe manager Derek Frehill and joint-captain Cathal O'Hanlon speak with Paul ahead of their Connacht Junior Hurling Championship semi-final against Moytura this weekend.If you have any questions or thoughts for upcoming podcasts, email the [email protected] Podcast is brought to you by Hoare Chartered Accountants. Hoare Chartered…

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Leitrim Gaels next up for Moycullen | Caltra come up short against Kilmeena after extra time 50:24

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Alan Flynn and Paul preview Moycullen's Connacht Senior Football Championship semi-final clash with Leitrim GaelsIf you have any questions or thoughts for upcoming podcasts, email the [email protected] Podcast is brought to you by Hoare Chartered Accountants. Hoare Chartered Accountants based in Galway City are a leading provider of Aud…

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PAUL HOBAN INTERVIEW: Winning back-to-back Senior Hurling Championships with Loughrea 49:51

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Loughrea corner back Paul Hoban sat down with Paul to reflect on Loughrea winning the Galway senior hurling championship.If you have any questions or thoughts for upcoming podcasts, email the [email protected] Podcast is brought to you by Hoare Chartered Accountants. Hoare Chartered Accountants based in Galway City are a leading provide…

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Moycullen and Caltra begin Connacht Football Championship campaigns 54:52

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James Mannion reflects on the 2025 season with Salthill Knocknacarra and the lads also looks ahead to Moycullen's and Caltra's Connacht quarter-finals this weekend.If you have any questions or thoughts for upcoming podcasts, email the [email protected] Podcast is brought to you by Hoare Chartered Accountants. Hoare Chartered Accountants…

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35. History Lab Live: The Last Outlaws 50:04

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Hear author and historian Katherine Biber tell the story of Jimmy and Joe Governor, Wiradjuri and Wonnarua brothers, who in 1900 went on a murder spree that killed nine people and terrified countless others. The men were pursued for three months across 3000 kilometres, taunting their hunters with clues, letters and tricks. The last men in the state…

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Loughrea, Meelick Eyrecourt and Ballinasloe celebrate county hurling championship success 1:21:38

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Galway Celtic Challenge manager Gerry Kearney and David Connors join Paul to review the Senior, Intermediate and Junior Hurling Championship finals.If you have any questions or thoughts for upcoming podcasts, email the [email protected] Podcast is brought to you by Hoare Chartered Accountants. Hoare Chartered Accountants based in Galway…

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Thom Norman: How $23 a Month Could Dismantle Factory Farming 39:42

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"Because we're kind of lowering the stakes. We're saying it's okay to admit to yourself that you care about factory farming and you care about animals because we're not going to try and trick you into going vegan or whatever. And so it allows them to engage with the issue, maybe for the first time in a really serious way. I think what we want to do…

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Edouard Machery on Variations in Responses to Thought Experiments 21:36

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Philosophers who use thought experiments often believe their own intutions in response to them are unviersal. But that's not always so. In this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast Edouard Machery discusses his research on this topic, and some of his surprising conclusions. This episode was made in association with the Institute of Philosophy an…

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St Thomas' record in county finals | Loughrea aim to go back-to-back | SHC county final preview 1:12:05

2M ago1:12:05

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In part one of the show Galway GAA chairman Paul Bellew explains the county board decision to play the SHC final under lights in Pearse Stadium. Cappataggle hurler James Egan, Kevin Brady and Greg Lally preview the Senior Hurling Championship final between Loughrea and St Thomas'.If you have any questions or thoughts for upcoming podcasts, email th…

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Senior Hurling Championship county-final build-up with Sean Skehill and John Dooley 52:47

2M ago52:47

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Former St Thomas' hurler Sean Skehill and Former Loughrea hurler John Dooley join Paul to look ahead to Saturday's Senior Hurling Championship county final.If you have any questions or thoughts for upcoming podcasts, email the [email protected] Podcast is brought to you by Hoare Chartered Accountants. Hoare Chartered Accountants based i…

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Maigh Cuilinn, Caltra and Carna Cashel crowned county football champions 1:04:04

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Maigh Cuilinn manager Cathal Clancy, Caltra manager Gabriel Naughton, Maigh Cuilinn captain David Wynne, Carna Cashel manager John Casey and Carna Cashel's Dylan Seoighe caught up with The Maroon & White Pod.If you have any questions or thoughts for upcoming podcasts, email the [email protected] Podcast is brought to you by Hoare Charte…

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30,000 Monkeys in Our Backyard 2:48

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This week, we're doing something a little different. Instead of a conversation, we're sharing something we've been working on for the past year — our new short documentary, 30,000 Monkeys in Our Backyard. It tells the unbelievable true story of how a small town in Georgia became ground zero for a proposed facility that would have housed 30,000 monk…

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Junior Football Championship final preview | Carna Cashel v Williamstown 25:39

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Carna Cashel manager John Casey and Williamstown manager Sean Keaveney caught up with Paul ahead of the Junior Football Championship final If you have any questions or thoughts for upcoming podcasts, email the [email protected] Podcast is brought to you by Hoare Chartered Accountants. Hoare Chartered Accountants based in Galway City are…

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Senior Football Championship county final build-up with Alan Kerins and Paddy Moran 1:15:19

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Former Salthill-Knocknacarra footballer Alan Kerins and former Maigh Cuilinn selector Paddy Moran speak with Paul ahead of the Senior Football Championship county final.If you have any questions or thoughts for upcoming podcasts, email the [email protected] Podcast is brought to you by Hoare Chartered Accountants. Hoare Chartered Accoun…

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Caltra and An Spidéal target Senior Football I IFC county final build-up 1:36:41

2M ago1:36:41

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Caltra manager Gabriel Naughton, An Spidéal selector Dónal De Barra, Former Caltra footballer Kevin Kilroy and former An Spidéal joint-manager Donal O'Mairtin chat with Paul ahead of the Intermediate Football Championship final. If you have any questions or thoughts for upcoming podcasts, email the [email protected] Podcast is brought t…

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Salthill Knocknacarra and Maigh Cuilinn renew rivalry | Frank Fox on the line 54:39

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Maurice Brosnan and Paul look ahead to the Galway Senior Football Championship final between Satlhill Knocknacarra and Maigh Cuilinn. If you have any questions or thoughts for upcoming podcasts, email the [email protected] Podcast is brought to you by Hoare Chartered Accountants. Hoare Chartered Accountants based in Galway City are a le…

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Melanie Kaplan: Lab Dog 40:01

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"Maybe when we started doing this with animals, researching on them and studying them for human benefit hundreds of years ago, we didn't know about their sentience. We didn't know that they had emotions and feelings and felt pain. And we know all that now. We can't ignore that." – Melanie Kaplan When journalist Melanie Kaplan agreed to foster a bea…

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LIAM MELLOWS BACK SENIOR | LOUGHREA AND ST THOMAS INTO SHC FINAL | INTERMEDIATE FINALISTS CONFIRMED 1:21:54

2M ago1:21:54

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Paul is joined by John Fallon and Joe Hession to look back on the Senior and Intermediate Hurling Championship semi-finals. The lads also dissect where the Senior B final between Liam Mellows and Ahascragh Fohenagh was won and lost. If you have any questions or thoughts for upcoming podcasts, email the [email protected] Podcast is broug…

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Round-up of Intermediate and Junior Football Championships | Barry Downey 31:37

2M ago31:37

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Barry Downey and Paul look back on Intermediate Football Championship semi-finals and the west and north board Junior finals.If you have any questions or thoughts for upcoming podcasts, email the [email protected] Podcast is brought to you by Hoare Chartered Accountants. Hoare Chartered Accountants based in Galway City are a leading pro…

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Lewis Gordon on Frantz Fanon 23:11

2M ago23:11

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Frantz Fanon, who was born in Martinique, died aged 36. He nevertheless made very significant contributions to the discussion of racism and colonialism, influenced strongly by the existentialist tradition. In this episode of the Philosphy Bites podcast David Edmonds discusses Fanon, his ideas, his cultural background, and his impact, with Lewis Gor…

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34. [Caribbean Echoes 4] Susannah Andrews: Jamaican Matriarch to Footy Legends and Mining Startups 39:41

2M ago39:41

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What connects a VFL “Champion of the Colony” to a woman born enslaved in Jamaica? In 1919, Richmond footballer Vic Thorp won the league’s highest honour for the second time — the equivalent of today’s Brownlow Medal. But just a century earlier, his great-grandmother Susannah Andrews was enslaved in Jamaica, before gaining her freedom. This episode …

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Semi-final stage in Senior and Intermediate Hurling Championships | Senior B title up for grabs 1:03:55

2M ago1:03:55

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Liam Donoghue and Paul look ahead to Senior and Intermediate Hurling Championship semi-finals and the Senior B final. In part one of the show Ahascragh Fohenagh manager Jimmy Browne chats with Paul ahead of the Senior B final. If you have any questions or thoughts for upcoming podcasts, email the [email protected] Podcast is brought to …

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Annick Ireland: The Future is Immaculate 33:53

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"All those kinds of brands in food and in fashion helped pave the way for where we are now. So, on the one hand, it's crushing that they no longer exist, but on the other hand, part of the reason they don't exist is because it has also become a bit more mainstream, you know? So, you know where we are right now in East London, there used to be an am…

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Salthill-Knocknacarra knock Corofin out | Maigh Cuilinn edge past Tuam Stars | Barry Kelly 51:38

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Former Salthill-Knocknacarra footballer and former Tuam Stars coach Barry Kelly and Paul review the Galway senior football championship semi-finals.If you have any questions or thoughts for upcoming podcasts, email the [email protected] Podcast is brought to you by Hoare Chartered Accountants. Hoare Chartered Accountants based in Galway…