Fake news is alive and well and it's taking over the Rugby World Cup. Despite reports that the sky is falling in over in Japan, Gavin Cummiskey is here to reassure one and all that Ireland are not going to be typhooned out of the competition this weekend. Contingency plans are in place and the road to a glorious quarter-final exit is secure for now.Meanwhile, back this side of the globe, we have a new football superstar. Emmet Malone joins us from Abbotstown where Aaron Connolly has just been called into the Ireland squad for the Georgia/Switzerland double-header after his man of the match performance for Brighton against Spurs on Saturday.All this plus the glory of Ciara Macgeean on your Monday Added Time, with Malachy Clerkin and Pat Nugent.Times: 05:37 Rugby 23:21 Football

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The morning after the borefest before. Ireland have dealt with Russia like a library clerk enforcing a minor fine - nothing too brutal, just a quietly bloodless transaction. And through it all, we have no real idea of where Joe Schmidt's side stand.Gavin Cummiskey and Keith Duggan are on the line from Japan. They bring us a mood of pessimistic limbo, with nobody quite sure if we're still one of the best teams in the world or if we'd be as well packing our bags and heading home early. On the upside - Bundee Aki, Robbie Henshaw and Chris Farrell are organising a weekend of shore leave so maybe everything will turn out okay.All this and Mrs Pat Nugent's latest World Cup haiku on your Friday morning Added Time with Malachy Clerkin.

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A pall falls over a stilled nation, the last of the early autumn warmth gone from the air. Ireland have lost to Japan in the Rugby World Cup and all hope has gone. Let's get through this one as best we can, yeah?Gerry Thornley and Gavin Cummiskey call in from Kobe to pick through the entrails of the latest World Cup disaster. Was it the tactics? Was it the lack of Johnny Sextons? Where do we go from here?On a slightly cheerier note, John Delaney is finally an ex-FAI employee. Emmet Malone is in studio to walk us through the terms of the divorce and to lay out exactly why Delaney's pay-off is in the region of half a million euro.Just to complete the trifecta, Ian O'Riordan has been watching his beloved World Athletics Championships in despair as the plainly unfit for purpose host city of Doha continues to claim victims. All this plus a timely World Cup haiku in your Monday Added Time, with Malachy Clerkin and Pat Nugent.

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Happy Jack Carty Day, everybody. The Connacht number 10, who was arguably Ireland's fifth-choice outhalf 18 months ago, will start against hosts Japan on Saturday morning. Now that's a meteroic rise.Gavin Cummiskey was at the team announcement this morning so we got him on the line to fill us in on all the news.On top of which, we learned a lot about haunted hotels, how World Rugby have screwed over Fiji and how far you have to go to get arrested in Japan.All this in your extra-special Thursday Added Time, with Malachy Clerkin and Pat Nugent.

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Matchday One has come and gone and all is for the best in this best of all worlds. Ireland have tanked Scotland and the bandwagon is starting to pick up speed. Bring it on, we say.Gerry Thornley and Gavin Cummiskey join us on the line from Japan after an opening weekend that couldn't have gone a lot better from an Irish point of view. We pick a few nits and try to damp the fires a little - long way to go and all that - but on the whole, the livin' is easy this fine Monday.Of course, the World Cup hasn't been without needle. Mary Hannigan is in studio to break down the breakdown everyone's talking about - Are you Team Jamie or Team Eddie? Also, how many extras are ITV paying for their in-studio re-enactments? Inquiring minds need to know.All in your Monday Added Time, with Malachy Clerkin and Pat Nugent.Rugby Opening Weekend Review 4.15TV Review with Mary Hannigan 26.35

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It's here! At last, it's here! If not the Rugby World Cup quite yet, at least your super special Added Time preview show. Our men in Yokohama are primed and ready and, unique among the travelling Irish press pack, they haven't written a word about Sumo all week. Purists, they are.Gerry Thornley and Gavin Cummiskey walk us through Ireland's opener against Scotland on Sunday. With the rain coming in sideways, will it just be a glorified Six Nations encounter? If it becomes a risk-averse game, does that suit Ireland? How will Iain Henderson get on calling the Ireland line-out?There are big old fish frying elsewhere in the tournament too. The tie of the weekend is undoubtedly South Africa v New Zealand. Potentially the most impactful game is likely France v Argentina. Lots to see, plenty to get out of bed for.All in your bonus Thursday edition of the Added Time podcast, with Malachy Clerkin and Pat Nugent.Times:00:30 Super-Duper Saturday03:37 Gerry Thornley and Gavin Cummiskey on Ireland v Scotland16:24 New Zealand v South Africa22:32 France v Argentina

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Five-in-a-row, three-in-a-row, same but different. It's all about the Dubs this mizzly Monday morning as they gathered up the men's and women's All-Irelands over the weekend, making their own bits of history align the way.Sean Moran and Keith Duggan join us to talk about Saturday night's replay in Croke Park and all that flowed from it. Dublin's most impressive final victory came after one of the best first halves of football anyone can remember. And though the futures of Jim Gavin and Stephen Cluxton may be up in the air, there's no sense that Dublin's job is finished.Joanne O'Riordan is on the line to talk about the rain-ruined women's final, which Dublin came through in the end to beat Galway. They have changed in front of our very eyes over the years, from the team that threw away All-Ireland after All-Ireland at the start of the decade to comfortably the best team around now. Turns out it's almost certainly down to Joanne trolling Sinead Goldrick in 2014. And chiming in from downtown Tokyo, Gavin Cummiskey is on the line with news of Robbie Henshaw and Joey Carberry. More thrillingly, he brings tales of his unease in the face of basic Japanese good manners.All in your Monday Added Time, with Malachy Clerkin and Pat Nugent.Women's Football Final 0.00Men's Football Final 10.30Rugby 35.00

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The prep is done, the players are ready, all that's left is to gather up the passports and go. Ireland beat Wales in their last World Cup warm-up game on Saturday and head to Japan ready to rock. Gavin Cummiskey is in studio to assess where everybody stands, from Rory Best to Garry Ringrose to Jack Carty and beyond.Ireland's soccer fortunes got a boost last night in Tbilisi with Georgia holding Denmark to a draw. Ahead of Tuesday's friendly against Bulgaria in the Aviva, Emmet Malone calls in from the Irish camp in Abbotstown.We talk camogie too and the whole weird world of GAA celebration songs.All in your Monday Added Time, with Malachy Clerkin and Pat Nugent.

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History will have to wait. Dublin's drive for five came got halted at the last yesterday, with Kerry pushing them to a replay in the All-Ireland final. Sean Moran and Eamon Donoghue are in studio to break down a game that was as flawed as it was compelling.The Ireland squad for the World Cup has been submitted to World Rugby and predictably enough, has leaked out into the world despite the IRFU's best efforts. Gavin Cummiskey joins us with all the ins and outs.Throw in the great Irish rowers being great yet again and that's your Monday Added time, with Malachy Clerkin and Pat Nugent.

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It's not dark yet, but it's getting there. You know Ireland's rugby World Cup preparations are going badly when the rugby writers are quoting Dylan in their intros. Gavin Cummiskey and Gerry Thornley are in studio to pick over the entrails of Saturday's hiding in Twickenham and singularly fail to talk us down off the ledge.Dublin will meet Galway in the women's football All-Ireland final in three weeks after they came out on top in yesterday’s semi-final double-header in Croke Park. Joanne O'Riordan is on the line to break down a grinding Dublin win and a knife-edge cracker for Galway over Mayo.And we couldn't let the day pass without acknowledging the insanity at Headingly yesterday. Patrick Madden talks us through the glory of Ben Stokes and his winning of the third Ashes Test.All in your Monday Added Time, with Malachy Clerkin and Pat Nugent.Cricket 1.00Rugby 8.49Women's Football Semi-Final 31.15

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