The Final Whistle podcast 19/092019
The news basketball season for EJ Sligo All-Stars is about to begin. The club held its season launch on Thursday night at EJ Menswear, Grattan Street, in Sligo – and The Final Whistle was there.…
The Final Whistle podcast 12/09/2019
It’s Sligo Rovers against Dundalk in the FAI cup semi-final. The tie to get? Or, the team to avoid? We’ll get the verdict from a man who’s played for both clubs. Did you see Sligo…
The Final Whistle podcast 05/09/2019
This week’s programme ‘takes the strain’ with the Sligo-based Lakehill Tug of War team who are competing at the 2019 European Tug of War Championships. Also on the programme, five different clubs have won the…
The Final Whistle podcast 29/08/2019
What’s it like to referee an All-Ireland senior football final? The last Sligoman to do it – Marty Duffy – shares his insights, and gives us a sense of what it might be like to…
The Final Whistle podcast 22/08/2019: The original ‘Warrior’ John Lenihan
As the Warriors Run in Strandhill, county Sligo, celebrates its 35th anniversary this weekend, we meet the ‘original of the species’. Kerry’s John Lenihan bought a car for 100 punts in 1985 to get him…
The Final Whistle podcast 15/08/2019: Episode 37
An eventful athletics season is drawing to close for Christopher O’Donnell. The North Sligo athlete is in studio, along with his coach Roddy Gaynor, to reflect on the highs and the not-so-highs of elite athletics.…
The Final Whistle podcast 08/08/2019
Sligo GAA Chairperson Brendan Leonard explains the rationale behind the re-appointment of Paul Taylor as the county’s senior gaelic football manager for 2020. Also on the podcast this week, Gary McCormack, manager of non-league Glebe…