‘Troy Parrott, just Troy Parrott’ Today’s podcast Listen on Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/6cil... Listen on Apple podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/f... Sign up for updates via freestatepodcast.com

Forget about the future. Live in the present or at least the recent past with Troy Parrott. Piece for @irishexaminer.bsky.social www.irishexaminer.com/sport/soccer...

This is fantastic by @kenearly.bsky.social on Seamus Coleman and what might be most important in football www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer...

Enjoyed talking to @iaindale.bsky.social for today’s podcast about Ireland, nationalism of many shades and Nigel Farage Listen on Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/5CQX... Listen on Apple podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/f... Sign up for updates via freestatepodcast.com

Zohran Mamdani and the promise of real change Listen on Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/7tTb... Listen on Apple podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/f... Sign up for updates via freestatepodcast.com

Today’s podcast. People got angry Listen on Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/6De7... Listen on Apple podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/f... Sign up for updates via freestatepodcast.com

‘Joe, it’s DJ Carey, I’ve had some bad news. You might be able to help.’ DJ Carey has been sentenced to 5 1/2 years in prison for fraud. Joe recalls the text message he received from DJ Carey some years ago and wonders what led him down that road.

Today’s @freestatepodcast.bsky.social Listen on Spotify spotify.link/b3pOcxOgWXb Listen on Apple podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/f... Sign up for updates via freestatepodcast.com

Congratulations to Miguel Delaney and States of Play being shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award 2025.

DJ Carey - The Rise and Fall of hurling’s first superstar Listen on Spotify: spotify.link/VeBc4GqNSXb Listen on Apple: podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/f... Sign up for updates via freestatepodcast.com

Leo Varadkar on Keir Starmer, nationalism and a united Ireland Listen on @spotifypodcasts open.spotify.com/episode/3uCb... Listen on @applepodcasts podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/f... Sign up for updates via freestatepodcast.com Powered by @acast

Piece for @irishexaminer.bsky.social on Man Utd, Fergie and why pity isn’t a strong card for Eddie Howe to play www.irishexaminer.com/sport/soccer...

Today’s Free State on the Empire of A.I. with the brilliant @karenhao.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/6IPE... podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/f... Sign up for updates via freestatepodcast.com

On today’s @freestatepodcast.bsky.social Why Test cricket is part of a broader cultural pushback and how it laid the foundations for hurling in Ireland On Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/5Eyr... On Apple podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/f... Sign up for updates via freestatepodcast.com

Today’s Free State with Fintan Drury on his new book Catastrophe Listen on Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/7q7g... Listen on Apple podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/f... Sign up for updates via freestatepodcast.com

Today’s Free State podcast on Liverpool and the Irish influence on the city Listen on Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/4Qvq... Listen on Apple podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/f... Sign up for updates via freestatepodcast.com Powered by @acast

How the Northern Bank robbery changed Ireland New podcast out now Listen on @spotifypodcasts open.spotify.com/episode/3PWY... Listen on @applepodcasts podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/f... Sign up for updates via freestatepodcast.com Powered by @acast

Have wanted to talk to Glenn Patterson for a long time. Got a chance this week to talk about the Northern Bank Robbery, unity and identity open.spotify.com/episode/3PWY... podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/f... Sign up for updates via freestatepodcast.com Powered by @acast

The IRA & Me. Today’s podcast Listen on Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/5Dhh... Listen on Apple podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/f... Sign up for updates via freestatepodcast.com Powered by @acast

The author interviews by @dionfanning.bsky.social are rapidly becoming the highlight of my weekends. They are always brilliant. open.spotify.com/episode/4H2d...

No Pope of Rome, no bilingual signs, no border poll. Pope Francis’s death and Micheál Martin’s impossible demand Listen on Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/4rJY... Listen on Apple podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/f... Sign up for updates via freestatepodcast.com Powered by @acast

‘Maybe I’m having a heart attack’ Journalist Eamonn Sweeney on how a Cork v Kerry Munster Final marked the start of a period of huge turmoil and anxiety in his life. Listen to the full episode "High Noon: How one man retreated from the world and found his way back again"⬇️

Brand new Saturday episode out now Listen on Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/7EWP... Listen on Apple podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/f... Sign up for updates via freestatepodcast.com

I had a great chat with @dionfanning.bsky.social about Edna O'Brien for Free State podcast ahead of our UK release on April 18th. We focus especially on the political context of Edna's work: shows.acast.com/free-state-w...

“A trillion comments have been wasted accusing the wrong people of Trump derangement syndrome. The real TDS afflicts those who keep seeing a rational actor, or an economic chess game, where none exists.” Me on Trump’s wrecking ball. www.ft.com/content/9f51...

Spent a fascinating hour with John Banville this week. Out now Listen on @spotifypodcasts open.spotify.com/episode/5xC6... Listen on @ApplePodcasts podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/f... Sign up for our newsletter via freestatepodcast.com

Today’s Free State podcast with @rosieschaap.bsky.social on grief, swapping Brooklyn for Antrim and her father’s friendship with Muhammad Ali podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/fre… open.spotify.com/episode/1tw8FF���

Had a fascinating conversation with the legendary Martin Dillon about what he has learned from a lifetime covering the Troubles Listen on Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/374V... Listen on Apple podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/f... Sign up for our newsletter via freestatepodcast.com

Loved talking to Colum McCann about pretty much everything today. Listen on Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/0KI4... Listen on Apple podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/f... Sign up for our newsletter via freestatepodcast.com

Today’s podcast on Trump, Zelensky and what has happened in the past when Trump encountered someone not wearing a suit Listen on Apple podcasts podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/t... Listen on Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/1RnS... Sign up for updates via freestatepodcast.com

Talked about how Sinn Fein end up sounding like an insecure cult on this week’s podcast about Brendan ‘Bik’ McFarlane open.spotify.com/episode/4sz7...

For @irishexaminer.bsky.social on Liverpool, Slot and the outsized impact of Darwin Nunez - www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...

An interview with @dionfanning.bsky.social about Edna’s extraordinary life and work: thecurrency.news/articles/180...

This is a great listen & the documentary sounds like its really good. @dionfanning.bsky.social thecurrency.news/articles/180...

Enjoyable debate on @secondcaptains.bsky.social about Irish football’s insularity, as well as the ongoing Darwin Nunez situation with @brewin.bsky.social

Where I explain how I would save Gaelic football. You’re welcome Listen on @spotifypodcasts open.spotify.com/episode/4Ojw... Listen on @ApplePodcasts podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/f... Sign up for our newsletter via freestatepodcast.com

Michael Lowry, Micheal Martin and how to subvert the constitution. New podcast out now Listen on @spotifypodcasts open.spotify.com/episode/5Q9S... Listen on @ApplePodcasts podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/f... Sign up for our newsletter via freestatepodcast.com

Today’s podcast on Say Nothing Listen on @spotifypodcasts open.spotify.com/episode/0FWN... Listen on @ApplePodcasts podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/f... Sign up for updates via freestatepodcast.com Powered by @acast

Today’s Free State podcast with the great Chris Mullin Listen on spotify open.spotify.com/episode/1Kll... Listen on Apple Podcasts podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/f... Sign up for our newsletter via freestatepodcast.com

Enjoyed today's Indo Sport podcast. Joined by @dionfanning.bsky.social to discuss Salah's beauty, Trent and Gerrard, and evolving in sports media. And I finally got to talk about the darts! m.independent.ie/podcasts/ind...

podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/f... Great to hear Richard Ford again- love this interview. And thanks @dionfanning.bsky.social for trying to get Brolly to appreciate test cricket

all right, have some darts writing www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/j...

For @irishexaminer.bsky.social. What does Jim Ratcliffe want. Manchester United and trying to please a man in a hurry. www.irishexaminer.com/sport/soccer...

Today’s podcast with Colm Toibin on Ozempic, Sinn Fein and the Irish national anthem as Gilbert and Sullivan would have heard it Listen on spotify open.spotify.com/episode/7fxF... Listen on apple podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/f... Sign up for our newsletter via freestatepodcast.com

Christmas Eve podcast playing the hits Listen on @spotifypodcasts open.spotify.com/episode/6xXe... Listen on @ApplePodcasts apple.co/49UtWGc Sign up for our newsletter via freestatepodcast.com

Weekend Free State with Eoghan Murphy out now Listen on @spotifypodcasts open.spotify.com/episode/2sOA... Listen on @ApplePodcasts podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/f... Sign up for our newsletter via freestatepodcast.com

Every Tottenham manager has a simple task: make them less Spursy. Whatever you do, don’t make them more Spursy

This more or less sums it up

Happiness writes white. Piece for @irishexaminer.bsky.social on Pep, City and boredom www.irishexaminer.com/sport/soccer...