Antrim's Paddy Burke speaks to Odhran Johnson ahead of this year's Leinster Hurling Championship.

Kilkenny captain John Donnelly speaks to Odhran Johnson at today's launch of the 2025 Leinster Hurling Championship at UMPC Nowlan Park.

Tommy, James and Paddy are talking through the opening weekend of Championship action - Tommy was in Ballybofey, Paddy was in Castlebar and James kept an eye on it all!, we get stuck into plenty - enjoy!

(00:30) - A Beautiful Monday after a fine weekend.
(05:00) - Mayo beat Sligo - did they meet Jimmy’s standards? O’Shea, Debutants, Sligo.
(13:00) - Challenges for the underdogs
(16:00) - Donegal-Derry deepdive: Tally credit, Ó Baoill and Patton’s class, Squad balance
(41.00) - Around the Provinces: Tipp’s Steven O’Brien, Galway Cooke, Meath’s answers, Quarters in Ulster and Leinster.

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On this morning's show, Alan Quinlan reviewed a fine weekend in the Investec Champions Cup for both Munster and Leinster.

We looked back on yesterday's Allianz Hurling League final with Sarah O'Donovan and Ryan O'Dywer.

Plus, football writer Dan Bardell talked Premier League.

But this morning's Bite takes us first to a huge evening for Munster at the Stade Marcel Deflandre, and then we ask Sarah if Cork's hurlers have peaked too soon.

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All-Ireland winners James Skehill and Paul Murphy think you can't play down the hype around Cork after the Rebels eased to a 10-point win against Tipperary to be crowned National League champions for the first time since 1998.

How much have Tipperary improved during the league this season? And will it be enough to get out of Munster this summer?

They also reflect on Waterford's win against Offaly in the One B final and discuss if Offaly would have benefitted from another season in the second-flight?

In our new season of 'Inner Drive' with Allianz, Will O'Callaghan spoke to hurling and football legend, Sean Óg Ó hAilpín. An icon of Cork hurling, Seán Óg is a three-time All-Ireland winner with the Rebels. He won Hurler of the Year in 2004 and captained the side to Liam MacCarthy in 2005.

In this deep dive into his journey from Australia to Ireland and his GAA career, we spoke to his sister Sarote, journalist and author of Sean Óg's biography, Michael Moynihan and John Gardiner, a fellow team mate and Cork half back.

Inner Drive is brought to you by Allianz, Proud sponsors of the Allianz Leagues for over 30 years #StopTheDrop

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This year marks ten years of AIB's sponsorship of the All Ireland Football Championship. To mark the occasion, OTB's GAA correspondent Tommy Rooney spoke to Galway's Rob Finnerty.

This year marks ten years of AIB's sponsorship of the All Ireland Football Championship. To mark the occasion, Armagh goalkeeper Ethan Rafferty sat down with OTB's Tommy Rooney to talk about their defence of the Sam Maguire.

Newbridge hosted this week's launch of the Leinster Football Championship, and it was there that OTB's GAA correspondent Tommy Rooney spoke to Westmeath centre-back Ronan Wallace.

Newbridge hosted this week's launch of this year's Leinster Football Championship. And it was there that OTB's GAA correspondent Tommy Rooney caught up with Louth midfielder Tommy Durnin.