Cillian O’Sullivan has had more bad days than good with the Meath football team over the last decade, but his class was never in dispute.

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He joined us in the Gaiety in October to talk about 2025 – the year the Royallers’ fortunes changed, with wins over Dublin, Kerry and Galway in one season.

And he tells us about continuing an inter-county career having been diagnosed with MS, and how he has been changed by the challenge. It was one of our favourite conversations of 2025.

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