Latest Breifne Podcast Episodes
Episode 3 - 17th November 2013
Basketball Ireland's Podcast - November 17, 2013 21:05 - 8 minutesA tragedy in the extended UL basketball family was the main reason behind a sub par performance, which meant that a great Killester performance saw them come back with all the points to cause the biggest upset on the court all season. The Ulster Rockets season finally took off moving in...
Episode 32 - Jim Breen - Founder of Cycle Against Suicide
Sporting Spotlight - November 15, 2013 20:41 - 28 minutesThe founder of Cycle Against Suicide, Jim Breen, takes his turn in the sporting spotlight this week and chats to Breifne about his own love of sport , particularly rowing, growing up. They also chat about the album, Simple Things, which was released by a collection of Irish artists which was re...
Episode 2 - 10th November 2013
Basketball Ireland's Podcast - November 10, 2013 21:34 - 8 minutesBasketball Ireland's Elaine Caffrey joins Breifne Earley to discuss the weekend's action in the Men's National Cup and the solitary game in the Women's Super League. She also brings us up to speed on the Irish player, Travis Black, who has just found out that he's not going to be eligi...
Episode 31 - Gary O'Hanlon - Athletics
Sporting Spotlight - November 08, 2013 20:58 - 27 minutesThis week's guest on the show is one of Ireland's top marathon runners. Clonliffe Harrier's Gary O'Hanlon chats to Breifne Earley about disliking athletics until he started to win races at fourteen. The car accident that nearly ended his running career at seventeen and his return to co...
Episode 1 - 3rd November 2013
Basketball Ireland's Podcast - November 03, 2013 21:36 - 7 minutesElaine Caffrey of Basketball Ireland joins Dublin City FM's Breifne Earley to chat about the weekends Men's and Women's Premier League action. Men's Premier League 1st November 2013 C&S UCC Demons 101 - 75 Bord Gais Neptune 2nd November 2013 UL Eagles 85 - 67 DCU Saints Killester ...
Episode 30 - Rob Costello - Endurance Runner
Sporting Spotlight - November 01, 2013 21:20 - 24 minutesThis week to celebrate the Dublin Marathon, Breifne chats to Rob Costello, a veteran of 20 marathons, about how he got into running in his mid twenties. He talks about playing social football through college and deciding to join a group from work in a marathon in Barcelona, how a 100km ...
Episode 29 - Stephanie Roche - Women's Football
Sporting Spotlight - October 30, 2013 23:29 - 28 minutesThis week Stephanie Roche is in the Sporting Spotlight talking about her sporting career with Peamount United, Dundalk City, Raheny United, Stella Maris, and learning her craft with Valeview Shankill, Cabinteely and Tony Pouchs Wicklow Academy. Starting from playing with the lads on her...
Episode 28 - Avril Copeland - Adventure Racer
Sporting Spotlight - October 24, 2013 21:34 - 28 minutesThis week Breifne Earley has Ireland's premier female adventure racer Avril Copeland in the spotlight. She talks about her initial sporting career as a senior international hockey player focused on reaching the Olympics, before pursuing a love of country music and finding herself rubbin...
Episode 27 - Cliodhna O'Connor - Ladies Gaelic Football
Sporting Spotlight - October 24, 2013 21:15 - 23 minutesThis week's guest is Dublin & Naomh Mearnog Ladies Gaelic Football netminder Cliodhna O'Connor. Having won an All Ireland and two all star awards with Dublin over a ten year career between the posts for the Jackies. She chats to Breifne Earley about getting her break at senior level aft...
Episode 26 - Kevin O'Brien - Cricket
Sporting Spotlight - October 24, 2013 00:13 - 28 minutesThis evening Breifne chat's to Irish Cricketer Kevin O'Brien who faces his turn in the Sporting Spotlight. He chats about growing up in a cricket crazy family and how he progressed from a kid playing with his brothers for his local club Railway Union to hitting the fastest one day world...
Episode 25 - David O'Sullivan - Football
Sporting Spotlight - October 23, 2013 23:50 - 28 minutesThis evening's show features the top goal scorer in the entire Airtricity League this season, David O'Sullivan of Longford Town. We talks to Breifne Earley about playing schoolboy football in Wicklow and getting his first bite of the League of Ireland cherry with Bray Wanderers and Spor...
Episode 24 - Laura Reynolds - Athletics
Sporting Spotlight - October 23, 2013 23:37 - 23 minutesThis evening's show will feature London 2012 Olympics Walker Laura Reynolds. The Leitrim athlete who qualified for the Olympics and went on to secure a top twenty finish. She talks to Breifne about growing up in Leitrim, getting into athletics in primary school, community games before g...
Episode 23 - Darragh McDonald - Paralympic Swimming
Sporting Spotlight - October 23, 2013 23:15 - 28 minutesThis evening's show will feature London 2012 Paralympic Swimming Champion Darragh McDonald. The Wexford teenager who burst on the scene at the Beijing Paralympic Games winning a silver medal before trading up for gold in the S6 400m Freestyle four years later. Darragh will be talking ab...
Episode 22 - Chloe Magee - Badminton
Sporting Spotlight - October 23, 2013 23:05 - 28 minutesThis evening's show will feature Chloe Magee Ireland's top female badminton player who competed at both the Beijing 2008 and London 2012 Olympic Games. She outlines how her parent's influence got her into the sport at a young age, and moving to Sweden to coach badminton after her leavin...
Episode 21 - Mark Kenneally - Athletics
Sporting Spotlight - October 23, 2013 22:53 - 28 minutesThis evening's show features marathon runner Mark Kenneally who competed at the London 2012 Olympic Games. He talks about his love of athletics, how he'd love to be a sprinter, moving out of cross country onto the roads, dealing with injuries and how he ended up qualifying for London ah...
Episode 20 - Stephen Martin MBE - Hockey
Sporting Spotlight - October 23, 2013 22:15 - 29 minutesThis week's guest on the show is Stephen Martin MBE, an Olympic gold medallist in Seoul in 1988 with British Hockey, and current CEO of the Olympic Council of Ireland chats to Breifne Earley about his sporting career. From playing many sports through his school days winning national tit...
Episode 19 - Camila Speirs - Eventing
Sporting Spotlight - October 23, 2013 21:38 - 28 minutesThis week Breifne is joined by Irish Olympic Eventer Camilla Speirs who is discussing her Olympic success and disappointment, growing up on horseback, finding an Olympic level horse. How being in the presence of royalty doesn't phase her and it's all about the eventing disciplines of Dr...
Episode 18 - James Cluskey - Tennis
Sporting Spotlight - October 23, 2013 19:15 - 28 minutesThis week Breifne is joined by Irish Davis Cup star James Cluskey who chats about his tennis career, studying in the states and the major influences on his sporting life. He chats about his life on tour on ATP Challenger and Futures events, and his ambition to play in grand slams and pu...
Episode 17 - Ailis McSweeney - Athletics
Sporting Spotlight - October 23, 2013 18:55 - 28 minutesIreland's fastest woman, Ailis McSweeney, joins Breifne to chat about growing up in Cork, joining Leevale during her school years and dealing with the disappointment of injury setbacks. She discusses meeting her husband, All Ireland winning Dublin Captain Bryan Cullen, and how having t...
Episode 16 - Gerry Duffy - Endurance Athlete (2/2)
Sporting Spotlight - July 05, 2013 14:21 - 43 minutesGerry Duffy is put in the Sporting Spotlight to look at his sporting life and times. From a starting point of being five stone over weight, he started to run and eventually started to partake in triathlons and marathons. He progressed to a point where he decided to complete a 32 Maratho...
Episode 15 - Gerry Duffy - Endurance Athlete (1/2)
Sporting Spotlight - July 05, 2013 14:10 - 28 minutesGerry Duffy is put in the Sporting Spotlight to look at his sporting life and times. From a starting point of being five stone over weight, he started to run and eventually started to partake in triathlons and marathons. He progressed to a point where he decided to complete a 32 Maratho...
Episode 14 - Susan Moran - Basketball
Sporting Spotlight - July 01, 2013 17:20 - 28 minutesThis week’s guest in the Sporting Spotlight is one of Ireland’s top basketball players Susan Moran, a stalwart of Irish teams over the year, she chats to Breifne about her career, starting to play basketball in school in Tullamore, moving to Philadelphia to play with St. Josephs in the N...