❄️ Listen, if @thetimes.com think it’s good, you should find out what the fuss is about! Really enjoyed speaking to Terry McHugh about @teamirelandoly.bsky.social debut at the Winter Olympics for @newstalkfm.bsky.social and @offtheball.bsky.social! 🇮🇪 Full pod here: open.spotify.com/episode/6UY2...

Today marks the anniversary of the first-ever game of association football, so on The Pat Kenny Show this morning, I’m talking about an Irish invention in football: the penalty kick! ⚽️ Coming your way on @newstalkfm.bsky.social from 11! 📻

Back on the Newstalk airwaves in the next hour, talking about the treacherous Dakar Rally, which gets underway tomorrow! 🏁

Nice while it lasted… 🎄 Back on the air this morning - your scores & stories on Newstalk, Today FM & 98FM from 11! 📻

🕯️ 𝒪 𝒞𝒪𝑀𝐸, 𝒜𝐿𝐿 𝒴𝐸 𝒮𝒫𝒪𝑅𝒯𝒮 𝐵𝒪𝒴™️ Quite literally the perfect soundtrack to getting your last bits before the holidays! The three men (of debatable wisdom) on the Off The Ball Newsround from 1 on Newstalk. Your latest scores & stories on the way from 11! 📻

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💨 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐌 𝗕𝗼𝘆™️ 😬 Storm Darragh is wreaking havoc on the sporting schedule today, but nothing can stop the Off The Ball Newsround! On with John Duggan & Shane Hannon from 1 on Newstalk - latest news coming your way from 11 📻 Stay safe out there, folks!

Shit, really? #SpotifyWrapped

Independent Republican Brian Stanley has arrived in #Laois count centre to a lot of fanfare. (The Sinn Féin table have not yet wished him a good morning 👀) #GE24 #Election2024 @newstalkfm.bsky.social

LAOIS - SEVENTH COUNT (Transfer of Elaine Mullally’s (Ind): 2959) Sean Fleming (FF): 9382 (+510) Maria McCormack (SF): 5888 (+350) Aisling Moran (Ind): 4371 (+719) (+353) Brian Stanley: (Ind rep): 8170 (+826) Non-transferable votes: 846 (+554);

#LAOIS - FIFTH COUNT (Transfer of Rosie Palmer’s 788 votes) Willie Aird (FG): 9619 (+149) Sean Fleming (FF): 8590 (+121) Mary Hand (Aontú): 1108 (+40) Maria McCormack (SF): 5040 (+56) Ken Mooney (PBP): 954 (+159) Aisling Moran (Ind): 3274 (+144) Elaine Mullally (Ind): 2606 (+45)

Elaine Mullally (Ind): 2484 (+22) Rosie Palmer (GP): 760 (+8) Brian Stanley: (Ind rep): 6858 (+54) Non-transferable votes: 8 No candidate elected. Pauline Flanagan (Ind) eliminated #Election24 #GE24

#LAOIS - THIRD COUNT (Transfer of Austin Stack’s 502 votes) Willie Aird (FG): 9376 (+87) Pauline Flanagan (Ind): 610 (+6) Sean Fleming (FF): 8405 (+273) Mary Hand (Aontú): 1051 (+9) Maria McCormack (SF): 4934 (+9) Ken Mooney (PBP): 767 (+10) Aisling Moran (Ind): 3013 (+17)

#LAOIS - FIRST COUNT Valid poll: 38276 Spoiled electorate: 231 Quota: 9570 Willie Aird (FG): 9269 Pauline Flanagan (Ind): 578 Sean Fleming (FF): 8123 Mary Hand (Aontú): 1038 Jason Lynch (Ind): 170 Maria McCormack (SF): 4914 Ken Mooney (PBP): 745 Aisling Moran (Ind): 2970

Final tally from here in #Laois: Willie Aird (FG): 24.6% Pauline Flanagan (Ind): 1.7% Sean Fleming (FF): 21.2% Maria McCormack (SF): 12.6% Aisling Moran (Ind): 7.7% Brian Stanley: (Ind rep): 17.6% #Election2024 #GE24

On the beat here in Laois: 83/114 boxes tallied (73%) Willie Aird (FG): 24.3% Pauline Flanagan (Ind): 1.6% Sean Fleming (FF): 21% Maria McCormack (SF): 12.8% Aisling Moran (Ind): 7.2% Brian Stanley: (Ind rep): 17.7% #ge24

So next year’s Eurovision is gonna be in Sinn Féin? #ge24

🚨 Sam Prendergast set to start at 10 for Ireland against Australia! ☘️ Will have reaction on the Off The Ball Newsround from 7 on Newstalk. 📻

☕️ That’s that me, Saturday Sports Boy™️ 💋 HUGE day of sport on the cards, friends; #IREvFIJ, the #PremierLeague back, Club GAA… John Duggan & myself on the Off The Ball Newsround on Newstalk from 1 - your scores & stories are on the way from 11! 📻

Nikita Hand has won her lawsuit against MMA fighter Conor McGregor over an alleged rape in Dublin in 2018.

An Off The Ball Newsround? It’s more likely than you think…

The Off The Ball Newsround, coming your way in the next few! link.goloudplayer.com/s/tGlJBT5HoC8w