Episode 3488: Kobe’s Star Rises, Lowry’s Latest Collapse, Allianz Sponsorship Protests

The GAA weekend saw games in both the hurling and football leagues, but looming over all that was the protest at Congress in Croke Park that saw Jarlath Burns and his top table brought face-to-face with anti-Allianz protestors.

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Paul Flynn is with us to try and prize apart which parts of the GAA behave like a corporate entity, and which would rather remain amateur. We also discuss the Kobe McDonald phenomenon, and Cork’s implosion in Derry on Sunday.

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Meanwhile Bundee Aki is back in the frame for Ireland selection, Stuart McCloskey is Eoin’s favourite sportsman… and how Shane Lowry’s late implosion at the Cognisant Classic in Florida last night will haunt him for months.

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