Gaa On Off The Ball

Long before he made a name as a Performance Coach with the All Ireland champion Kerry footballers this year and previously the Dublin hurlers, Tony Griffin carved out an impressive All-Star hurling career of his own with his native Clare. (01:00) - Mike Quirke meets Tony Griffin (18:00) - Performance Coaching, cultivating culture. (26:00) - Coaching Teenagers and improving underage. (50:00) - Improving as a coach, 'the person before the player', finding balance. In this episode, Tony shares his considerable experience of hurling at the top level in Ireland while studying in Nova Scotia; cycling across Canada and raising 1.1 million for charity in the process. He’s recently wrote a book entitled “The Teenager’s Book of Life” which gives young people the tools they need to take their first steps in a grown-up world that expects a lot of them. Tony is a strong advocate for focusing on the person before the player, he shares his steps towards developing a positive culture with any age group and why the use of

Cork camogie legend, Gemma O'Connor joined Ger & Shane to discuss her new book, Why not a warrior? Catch OTB's sports breakfast show LIVE weekday mornings from 7:30am or just search for OTB AM and get the podcast on the OTB Sports app or wherever you listen to yours. SUBSCRIBE and FOLLOW the OTB AM podcast. #OTBAM is live weekday mornings from 7:30am across Off The Ball, in association with Gillette | #EffortlessFlow

Luke Loughlin joined Ger and Shane to discuss a successful season for club and county as well as tell his story about his battle with addiction off the pitch. Catch OTB's sports breakfast show LIVE weekday mornings from 7:30am or just search for OTB AM and get the podcast on the OTB Sports app or wherever you listen to yours. SUBSCRIBE and FOLLOW the OTB AM podcast. #OTBAM is live weekday mornings from 7:30am across Off The Ball, in association with Gillette | #EffortlessFlow

3-time All-Ireland winner with Tipperary Padraic Maher joins Ger and Shane on #OTBAM as he launches his new memoir, 'All On The Line' Catch OTB's sports breakfast show LIVE weekday mornings from 7:30am or just search for OTB AM and get the podcast on the OTB Sports app or wherever you listen to yours. SUBSCRIBE and FOLLOW the OTB AM podcast. #OTBAM is live weekday mornings from 7:30am across Off The Ball, in association with Gillette | #EffortlessFlow

Welcome to Ep. 41 of The Football Pod 2.0 - James O'Donoghue and Paddy Andrews are back talking Gaelic Football with Tommy Rooney, and this week we're joined by a very special guest, Dingle native and AFL Premiership winner, Mark O'Connor. (08:15) – Mark O'Connor joins The Football Pod (43:00) – Kerry close calls, fixing the knee, AFL future? You can hear the podcast first in the 'The Football Pod' feed or also in the 'OTB GAA' feed - be sure to subscribe and leave us a review or comment if you enjoy! We want to hear your thoughts - use social media or email: thefootballpod@offtheball.com

St. Vincent's and Dublin camogie star Aisling Maher joins Shane and Kathleen on #OTBAM ahead of the launch of the AIB Camogie All-Ireland Club Championships. Catch OTB's sports breakfast show LIVE weekday mornings from 7:30am or just search for OTB AM and get the podcast on the OTB Sports app or wherever you listen to yours. SUBSCRIBE and FOLLOW the OTB AM podcast. #OTBAM is live weekday mornings from 7:30am across Off The Ball, in association with Gillette | #EffortlessFlow

Waterford forward Dessie Hutchinson joined Richie McCormack to discuss Davy Fitzgerald replacing Liam Cahill at the helm with the Deise, Ballygunner’s maiden All-Ireland Club Hurling success and their recent 9-in-a-row victory in Waterford. GAA with AIB | #TheToughest

Recently ratified Roscommon boss Davy Burke joins Shane and Johnny on #OTBAM as he begins his preparations for his first season in charge at Dr Hyde Park. Catch OTB's sports breakfast show LIVE weekday mornings from 7:30am or just search for OTB AM and get the podcast on the OTB Sports app or wherever you listen to yours. SUBSCRIBE and FOLLOW the OTB AM podcast. #OTBAM is live weekday mornings from 7:30am across Off The Ball, in association with Gillette | #EffortlessFlow

Nemo Rangers captain Luke Connolly joins Shane and Johnny on #OTBAM as he celebrates beating city rivals St. Finbarr's to win the Cork SFC title and talks about his sister Megan heading to the World Cup with Ireland. Catch OTB's sports breakfast show LIVE weekday mornings from 7:30am or just search for OTB AM and get the podcast on the OTB Sports app or wherever you listen to yours. SUBSCRIBE and FOLLOW the OTB AM podcast. #OTBAM is live weekday mornings from 7:30am across Off The Ball, in association with Gillette | #EffortlessFlow

Mayo and Westport star Lee Keegan joins Shane and Johnny on #OTBAM after the club claimed the Mayo SFC title by Ballina Stephenites by 1-9 to 1-6. Catch OTB's sports breakfast show LIVE weekday mornings from 7:30am or just search for OTB AM and get the podcast on the OTB Sports app or wherever you listen to yours. SUBSCRIBE and FOLLOW the OTB AM podcast. #OTBAM is live weekday mornings from 7:30am across Off The Ball, in association with Gillette | #EffortlessFlow

Paddy Stapleton joins Shane and Johnny in studio to discuss his new kids books and debate if it's called a 'Hurl or Hurley'. Catch OTB's sports breakfast show LIVE weekday mornings from 7:30am or just search for OTB AM and get the podcast on the OTB Sports app or wherever you listen to yours. SUBSCRIBE and FOLLOW the OTB AM podcast. #OTBAM is live weekday mornings from 7:30am across Off The Ball, in association with Gillette | #EffortlessFlow

Welcome to Ep. 40 of The Football Pod 2.0 - James O'Donoghue and Paddy Andrews are back talking Gaelic Football with Tommy Rooney - we've managed to drag James away from his County Championship celebrations for a chat! (00:30) – County Medals for The Football Pod, Club winners. (18:30) – The David Clifford show, All-Stars and Football of the Year You can hear the podcast first in the 'The Football Pod' feed or also in the 'OTB GAA' feed - be sure to subscribe and leave us a review or comment if you enjoy! We want to hear your thoughts - use social media or email: thefootballpod@offtheball.com

Shane Hannon is joined by Kerry footballer Gavin White for reaction to last night’s GAA All-Star awards, as we look back on the accolades for the best players this past season.

Adrian Barry & Johnny Ward are joined by this year's Tailteann Cup Player of the Year Ronan O'Toole to reflect on this year's GAA season, playing for Westmeath & Jack Cooney being a father figure. Catch OTB's sports breakfast show LIVE weekday mornings from 7:30am or just search for OTB AM and get the podcast on the OTB Sports app or wherever you listen to yours. SUBSCRIBE and FOLLOW the OTB AM podcast. #OTBAM is live weekday mornings from 7:30am across Off The Ball, in association with Gillette | #EffortlessFlow

Nathan Murphy was joined in studio by Zak Moradi upon the release of his brilliant new book, Life Begins in Leitrim: From Kurdistan to Croke Park. From his birth in a refugee camp in Ramadi, Iraq, during the Gulf War, to finding a new life with his family in Carrick-on-Shannon aged just 11, Zak told his remarkable story to Off The Ball in an interview you should not miss.

For the twentieth and final episode of The Players Voice series this year we were joined by Limerick’s Barry Hennessy. The multiple All-Ireland winner opens up about his eating disorder and mental health challenges. Barry also reflects on Limerick’s recent dominance of the All-Ireland hurling championship, provides fascinating insights into his relationship with fellow Limerick goalkeeper Nickie Quaid and discusses the importance of humility on and off the field. Each episode of this series is hosted by Alan O’Mara, a former Cavan goalkeeper now working as a performance and wellbeing coach with sports and business leaders around the world. If you are a GPA member and impacted by this conversation, please call the GPA’s 24/7 helpline on 1800 98 92 85 or text ‘GPA’ to 50808 from the Republic of Ireland. From Northern Ireland call 0800 044 5059 or text ‘GPA’ 85258. If you aren’t a GPA member and are impacted by this conversation, please check out bodywhys.ie for more information on eating disorders,

GAA journalist Michael Verney joins Ger and Shane on #OTBAM to deliver his tips for the 2022 Hurling All-Stars ahead of the big reveal on Friday night. Catch OTB's sports breakfast show LIVE weekday mornings from 7:30am or just search for OTB AM and get the podcast on the OTB Sports app or wherever you listen to yours. SUBSCRIBE and FOLLOW the OTB AM podcast. #OTBAM is live weekday mornings from 7:30am across Off The Ball, in association with Gillette | #EffortlessFlow

Tommy joins Ger and Shane on #OTBAM as he delivers his shouts for the 2022 Football All-Stars ahead of Friday night's ceremony. Catch OTB's sports breakfast show LIVE weekday mornings from 7:30am or just search for OTB AM and get the podcast on the OTB Sports app or wherever you listen to yours. SUBSCRIBE and FOLLOW the OTB AM podcast. #OTBAM is live weekday mornings from 7:30am across Off The Ball, in association with Gillette | #EffortlessFlow

Welcome to Ep. 39 of The Football Pod 2.0 - James O'Donoghue and Paddy Andrews are back talking Gaelic Football with Tommy Rooney - and we've a special guest this week, Galway star Kieran Molloy talks the season gone by. We get stuck into the latest GAA news too as we hear breaking news in Donegal and Sky's deal with the GAA. (00:30) – Club winners, CR7 and bad subs, Sky and GAA split, Donegal's new boss. (24:00) – Kieran Molloy on The Football Pod - Galway's year, cruciate hell, Corofin. (56:00) – James O'Donoghue talks County Final week. You can hear the podcast first in the 'The Football Pod' feed or also in the 'OTB GAA' feed - be sure to subscribe and leave us a review or comment if you enjoy! We want to hear your thoughts - use social media or email: thefootballpod@offtheball.com

Joe Molloy was joined by the Sunday Times GAA journalist Mick Foley to discuss the termination of a television broadcast deal between the GAA and Sky Sports. As RTÉ undergoes an inter-county off season of notable departures in its usual personnel, is there a chance of widespread change in how gaelic games are packaged by the media?