Episode 3279: Duff Departs, Energy Vampires, League’s Needs, Eoin’s Goals
Ken is back from holidays and so is Branno. Did they… go on vacation together?
Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened… is what Branno’s Shels-supporting friends are claiming they are thinking the day after Damien Duff walked out of the club.

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Today’s show is mainly about perhaps the last-ever Duff-LOI Bomba – although it was a different competition that dominated much of our weekend bandwidth. Eoin brings us up to speed.

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David Sneyd joins Eoin, Ken and Branno to talk about Duff’s exit. Why did he choose to go now? Is this an impulse decision, or one that’s been coming for a while? Will the league be damaged by the loss of arguably its biggest star? And what next for Duff himself?

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Plus we’ve news of two new Stakeknife episodes, including a Q&A with Say Nothing author and New Yorker staff writer, Patrick Radden Keefe.
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