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This is this morning's OTB Breakfast Bite - your FREE bitesize flavour of this morning's full Off The Ball Breakfast.On this morning's show, The Athletic's Mark Critchley broke down a thirteenth Premier League defeat for Manchester United. We spoke to Cork City boss Tim Clancy about their much sought-after starlet Cathal O'Sullivan. And ahead of their Leinster Championship first round clash with Laois, we were joined by Wexford football manager John Hegarty. Catch Off The Ball Breakfast LIVE weekday mornings from 7:30am or just search for Off The Ball Breakfast and get the podcast on the Off The Ball app. SUBSCRIBE at OffTheBall.com/join

Wexford and Laois help get the 2025 Leinster Senior Football Championship underway on Saturday evening when they go head-to-head at Chadwicks Wexford Park. Ahead of that game, OTB's GAA correspondent Tommy Rooney caught up with Wexford captain Liam Coleman, and his Laois counterpart Brian Byrne.

A date with Dublin awaits the winner of this Sunday's Leinster Football Championship meeting of Longford and Wicklow at Glennon Bros. Pearse Park. OTB's GAA correspondent Tommy Rooney caught up with their respective captains Paddy Fox and Dean Healy.

This year's Leinster Football Championship was launched under the pall of coaching uncertainty within two counties. One of them is Meath, whose defender Sean Rafferty told Tommy Rooney they're in the dark over Joe McMahon's and Martin Corey's reasons for departing the Royals' set-up.

Offaly will go into this year's Leinster Championship on a high following their Division 3 success in the Allianz Football League. They'll look on with interest this weekend as they'll face the winners of the Meath/Carlow clash. Faithful skipper Lee Pearson caught up with OTB's GAA correspondent Tommy Rooney.

The Leinster Football Championship was launched on Monday with dark clouds hovering over a pair of counties who will meet in round 1 on Sunday. OTB's GAA correspondent Tommy Rooney caught up with Carlow captain Mikey Bambrick to discuss the spiky parting of the ways between the panel and former manager Shane Curran.

As the philosopher Kurt Cobain once wrote, 'no apologies'. All-Ireland winners James Skehill and Paul Murphy are back alongside Will O'Callaghan for this week's edition of The Hurling Pod. The lads look ahead to the sold-out Division One B and One A finals this Sunday, discuss the fall-out from the venue controversies for the lower division deciders, and discuss the rest of the news from the past week...On the podcast:0'00" - We're sorry for saying sorry too much. 'Hurling is hot' at the moment but should the 1A and 1B finals have been stand-alone fixtures?. 'What happens in football, I couldn't care less!'. 16'45" - There should be footage of Division One A games on League Sunday, even if they're dead rubbers. 27'19" - Managers very unhappy about the venues for last weekend's lower division hurling finals. No 65m lines in Iniskeen!? Put some respect on lower-league hurling. The task is facing Willie Maher, and why will we be having a podcast with him soon? 47'20" - James Mahon's red card upheld on appeal, S

This is Monday's OTB Breakfast Bite, your FREE bitesize taster of this morning's full Off The Ball Breakfast. On this morning's show, former Ireland internationals Alan Quinlan & Hannah O’Connor joined us to discuss Munster’s victory over Connacht and Ireland’s emphatic win over Italy in the Women's Six Nations. OTB’s GAA correspondent Tommy Rooney rounds up the weekend’s football finals in Croke Park.And Ger, Colm and Arthur kicked things off with the Performance Rankings, running through the good, the bad, and the amber of the weekend’s sport. But this morning's Bite takes us first to Hannah O'Connor's review of Ireland's W6N win in Parma, and then we reflect on Kerry's victory in the Allianz Football League Division 1 decider with Tommy. Catch Off The Ball Breakfast LIVE weekday mornings from 7:30am or just search for Off The Ball Breakfast and get the podcast on the Off The Ball app. SUBSCRIBE at OffTheBall.com/join

Tommy, James and Paddy get stuck into a massive weekend of Football on and off the field - we’re talking the League winners and losers, and bringing you inside the managerial madness in Carlow and Meath…(00:30) - What a weekend (05:00) - Offaly brilliance and Kildare’s big problem.(21:00) - James on Mayo’s lack on quality, Paddy talks up Kerry(35:00) - Kevin McStay isn’t happy with David Clifford(43.00) - Carlow and Meath - what’s going on?(55:00) - Limerick beat Wexford and Monaghan fly by Roscommon.We’ve got a Members Football Pod coming for you later this week too. Become an Off The Ball member, or download the Off The Ball app to get three free listens per month and get our two episodes per-week throughout the intercounty season.The Football Pod Club is brought to you every week by AIB. Proud sponsors of the Football, Ladies Football, Hurling and Camogie All Ireland Club Championships. Check out #TheToughest.

Shane Hannon hosts this week's Saturday Panel, looking ahead to the National Football League finals this weekend, starting with the Division 2 Final between Monaghan and Roscommon, before the mammoth Division 1 final between Mayo and Kerry! He is joined by Conor Devanney and Dessie Mone. *The full version is available to members.Gaelic Football with AIB GAA | #TheToughest

This is Friday's OTB Breakfast Bite - your FREE bitesize taster of this morning's full Off The Ball Breakfast. On this morning's show, Ronan O'Gara helped us preview a huge interpro at MacHale Park in Castlebar, as well as an update on the progress of his own La Rochelle side. Alan Quinlan also dropped into studio and helped look ahead to Ireland's W6N clash with Italy in Parma. Mike Quirke set the table for the Allianz Football League finals, with former Monaghan footballer Kieran Hughes previewing the Division 2 final meeting of Monaghan and Roscommon. And this morning's Bite takes some of Ronan O'Gara's chat surrounding that Connacht-Munster game, and before that Mike Quirke looks ahead to Kerry-Mayo at Croke Park. Catch Off The Ball Breakfast LIVE weekday mornings from 7:30am or just search for Off The Ball Breakfast and get the podcast on the Off The Ball app.SUBSCRIBE at OffTheBall.com/join

This is Tuesday's OTB Breakfast Bite - your FREE bitesize taster of this morning's full Off The Ball Breakfast. On this morning's show, former Leinster and Ireland hooker James Tracy on a lacklustre week for the Irish provinces in URC action. OTB's Dara Smith-Naughton picks his top three performers from Ireland’s opening Women's Six Nations game vs France. Tommy Rooney gives his latest updates to the Football Power Rankings. Finally, Matthew Brennan of Team OTB explains the brand new ‘Baller League’, which debuted last night on Sky Sports.But today's Bite first sees Tommy Rooney discuss his reasons behind placing Leitrim where he did in his latest Performance Rankings, and then it's James Tracy's take on the controversial 20-minute red card.Catch Off The Ball Breakfast LIVE weekday mornings from 7:30am or just search for Off The Ball Breakfast and get the podcast on the Off The Ball app. SUBSCRIBE at OffTheBall.com/join

This is Monday's OTB Breakfast Bite - your bitesize sampler of this morning's full Off The Ball Breakfast. On this morning's show, we looked back on Ireland's win over Bulgaria in the Nations League with Vinny Perth, and what it means for Evan Ferguson going forward. Alan Quinlan was in studio to review Ireland's defeat to France in the W6N, plus a mixed weekend for the provinces in the URC. And Camogie legend Sarah O'Donovan reflected on the weekend's Allianz Hurling League action. And this morning's Bite takes in some of that chat with Sarah after Tipperary and Cork book their Hurling League final places, and that's after Vinny Perth gives his view on Ireland's brace of 2-1 wins over Bulgaria. Catch Off The Ball Breakfast LIVE weekday mornings from 7:30am or just search for Off The Ball Breakfast and get the podcast on the Off The Ball app. SUBSCRIBE at OffTheBall.com/join

Tommy, James and Paddy are looking back at an incredible day of action in the final round of the 2025 National Football League on the latest episode of The Football Pod (00:30) - Final Round Football Madness (22:00) - Unlucky Tyrone, Dublin worries, Kerry signs(34:00) - Louth smarts, Meath frailties, Clare’s shooting, Teams forcing two-pointers(41:00) - Paddy’s return to the Football field…(46.00) - Listeners questions and All-Ireland’s contendersWe’ve got a Members Football Pod coming for you later this week too. Become an Off The Ball member, or download the Off The Ball app to get three free listens per month and get our two episodes per-week throughout the intercounty season.The Football Pod Club is brought to you every week by AIB. Proud sponsors of the Football, Ladies Football, Hurling and Camogie All Ireland Club Championships. Check out #TheToughest.

All-Ireland winners Paul Murphy and James Skehill joined Will O'Callaghan to discuss the end of the regular section of the League. Cork impressed again in setting up a first League final against their rivals Tipperary since 1960, but so many questions remain around Galway ahead of the Championship. The lads also looked at the red card shown to Offaly's James Mahon, and discussed whether Limerick have some issues to address coming out of the League.

This is Friday's OTB Breakfast Bite - your FREE bitesize taster of this morning's full Off The Ball Breakfast. On this morning's show, we got all the reaction to the Republic of Ireland's 2-1 win over Bulgaria with Nathan Murphy in Plovdiv, and Owen Heary + Barry Murphy in studio. We previewed the weekend's Allianz Football League action with Neil Ewing and Sean ‘Bawn’ O’Sullivan. And it's there we take our Bite, with Leitrim's forfeit against Fermanagh still dominating football chat, and then it's over to Plovdiv to pick through Ireland's Nations League playoff win. Catch Off The Ball Breakfast LIVE weekday mornings from 7:30am or just search for Off The Ball Breakfast and get the podcast on the Off The Ball app. SUBSCRIBE at OffTheBall.com/join

This is Wednesday's OTB Breakfast Bite - your FREE bitesize sample of this morning's full Off The Ball Breakfast. On this morning's show, former Leitrim captain Gary Reynolds joined Adrian to discuss his county's recent forfeiture of their league fixture with Fermanagh. James Tracy selects his Lions squad for this summer. And Nathan Murphy joins us from Plovdiv where the Republic of Ireland are preparing to play Bulgaria in the Nations League. And it's there we take today's Bite, but first, some of Gary Reynolds' chat with Adrian Barry regarding Leitrim's forfeit. Catch Off The Ball Breakfast LIVE weekday mornings from 7:30am or just search for Off The Ball Breakfast and get the podcast on the Off The Ball app. SUBSCRIBE at OffTheBall.com/join

All-Ireland winners James Skehill and Paul Murphy joined Will O'Callaghan to review Kilkenny's victory over Limerick in the National Hurling League.Tipperary are into the One A final, but will it be Cork or Galway joining them?Has Huw Lawlor become Kilkenny's most important player?And is there any chance that Waterford could slip up on the last day in Division One B?

Tommy, James and Paddy are looking back at another dramatic weekend in and around the National Football League on the latest episode of The Football Pod.CHAPTERS(00:30) - Paddy’s parade and GAA Traditions.(06:00) - Leitrim’s no-show.(15:30) - Donegal’s squad game, Kerry on it.(31:00) - target men, sympathetic passers and speed merchants thrive.(46:00) - Around the Grounds: Division 2 and 3 chaos, Brosnan delivers for Wexford.We’ve got a Members Football Pod coming for you later this week too. Become an Off The Ball member, or download the Off The Ball app to get our two episodes per-week throughout the intercounty season.The Football Pod Club is brought to you every week by AIB. Proud sponsors of the Football, Ladies Football, Hurling and Camogie All Ireland Club Championships. Check out #TheToughest.

All-Ireland winners James Skehill and Paul Murphy joined Will O'Callaghan on a live edition of the pod on YouTube to take listeners and viewers' questions after a controversy-filled weekend in the National Hurling League. Tipperary consolidated top spot in One A with an impressive win at Kilkenny in a red-card-dominated second half. And Cork hit All-Ireland champions Clare for six goals, edging Brian Lohan's team closer to relegation. They also discuss Limerick's comfortable win against Galway, Offaly getting promoted, and the dramatic fall of Westmeath.