Joe Molloy was once again joined in studio by Mick McCarthy, Will O'Callaghan and Arthur James O'Dea for a particularly Gaelic football-heavy A Slight Tangent. 

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Westmeath footballer Luke Loughlin sits down with Adrian Barry for Episode 3 of Inner Drive to talk about his life in the GAA, his struggles with alcohol & drug addiction and his journey to sobriety. #InnerDrive with Allianz.

"I've been at rock bottom 20 times" | Luke Loughlin, addiction and reaching three years of sobriety

Paddy Andrews and James O'Donoghue join Tommy Rooney for Monday’s episode of The Football Pod available for free across the Off The Ball podcast network, our members podcast is out tomorrow. We’re talking the Munster and Connacht finals  (01:00) - Galway-Mayo fallout: key players, Joyce and mistakes
(30:00) - Kerry win Munster but where are they at?
(38:00) - What do Clare need from here?
(46:00) - Ulster Final and a big weekend of Football ahead… We've got two episodes per-week throughout the 2024 season, and hopefully we'll see you for both - tune in to our members episode on Wednesday. Monday's are free to everyone, and the later show during the week is for Off the Ball members, head over to offtheball.com/join for more. There are plenty of ways to listen in. The Football Pod is brought to you by AIB, proud sponsors of the All-Ireland SFC. Check out #TheToughest for more.

The Football Pod: Galway arrive into 2024, Questions for Kerry and Mayo, Armagh or Donegal?

All-Ireland winners Paul Murphy and James Skehill joined Will O'Callaghan to discuss Wexford's first Championship win against Galway in 28 years and Tipperary's fightback in injury time to rescue a draw at Waterford.  Skehill looks at why Galway are still relying on the class of 2017 and the two lads ponder whether Henry Shefflin is making progress.  They also discuss the refereeing decisions which have drawn criticism after the Waterford and Tipperary game and another upcoming weekend without hurling on terrestrial TV.   The Hurling Pod is with thanks to Bord Gais Energy, proud sponsors of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship.

THE HURLING POD: 'The finger can't just be pointed at Henry!' | Thriller between Waterford and Tipp | Redemption for Wexford

GAA Fans ! Listen to Ireland 7s rugby star Jordan Conroy as he sat down with Nathan Murphy for episode 2 of our latest series ‘Inner Drive’! Conroy discusses his upbringing, how his family home was impacted by his violent stepfather, & the importance of sport to him growing up. Inner Drive on Off The Ball in association with Allianz. Trigger Warning - Prolonged details and discussion of domestic violence.

Inner Drive - Jordan Conroy | Olympic dreams | Growing up as a child of domestic abuse

PwC GAA/GPA Player of the Month & Armagh star Aimee Mackin catches up with OTB's Tommy Rooney. AIB | #thetoughest

A Slight Tangent... | 2023 is the year of Cluxton, All-Ireland final shake-up & the pitfalls of expectation

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