Talking Dogs on Thursday

Barry heads to Wexford this week to chat to Paul Ryan.

As Paul says he married into the Greyhound Racing game with his parents-in-law Jack and Carmel heavily involved. From racing with Jack, he took the plunge and bought his own greyhound and has been involved since.

He currently has about 14 greyhounds, a mix of young, racing and retired, which he feels is a manageable number for him now.

He gives Barry an insight into life in his kennels, have a listen.

This week Barry Drake is joined by Jamie Costine from Cloyne.

Jamie Costine recently took over his trainers licence and he speaks to Barry about how it all started for him.

Jamie has battled cancer and he feels the dogs have helped him through this difficult time. The east Cork man has plenty of great plans. Have a listen.

This week, Clare man Declan McDonagh joins Barry Drake to talk greyhound racing.

Declan shares how he got involved and speaks about his recent success in the world of greyhound racing. It's a big night for the kennel on Saturday night as Fast Fit Paddy runs in the semi-finals of the Shelbourne Champion 550.

Have a listen.

Paul Scally, well known with Cabra greyhounds, joins Barry on this week's podcast episode.

Paul has enjoyed some great success in greyhound racing over the years. They speak about the recent fundraiser for Thurles Greyhound Stadium along with the upcoming Centenary Agri Tipperary Cup 2021.

Have a listen.

This week's guest is David Ryan from the Buttsys-Buckos-Syndicate.

David speaks to Barry about the success of the syndicate and the great fun they are having with greyhounds.

Their three dogs are in magnificent form and they're dreaming of classic success.

Join them for the chat!

In this week's episode Barry chats to Paul Carpenter. Based in Reading in the UK, he has a huge interest in Irish Greyhound Racing.

Paul has some great memories and stories from over the years from both Ireland and the UK.

Have a listen to their chat now.

This week, Barry is joined by Keith Powell.

Keith grew up with dogs and horses but has only entered into the greyhound racing scene in the last 8 to 9 years.

It started with a syndicate and since then he's been going from strength to strength. 6 years ago he took out his public license and has had about 20 greyhounds in training since.

Have a listen to their chat now.

In this week's episode, Barry is joined by Denis Murphy.

Denis and his company were long-term sponsors of the Juvenile Classic, an event his family won in its early years. The Murphy family have been involved in gryehounds for many years and Denis shares some of his favourite memories with Barry.

This week's Barry is joined by Stephen Reidy. Stephen is well known to the racing fraternity as a part of the Ballymac Kennels team and also some brilliant fundraising work for the IRGT.

Stephen has a big family history in the sport with his grandfather a trainer with great success himself.

He shares stories from his time in racing including special memories with Ballymac Anton.

Have a listen.

BREAKING NEWS: Tony Winters joins Barry Drake to make a big announcement on behalf of the Friends & Supporters of Cork Greyhound Racing as he confirms an extension of the sponsorship of the Irish Laurels.

Jimmy Barry Murphy also speaks to Barry about the announcement and his recent Hall of Fame award and Brian Collins shares his thoughts on behalf of all the team at Curraheen Park.