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Are Leinster cursed or just losers? What causes great teams to become serial failures? Captain Class Part 3
Episode 102
When Leinster missed a drop goal in the final seconds of the European final were they just unlucky? Or were they, like Mayo, missing chances or losin…
1 year, 9 months ago
The Roy Keane Conundrum - The Captain Class Part 2
Episode 101
Roy Keane drove Manchester United and Ireland on through the force of his personality. He was the most important player in Alex Ferguson’s side but w…
1 year, 9 months ago
The Captain Class Part 1
Episode 100
What is it that unites the greatest teams in sport?
What is the factor that ensures a team remains successful over a prolonged period?
When the America…
1 year, 9 months ago
Winners & Losers
Episode 99
The Ulster final was a study in winning and losing. A perfect example of the question everyone in sport has wrestled with for generations: what makes…
1 year, 9 months ago
Superman. An American football story. Joe Klecko, quarter back killer
Episode 98
Joe Klecko always had mayhem on his mind. Klecko, the legendary defensive linemen for the New York Jets, is regarded as the strongest man in the hist…
1 year, 9 months ago
Roger Casement Part 2. The Mission.
Episode 97
Roger Casement’s executioner described him as ‘the bravest man it fell to my unhappy lot to execute’. In part 2 of a special Free State on Casement, …
1 year, 9 months ago
Roger Casement And The Temple Of Doom Part 1
Episode 96
When Roger Casement was hanged in Pentonville Prison in 1916, he died an Irish hero and a traitor to the British Empire.
On Banna Strand in 2016, Pres…
1 year, 9 months ago
Jimmy’s Winning Matches (Again)
Episode 95
What drives Jim McGuinness? Why does he inspire such devotion and how does he command such loyalty?
On Free State, Joe explains his own complicated re…
1 year, 9 months ago
Anyone For the Last Few Choc Ices? The Life and Turbulent Times of Christy Moore. Part 3
Episode 94
Christy Moore has been a giant in Irish life. In the final part of the Free State special he talks to Joe and Dion about the songs and the people who…
1 year, 10 months ago
They Never Came Home. The Life and Turbulent Times of Christy Moore. Part 2
Episode 93
When the Stardust Families were on their own, Christy Moore stood with them.
On Part 2 of the Free State Special, Christy Moore remembers the dark da…
1 year, 10 months ago