Episode 3461: Shackle-less Gaelic Football As The League Returns, Mayo’s Andy Moran Impact, Hooter Hijinks
The Gaelic football season is back, and after a winter spent poring over stats sheets and risk-reward scenarios, it looks like the coaching class of 2026 decided to throw the shackles off and have some fun.
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Paul Flynn is in studio to talk to us about the Andy Moran impact in Mayo, the most impressive of the young guns we saw taking over games this weekend, why the hooter is an agent of confusion, and the extent to which protests over Allianz’s sponsorship materialised.
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Plus there’s snow-day in the NFL (the American version), and another very busy weekend in Dingle.
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