Podcasts about Team Ireland

Off The Ball's Susanna Mollen and Rachel Sheehan were at the Team Ireland Olympic Sports Awards last Saturday night and caught up with some of the winners on the night.Dundalk's Kate O'Connor took home the Allianz Female Athlete of the Year, and the FIAT Olympic Sporting Moment of the Year.Rory McIlroy was the Allianz Male Athlete of the Year, and his uncle Brian was on hand to scoop up his award.Eve McMahon was announced as the Sport Ireland Rising Star winner.The Deloitte High Performance Programme of the Year went to Cycling Ireland.Rhys McClenaghan took home the award for the McKeever Sports Creator of the Year gong.The Spar/Eurospar Community Impact award went to Inbhear Dee Athletics Club's Noreen O'Reilly, Eithne Walsh and Anne-Marie Kelly.The Flogas Team of the Year went the way of the rowers in Fintan McCarthy and Phillip Doyle.And the Key Patent Innovations Coach of the Year was awarded to Dominic Casey.

Gary and Sparky break down their brand-new collab with Team Ireland to PJ and talk about the young performers making our sound national. Sound of the Northside By The Cabin Crew with the Irish National Orchestra 8pm Curtis Auditorium Cork School of Music. Tix through Eventbrite Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

PJ talks to the Cork kids that rocked the Late Late Toy Show, hears what plans My Goodness have once they have taken over The Quay Coop, chats to Sparky and GMC about the Kabin Studio and Team Ireland. And more... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Panama City, Panama - 29th October to 1st November - Team Ireland has achieved an outstanding result at the 2025 FIRST Global Challenge, placing 8th in the world, the highest ever finish for Ireland. The event, held this year in Panama City, brought together the brightest young minds in robotics, engineering, and innovation to tackle real-world problems through technology and teamwork. The FIRST Global Challenge is an international robotics competition that aims to inspire science and technology leadership and innovation among youth worldwide. Each year, FIRST Global invites every country to send a team to design and build a robot to compete. Teams collaborate to complete challenges in a game designed around solving some of the world's biggest issues. This year's theme focuses on biodiversity loss and the ways we can work to prevent it. The competition aims to inspire global cooperation and understanding among young people as they use their skills and creativity to tackle real-world problems. FIRST Global Challenge Robotics Competition 2025 Representing Ireland, the team demonstrated exceptional creativity, technical skill, and collaboration throughout the competition. The 8th place finish, Ireland's highest ever ranking, was accompanied by 2 further awards, The Video storytelling award, and The Social Media award. This high finish allowed them to advance onto the play-off stage of the competition, where only teams of the highest quality compete. For each match, teams were grouped into alliances of 3 V 3 with alliances changing for every match. It was a test of technology and problem solving, communication across language barriers, and the ability to form new strategies each time. Although all countries started with the same kit, each resulting robot was unique - every country's robot had its own strengths and weaknesses and this required students to collaborate continuously and adapt their strategy as they were allied with country after country - in order to optimise their success in every match. "We're incredibly proud of Team Ireland's success on the world stage," said mentor Pawel Zielinski. "This achievement reflects the team's dedication, creativity, and collaboration over the past few months. It showcases the remarkable talent of young people in Ireland and offers great optimism for the future and what they can achieve." The competition not only highlighted Ireland's growing talent in robotics and engineering but also emphasized the importance of international collaboration and STEM education for solving future challenges. More info about FIRST Global and the World Robotics Competition: FIRST Global is a US charity founded by inventor and innovator Dean Kamen and it strives to convince the various national governments and organizations of the world to embrace STEM education, invest in FIRST programs, and support their young adults. The aim is to nurture cross-cultural communication and cooperation among high-school students around the world through STEM. In doing so students are empowered to collectively tackle the world's most pressing challenges and come up with solutions that improve quality of life for all. The FIRST Global Challenge is the mechanism for doing so. By bringing future STEM leaders together in an engaging and collaborative competition that drives home the importance, excitement, and applicability of STEM education, FIRST Global is using robots and technology challenges to build young adults that have the self-confidence, skill sets, imagination, courage, and vision to do important things. This year's theme challenged FIRST Global teams of students from around the world to collaboratively innovate to maximize biodiversity and protect the incredible variety of life that sustains us all. From rainforests to coral reefs, the health of us and our planet depends on it! The FIRST Global Robotics Challenge: An Olympic-style, international robotics competition that takes place in a different country each yea...

Let us know what's on your mindA new boat, a fresh medal, and a partnership built on trust, this conversation dives straight into how Fintan McCarthy and Philip Doyle are reinventing Irish rowing momentum on the road to LA. We pull back the curtain on their whirlwind post-Paris year: Philip navigating shifts in the emergency department before rediscovering his competitive fire, Fintan shifting from lightweight to heavyweight without chasing “dead weight,” and the two of them finding speed after only a handful of rows together. The Shanghai story is bigger than a bronze. Fintan and Mags Cremen snatched a world title in the mixed double with a one-spin warm-up, proving that shared technique and fearless execution can trump rehearsal. Then comes the moment that hits hardest: Jake McCarthy's breakthrough podium in the single, a long-awaited result that Fintan counts among his proudest career highlights. It's high performance shaped by real life—family, grief, and the choice to let emotion sharpen, not shake, the blade.If you're curious about how elite teams actually build speed—through honest conversations, evidence-led training, and hard-earned trust—you'll feel right at home here. Join us, subscribe for more candid conversations with Ireland's best, and leave a review with the one insight you'll take into your own work or training. Find out more about what we do day in day out at Sportforbusiness.comWe publish a daily news bulletin and host regular live events on a wide range of sporting subjects. Subscribe to the podcast wherever you get your podcasts from and look forward to more upcoming chats on leadership and the business of sport.Our upcoming live events on Future Proofing Irish Sport, Children and Sport and Sport for Social Good, as well as plenty more, are live on the Sport for Business website, and we'd love to have you join us.

Let us know what's on your mindWhat if the kit an athlete wears truly began with the athlete? We pull back the curtain on a partnership built around performance, comfort, and identity—then show how a Craigavon factory turned that ideal into everyday practice for Team Ireland on the road to Brisbane 2032.We trace the journey from a founder's small home office in 2004 to a thriving operation producing up to 2,000 garments a week, all while keeping production on Irish soil. There's more across the Irish sports landscape. We spotlight Goal Jersey Day and the families embracing the spirit, preview the domestic basketball season with streaming options for fans who can't attend arenas, and recap the first Sports Technology Alliance gathering in Dublin. If you enjoy smart stories from the commercial world of Irish sport—told with access, context, and clear takeaways—tap follow, share with a friend, and leave a quick review so more listeners can find us. Got a story we should cover? Email Rob at Sportforbusiness.com and join the conversation. Find out more about what we do day in day out at Sportforbusiness.comWe publish a daily news bulletin and host regular live events on a wide range of sporting subjects. Subscribe to the podcast wherever you get your podcasts from and look forward to more upcoming chats on leadership and the business of sport.Our upcoming live events on Future Proofing Irish Sport, Children and Sport and Sport for Social Good, as well as plenty more, are live on the Sport for Business website, and we'd love to have you join us.

Ian O'Riordan of The Irish Times joined Andrew and Ruby to review the strong showing from Team Ireland in Tokyo at the World Athletics Championships. 

We are joined by Emma Quirke who is the Captain for Team Ireland at the World Jigsaw Puzzle Championship 2025 and is at the competition in Spain now!

Ireland will send its biggest ever team to this year's World Athletics Championships this year, which gets underway in Tokyo on Saturday morning.With 28 athletes across 14 different events, what are Team Ireland's medal hopes for the upcoming campaign?Journalist Cathal Dennehy joined Matt to discuss what fans can expect over the coming days.Hit the ‘Play' button on this page to hear the piece.

Irish Olympian Phil Healy joins Ger Gilroy and Colm Boohig to discuss the aspirations of Team Ireland at the World Athletics Champions in Tokyo, as well as her current injury update. Off The Ball Breakfast w/ UPMC Ireland | #GetBackInActionCatch The Off The Ball Breakfast show LIVE weekday mornings from 7:30am or just search for Off The Ball Breakfast and get the podcast on the Off The Ball app.SUBSCRIBE at OffTheBall.com/joinOff The Ball Breakfast is live weekday mornings from 7:30am across Off The Ball

Reporter, Gavin O'Callaghan interviews some of the twenty-nine athletes who competed in the World Transplant Games in Dresden, Germany.

There's Clare representation on the Irish team competing at the World Transplant Games. Marie O'Connor, a kidney transplant recipient from Lahinch, is part of Team Ireland at the event in Dresden, Germany. Marie had two kidney transplants in 1996 and 98, after an infection from a sore throat led to a virus attacking the lining of her kidney. To find out how she is getting on, Alan Morrissey was joined by Marie O'Connor, Lahinch.

After a cancelled flight, three planes, and a lot of sweat (literal and metaphorical), Damian finally made it to Tales of the Cocktail 2025 in New Orleans — and lived to tell the tale... barely.In this slightly foggy, totally unfiltered solo episode, he shares his jet-lagged recap of the biggest cocktail event on the planet. From Speed Rack chaos and legendary frozen Irish coffees at Erin Rose to Buckfast cocktails, light-up ice cubes, and back massages courtesy of Campari — it's all here in glorious, semi-chronological detail.Expect stories about Team Ireland's iconic takeover, wild brand parties, heartfelt shoutouts to bar world legends, and a curtain call at Pig & Punch. This one's a love letter to the industry and the people who make it so damn fun.

Join Alison Curtis on Weekend Breakfast for an inspiring chat with Olympic hurdler Sarah Lavin! Sarah shares exciting news about the partnership between SPAR and Eurospar as official retail partners for Team Ireland heading to LA 2028. She reflects on the impact of last year's Olympic Games in Paris and how it's inspired young athletes across Ireland. As she discusses her journey from being a full-time physiotherapist to becoming a record-holding athlete, Sarah highlights the importance of balance and dedication in pursuing sports. She tells Alison about the insane technicalities of hurdles, her personal growth, and how young aspiring athletes can envision a career in professional sports!

One of the memos brought to Cabinet today was to approve the making of the ‘Team Ireland' trade mission, an annual event to be held every October in a key market.It's as multiple senior Ministers are set to travel this October to a trade mission.Peter Burke is the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment, and Fine Gael TD for Longford-Westmeath, and joins Kieran to discuss.

In this episode of the Rox Lyfe podcast we are joined by Sean Noble (@sean_noble7).Sean has had a huge HYROX season — winning in Dublin with a 55-minute performance, battling with the world's best in Glasgow, and now leading Team Ireland at the HYROX World Championships in Chicago.But there's way more to the story…In this episode, Sean speaks openly about what drives him — including the personal loss that changed everything. He talks through the highs and lows of his season, including injury heartbreak in Vegas, the controversial Glasgow penalty, and a bounce-back effort that saw him qualify for the Elite 15 twice.We also dive into his training — from brutal high-intensity sessions to why he skips traditional zone 2, how he's adapting his weight and running style, and what it really takes to compete at this level while holding down a full-time job in commercial law.It was a great, open, honest chat with a super impressive HYROX athlete.

Welcome to Episode 114 of the Trail Running Ireland Podcast.After more Irish Masters success at the European Masters Mountain Running Championships last week with 3 gold medals, we have a Masters coaching special with René Borg from Running Coach Ireland as we discuss how Trail and mountain runners in their mid 30s and beyond should adapt their training to maintain and even improve performance.We also take a deep dive into the results of the Trials for Team Ireland for this years World Mountain and Trail Running Championships in Spain.Finally, we look at the record books of the Wicklow Way Relay and confirm the top 3 teams with the most wins.Everyone, get your running gear on, lets go.

On episode 170 I am delighted to be joined by Sharon Madigan Head of Performance Nutrition at Sport Ireland Institute. Sharon also sits on the committee for the Olympic Games on nutrition for the Olympic village. She is a proven leader and innovator in the space of nutrition. We discuss her career from a part time role with the Irish boxing team to leading a department, making sushi and €300 melon in Japan, learning from elite championships, what makes a good coach and so much more!"Elite sport is not healthy" - a statement that Sharon repeats throughout. Find out why in this episode. Follow The Sideline Live Social Media channels: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/thesidelinelive⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/thesidelinelive/⁠⁠⁠ Recorded using Samson Q2 microphone, Edited using GarageBandIntro music, Watered Eyes by a talented Irish artist, Dillon Ward check him out ⁠⁠here⁠⁠ . If you are looking to set up your own podcast get in touch with the Prymal Productions team ⁠⁠⁠www.prymal.ie⁠⁠⁠ 

The tears, the joy, the medals, the courage and the snow.In March, Team Ireland brought home pride as well as gold, silver and bronze. We bring you their story every step of the way, that's the Special Olympics World Winter Games in Turin, with Henry McKean.

Nine-year-old Isabelle and thirteen-year-old Killian from Midleton Renshukan Karate Club are part of Team Ireland heading to the 16th SKIF World Karate Championships in Crete. They chat to PJ in studio along with Isabel's mum Diane and Sensei Karen Sargent Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Newstalk's Henry McKean was in Dublin Airport to get reaction from Team Ireland's incredible campaign at the Special Olympics World Winter Games in Turin.

There were ecstatic scenes as Team Ireland beat Switzerland 3-0 to win bronze in Floorball at the Special Olympics World Winter Games in Turin.Henry McKean was court side, and sent in this report!

RTÉ Sport's Jacqui Hurley joins Brendan to tee up today's epic match between Ireland and France, and why when it comes to Team Ireland, she's an eternal optimist!

On episode 160 I am delighted to be joined by Team Ireland Chef de Mission Gavin Noble.We discuss managing and leading Team Ireland, the role of Chef de Mission and Head of brand. We also delve into his career as a professional athlete competing in triathlon, learning from the best in the world, how we can improve as a nation competing on the world stage, the reality of high performance sport in Ireland and so much more.Gavin very kindly gave me nearly 2 hours of his time while on annual leave in early January. I had heard Gavin speak for the first time just before heading out to Paris last July and was blown away by his role and attention to detail. As someone fascinated by elite sport and athletes performing at their best I couldn't think of someone better to paint the picture of what goes on behind Team Ireland and learning from olympic champions in the village. So many takeaways from this and we could have recorded for another 2 hours. Hopefully you get as much from this as I did! Gavin thanks for your time, excited to see what you build for LA 2028 and beyond. Safe to say Team Ireland is in safe hands! Find Gavin on social media @gavin_noble https://www.linkedin.com/in/gavin-noble/Follow The Sideline Live Social Media channels: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/thesidelinelive⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/thesidelinelive/⁠⁠⁠ Recorded using Samson Q2 microphone, Edited using GarageBandIntro music, Watered Eyes by a talented Irish artist, Dillon Ward check him out ⁠⁠here⁠⁠ . If you are looking to set up your own podcast get in touch with the Prymal Productions team ⁠⁠⁠www.prymal.ie⁠⁠⁠ 

Joining me is a two-time gold medal Olympian who played a big part in Team Ireland's record performance at this summer's Paris Olympics.It gives me real joy to welcome Fintan McCarthy, Irish lightweight rower and double Olympic gold medalist…

All this month the Hard Shoulder is looking back on 2024's biggest moments in the news, and who were at the heart of it.One of the highlights of the summer and the year must be when Team Ireland sent over 134 athletes to the Paris Olympics, which garnered the country's best medal haul ever, with four gold and three bronze.Joining Kieran to look back are two of those athletes, Phil Healy and Sophie Becker.

In this special episode of Inner Drive, Off The Ball give the floor to five of Ireland's best athletes (fresh from Paris 2024) in Philip Doyle, Orla Comerford, Thomas Barr, Colin Judge and Stacey Flood.No interviewer, no restrictions, just athletes talking to each other about experiences only they can truly understand. Inner Drive, with Allianz, proud sponsors of Paralympics Ireland and Team Ireland.#StopTheDrop

In this special episode of Inner Drive, Off The Ball give the floor to five of Ireland's best athletes (fresh from Paris 2024) in Philip Doyle, Orla Comerford, Thomas Barr, Colin Judge and Stacey Flood.No interviewer, no restrictions, just athletes talking to each other about experiences only they can truly understand. Inner Drive, with Allianz, proud sponsors of Paralympics Ireland and Team Ireland.#StopTheDrop

In this special episode of Inner Drive, Off The Ball give the floor to five of Ireland's best athletes (fresh from Paris 2024) in Philip Doyle, Orla Comerford, Thomas Barr, Colin Judge and Stacey Flood.No interviewer, no restrictions, just athletes talking to each other about experiences only they can truly understand. Inner Drive, with Allianz, proud sponsors of Paralympics Ireland and Team Ireland.#StopTheDrop

In this special episode of Inner Drive, Off The Ball give the floor to five of Ireland's best athletes (fresh from Paris 2024) in Philip Doyle, Orla Comerford, Thomas Barr, Colin Judge and Stacey Flood.No interviewer, no restrictions, just athletes talking to each other about experiences only they can truly understand. Inner Drive, with Allianz, proud sponsors of Paralympics Ireland and Team Ireland.#StopTheDrop

2024 has been a remarkable year for the Irish CTF, Capture the Flag, team, and doubly so for team Captain Cillian Collins. Fresh from leading the team to their highest ever finish in ENISA's European Cybersecurity Challenge, Collins became the first Irish player selected for Team Europe and was a leading figure in that team as they won the International Cybersecurity Challenge CTF this week in Santiago, Chile. The win was Team Europe's third in a row, facing challenges from teams representing Asia, Oceania, USA, Africa, Latin America and Canada, across two days of challenges. The team became the first to win each individual day of competition as well as the overall prize. The win came less than three weeks after Collins captained the Irish team to their highest finish of 16th at the European Cybersecurity Challenge in Turin, Italy, where the Irish competed against 31 teams from Europe plus six guest countries including the US, Singapore, Canada and Costa Rica. 16th place was a jump of nine places in 2023, by a team run by volunteers and one one of the smallest budgets in the competition, and represents huge progress by the team under manager Mark Lane and head coaches Emmet Leahy and Daniel Cahill, themselves both former Team Ireland captains. It's also been a remarkable personal journey for Collins who only started playing CTFs in 2021, "I was first introduced to CTFs when qualifying for the Irish team competing at ECSC Prague in 2021. After this I competed at ZeroDays CTF in Dublin where I won the Colleges category with my team in both 2022 and 2023," said Collins. "I've been involved in the Irish team ever since and was nominated by Mark Lane for Team Europe this year. After an intense selection process I was chosen to compete in Chile at the ICC where we competed against teams from North America, Asia, Africa, Oceania and Latin America - finishing in 1st place!". The improvement in the team has been marked this year. When asked what's behind the advances Collins explained that the knowledge sharing from more experienced players has helped accelerate the learning of newer players "We now have former players such as Daniel Cahill and Emmet Leahy who are team coaches and share what they have learned from past competitions." "Mark Lane has been instrumental in organising the team and putting together regular bootcamps at TU Dublin campus where the team have worked together in preparation for these competitions. And that hard work has paid off. It has been incredibly rewarding to see Ireland so high on the leaderboard! We had the largest improvement of any ECSC team this year and it is a testament to the hard work and dedication of players and coaches." Team manager Mark Lane was glowing in his praise of his team captain "Cillian has come on an incredible distance in the three years since he joined the team. His drive and desire to learn have been great to watch, and it's so rewarding to see his continued development as a player and as captain. I'd no hesitation nominating him to Team Europe and I wasn't surprised to see him becoming the first Irish player to be chosen. "He still has so much potential, and I could see him as a future captain of the European team. His engagement in the training with Team Europe has also been hugely beneficial to the Irish team as Cillian brings all that learning and experience back to our team as a coach," said Lane. Collins also speaks very highly of his experiences with Team Europe "It is a great honour to be able to play alongside such talented people. I learned a huge amount from being a part of the team and feel motivated to continue learning. The ICC this year was very competitive with some extremely strong players on the other teams so we were very pleased to come out on top." It's clear from both Collins and Lane that there is so much potential in the Irish CTF scene, and the future is bright, once the support is in place. Collins said "I think the CTF scene continues to grow and ther...

Neasa Russell, Chef de Mission for Team Ireland in Paris, and Joanne O'Riordan, Pundit for RTÉ Sport, reflect on the 2024 Paralympic Games.

Darren Frehill has the latest from Paris

Team Ireland silver medallists Katie-George Dunlevy & Eve McCrystal will joined the show to talk about their final Paralympic Games together.Catch The Off The Ball Breakfast show LIVE weekday mornings from 7:30am or just search for Off The Ball Breakfast and get the podcast on the Off The Ball app.SUBSCRIBE at OffTheBall.com/joinOff The Ball Breakfast is live weekday mornings from 7:30am across Off The Ball

Aisling O'Reilly joined Eoin Sheahan to chat all things Paralympics 2024 live from Paris.

Peter Sherrard, CEO of the Olympic Federation of Ireland, reflects on Team Ireland's greatest ever haul of Olympic medals at the Paris games.

Team Ireland arrive home to hero's welcome. Thousands gather at the GPO. Our reporters Eithne Dodd and Kate Egan were there. And we speak to Gavin Noble, Chef de Mission Team Ireland for Paris 2024

It's the end of the road. We get the band back together one more time as Cathal Dennehy, Maurice Brosnan and Brendan O'Brien pick over their highlights from a truly sepcial Olympics in Paris. Thanks for listening throughout. . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Barry Lenihan, RTE Reporter

As the last events get underway at the Olympics, Brendan hears from Jessie Barr, sports performance psychologist to key members of Team Ireland. Are there any lessons that us ­non-athletes can learn from the mindsets of Rhasidat, Kellie, and Rhys? Jessie gives us an insight into how Team Ireland athletes will cope with the aftermath of the Olympics

Hear about medals, meals and more in this Paris Pod Special with all the action from PJ & Jim's trip to cheer on Kellie Harrington and Team Ireland at the Olympics! If you like what you hear here, tune into Radio Nova for the cereal messers: PJ Gallagher and Jim McCabe's radio show, "Morning Glory", every weekday from 6-10am. The IMRO Radio Award-winning show features news, sport, weather, traffic and craic every day, as well as the most seriously addictive music in town! Thanks to www.insuremycar.ie Here it across Ireland via the free Radio Nova app on Android & iphone, online at www.nova.ie, via the Irish Radio Player, via your smart speaker (“Play Radio Nova”) on 100.3 FM in Dublin and Meath, on 100.5 FM in Kildare, on 95.7 FM in Wicklow, on 100.1 FM in Ballbriggan and on Virgin Media TV 937.  #GloryDaze #MorningGlory #RadioNova #PJGallagher #JimMcCabe #SeriouslyAddictive 

Des Cahill has all the latest from Paris on the the Irish competing today

Ger Gilroy brings you live, on the ground reactions from Irish rower Niall O'Toole, as well as from Team Ireland coach Dominic Casey, and two supporters from Skibbereen who detail just why the town is such a prolific rower factory!

As the motorsports world settles into its Olympic summer break, Conor Daly and Chase Holden keep you up to date with another episode of Speed Street. To help further recap his recent NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Conor invites the winner of the event Riley Herbst to the show to give his perspective from the front of the pack. Riley provides listeners with insight to how the race played out for him in the final laps, and how he felt like he lost the race going into turn four after light contact with Aric Almirola. Conor also asks Riley about the aero strategy that is prevalent in the Xfinity Series and how drivers methodically pack dirty air onto an opponent's rear spoiler to help make passes. Finally, the guys look ahead to the upcoming NASCAR events at Michigan International and speculate what this speedway package's on-track racing product will look like.It wouldn't be Olympic coverage without chatting with an actual Olympian, and Speed Street just happened to find one who has connections to the IndyCar world. None other than Conor's own cousin Nicci Daly joins the show to discuss her time at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics with the Ireland women's Field Hockey team. Nikki explains that the process to qualify for the Olympics was actually more difficult and time consuming than competing in the actual summer games, and just making it to the big stage was a major accomplishment in itself. Nicci shares some hilarious stories from the Olympic village and what it was like interacting with other athletes from all over the world. Nicci also fills listeners in on her current position working for Turn 3 Motorsports in the USF Pro2000 Series as a data engineer.

Dr. John Rudd, Performance Director, Team Ireland on Daniel Wiffen's amazing gold medal winning performance at the Olympics last night.

Tommy Meskill, RTÉ Correspondent, discusses the Taoiseach Simon Harris's arrival in Paris where he will attend a series of engagements as part of the Olympic Games.

Reporter Kate Varley speaks to us from Paris this lunchtime

Gavin Noble, Chef de Mission for the Irish Team in Paris gives us an update

In this episode, Nicole catches up with Connolly's RED MILLS rider Austin O'Connor as he prepares for the 2024 Paris Olympics. Dive into the journey of one of Ireland's top eventers as he shares his thoughts, experiences, and preparations leading up to the Games.

Piper speaks with Richard Howley, International show jumping rider for Ireland and Olympic team alternate about his career, most recent successes and training philosophy. Brought to you by Taylor, Harris Insurance Services.   Host: Piper Klemm, publisher of The Plaid HorseGuest: Richard Howley is an International showjumping rider for Ireland. From unassuming beginnings to international acclaim, Richard's journey is a testament to the power of perseverance and love for the sport. In 2023, Richard and Consulent de Prelet Z won the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup in Oslo, Norway and one week later, won the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup in Helsinki, Finland. In February, Richard placed 2nd with Team Ireland at the FEI Longines League of Nations Cup in Abu Dhabi. Earlier this month, Richard won the 1.45m GCTV Speed Class at the Longines Global Champions Tour in Cannes, France. Most recently, Richard was nominated for consideration by the Olympic Federation of Ireland (OFI) to represent Team Ireland as a team alternate in Show Jumping at the Paris Olympic Games.Title Sponsor: Taylor, Harris Insurance ServicesSubscribe To: The Plaid Horse MagazineSponsors: American Stalls, Purina Animal Nutrition, World Equestrian Center, LAURACEA, America Cryo, BoneKare, Show Strides Book Series, With Purpose: The Balmoral Standard. Good Boy, Eddie, HITS Horse Shows  and Great American Insurance Group