The Time Out Podcast

Jamie Caven's attitude to life is admirable considering some of the unfortunate hands he's being dealt. As a young child of just over a year, he was left blind in his right eye after being stung by a bee. In the mid 90's he had to have his pancreas removed as it was covered in tumours. This lead to diabetes and the need to be injected with insulin for the rest of his life. Despite these setbacks he has achieved success in the world of darts. In 1993 he became world youth masters  champion. His best result in the professional world championship came in 2016 when he reached the last 16. Jamie has a total of 7 wins on pdc pro tour.  I was delighted to get the opportunity to chat to Jamie about his life and career so far.  Before my interview with Jamie took place I set him the task of naming his top 10 all time dart players. I hope you enjoy the show!

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Con McLaughlin signed for Ballybofey soccer club Finn Harps in 1978, the rest as they say as history. In the mid eighties he was transformed into a centre forward from a winger/midfielder and it was up top McLaughlin would thrive. In 1988 he was given a testimonial and it was in that same season he scored 19 goals in the first division, a record at the time. In his time with Harps he amassed 391 appearances with 138 goals. He also attracted interest from english clubs Leeds and Wolves in the 80's but as Con explains in my interview with him, those moves didn't happen. During my chat with Con this morning we also looked at Finn Harps current day and previewed the opening games in the Premier League cross channel this weekend. Hope you enjoy it!

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In 1986, Joe Johnson went into the Snooker World Championship having previously not won a match in the event held at the famous Crucible Theatre. He was a 150-1 outsider at the outset and went all the way to the final where he met the legendary Steve Davis. Joe defeated Steve 18-12 to become world champion and with it forever having his name on that famous silver trophy. I was lucky enough to have a chat with Joe over the phone earlier today and we talked about memories of his brilliant triumph in 86 and we reviewed the world championship which has just finished in where Ronnie O'Sullivan claimed his 6th title. Hope you enjoy the interview!

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Jason Quigley from Ballybofey in Co.Donegal Ireland is a rising star in the world of boxing. In the amateur ranks he amassed over 250 fights with as liitle as 15 losses. He has won 3 gold medals at european level and 1 silver medal at world level. Jason turned pro in 2014 and has already had 19 bouts including 18 wins, 14 by KO. He is promoted by Goldenboy and trained by former WBO middleweight world champion Andy Lee. I caught up with Jason yesterday to discuss his career so far and the possibility of a mega fight with Canelo Alvarez later this year. Hope you enjoy the podcast. 

I'm close to finalising having a website availabe for my podcast. All previous episodes will feature there plus much more including quotes and pics from past interviews.

I may upload some of my older podcasts here as well over time.

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Louise Breslin is a woman of many talents hailing originally from Dungloe in Co.Donegal. Along with being a medical scientist, Louise also has her own buisness in fashion called 'Laveesha'. A few years ago Louise's buisness won an expose national award for best accessories in Ireland. I caught up with her yesterday and chatted to her about the current pandemic, what her work as a medical scientist involves and of course we talked about her successful business and how she got the idea to start it up!. Hope you enjoy the interview!

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On July 10th, the world of football lossed one of its most charismatic figures of the past 60 years, Jack Charlton. As a player he was a part of the great Leeds team of the 60's & 70's. He was also a member of the English team who won the 1966 World Cup on their own soil. He managed several clubs side once his playing days ended but it was his exploits with the Republic Ireland from 1986 to 1996 which stands out massively from his managing days as he brought our country to its first major tournament in Germany at Euro 88 and two successive world cup appearances, with the first seeing us reach the last 8 at Italia 90. I caught up with one of Jack's biggest performers from the past Packie Bonner yesterday and we paid tribute to the memory of this great legendary figure who has sadly left us but who has left a mountain of great memories.

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Patsy Cavanagh is a well known singer songwriter hailing from Greencastle in Co.Donegal. Over the years a lot of his songs have being covered by various stars of Irish Country Music. His biggest song without doubt is 'Home To Donegal', an anthem for Donegal people all over the world. Other popular songs of Patsy's include 'Cant Hold The Years Back', 'The Old School Yard' & 'The Lights Of Home'. I interviewed Patsy yesterday and we touched on the background of some of his most popular songs, how he's dealing with the current pandemic and lots more. 

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Eunan McIntyre has being involved in music now for over 25 years. Hailing from the beautiful Glencolmcille, Eunan is a gifted singer/songwriter and his songs have taken him all over his own county and beyond Ireland too. His songs are based on things that mean something special to him and some of these songs are featured within this particular podcast with him which we recorded the interview for yesterday. Eunan, like all Donegal folk is proud of where he comes from and there's no doubting living on the edge of the Wild Atlantic Way has inspired many of the songs that he's penned.

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In 1999 Steven McDonnell was drafted into the Armagh senior panel and it wasn't long before he and his fellow team members were making Armagh a force in Ulster football again. A county starved of Anglo Celt success since 82 all of a sudden had successive titles in the bag under Brian McAlinden & Brian Canavan (99 & 00). In late 2001 former Armagh all star Joe Kernan took the baton as Armagh boss and in 2002, his debut season, he led Armagh to Ulster & All Ireland success. It was largely down to a team effort of course but Steven McDonnell played a starring role, summed up best by the fact he hit the winning point v Kerry in the 02 final. Steven's personal achievements in the game are highly impressive, 3x All Star, Player Of The Year in 2003 and the first player to hit the 100 points tally in the International rules series back in 2011. I caught up with Steven yesterday to reflect on all of the above & much more. 

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In November of 2019 Derek Ryan released what was for me one of the finest compilation albums Irish Country Music has ever seen. Aptly titled 'The Hits' , it features all Derek's biggest songs since the beginning of his story in Irish Country and what a story it has being so far. The Carlow native's song writing ability for me is something very special. Hes only 36 and already the amount of great songs he's penned suggests we're in for a lot more. I caught up with Derek yesterday for a chat about how he's spending his time during the pandemic, we spoke of his time in D side, the influence of his dad on his music career plus much more. 

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