Episode 3517: Heimir’s Principles, Ken Journalist, Rory With Shipnuck, Man United In Croker
We face now into the Easter weekend, a time of renewal and hope. Ken documents his latest journalistic failure, and seeks to place it in the context of many past failures.
Then Alan Shipnuck – some have called him the Michael Jordan of golf writing – joins us to talk about his new book: “Rory: The Heartache and Triumph of Golf’s Most Human Superstar”
Also, Premier League clubs at Croke Park, and the question of whether Liam Delap might be born again as an Irishman.
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Go to PatreonNick Ames joins us from Pristina where he watched Ireland’s forthcoming Nations League opponents Kosovo lose their playoff final against Turkey.
Are they good enough to knock us down to League C and open up the Sweden route to the 2030 World Cup?
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