Gaelic Lives

Former Down star Kevin McKernan chats to us about his career in the red and black

Donegal star Niamh McLaughlin details her life as a professional athlete in Australia and how playing a range of sports has helped her career.

Gaelic Life columnist and former Donegal footballer Kevin Cassidy chats to us about the return of Jim McGuinness as Donegal manager

Following a career-threatening injury picked up in a club game last season, Ciaron O'Hanlon has worked his way back to full fitness and is ready for the upcoming club championship. The Killeavy and Armagh ace tells us his tale.

In this week's episode, the Antrim ladies football manager Emma Kelly is a guest on Take Your Points and she explains why she regards the past season as a positive experience despite not winning any trophies. The St Paul's woman also looks at how ladies football is developing in Ulster, and she also explains why she thinks female coaches don't get the top jobs. Gaelic Life columnist Kevin Hinphey is also on hand to explain why he wrote a column about how to grow hurling and the challenges that exist to stop this happening.

The guests are Derry player Gareth McKinless and Antrim player Odhran Eastwood who join host Ronan Scott to look back on their respective seasons with their counties while also giving their opinion on the club championships. McKinless explains how Rory Gallagher expects Derry to win Ulster titles, while Eastwood outlines how new Antrim manager Enda McGinley has led his new charges this year.

In this episode the main guest is Down footballer Gerard Collins. He joins Ronan Scott to give some reaction to last weekend's Congress when the two motions to change the senior football championship failed to gain enough votes. He explains why he thinks change needs to happen. Collins also discusses the club championships in Ulster, in particular the Down competition. He also reflects on the Mourne County's season.

Former Antrim captain Joe Quinn joins Take Your Points host Ronan Scott and Gaelic Life columnist Cahal Carvill to discuss some of the most pressing issues within the GAA at the moment. This week, the group discuss the issue of closed changing room due to Covid, the vote on the upcoming change to the All-Ireland championship, and they also debate the issue why the GAA would be stronger if it actually had less clubs.

Antrim camogs Lucia McNaughton and Chloe Drain join Ronan Scott to discuss their recent All-Ireland Intermediate Championship title victory, when they beat Kilkenny in the decider. The girls discuss how the title was won, the challenges they faced and why they believe that they can be competitive next season when they move up to senior level.

In episode 49 Galbally's very own Paddy Tally joins the show to hail Tyrone's fourth All-Ireland Senior Football Championship victory. Tally was part of the management team when Tyrone won their first All-Ireland title in 2003, and he explains some of the challenges that the current team are going to encounter. But he also tells Ronan Scott and Cahal Carvill why he thinks this group have the potential to be very good.

Derry camog Aoife Ní Chaisídí also joins the show to discuss Antrim's Intermediate championship win, and she outlines what Derry need to do to catch the Saffrons.