The Stand with Eamon Dunphy
The Stand
The Stand with Eamon Dunphy is a current affairs, sport and culture podcast posting five or more episodes each week.Editor and Presenter - Eamon DunphyAs a former professional and international soccer player Eamon was capped 23 times for Ireland. He has been a writer and broadcaster for over 40 years and written five best selling books including an early memoir Only a Game?, U2’s biography Unforgettable Fire, Sir Matt Busby’s biography A Strange Kind of Glory, Roy Keane’s autobiography Keane, and most recently his own memoir, The Rocky Road.As a newspaper columnist Eamon has written for a number of newspapers, most notably the Irish Daily Star and the Sunday Independent. He was a contributor to RTÉ’s soccer panel for 40 years and was the editor and presenter of the drivetime radio show The Last Word for five years in the newly established Radio Ireland (now Today FM). Eamon launched The Stand in November 2016. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
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Jan 24, 2020 • 33min
Ep 613: Liverpool – Ability and Attitude in footballing harmony
Didi Hamann and John Giles join Eamon to salute a great Liverpool team, compare the decline of Manchester United against the promise at Arsenal and Chelsea, and discuss the potential for a Manchester City comeback next season. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 23, 2020 • 30min
Ep 612: Britain after Brexit
Labour Party finished; Harry and Megan in Exile. Eamon talks to Brendan O’Neill and asks will Britain ever be the same again? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 21, 2020 • 36min
Ep 611: The drug-crime crisis – brazen killers, under resourced Gardaí, and a new cartel in Dublin
Nicola Tallant, investigations editor at the Sunday World, talks to Eamon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 20, 2020 • 34min
Ep 610: Trump Impeached; Democrats Divided
Niall Stanage, Associate Editor of The Hill and White House Correspondent, talks to Eamon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 20, 2020 • 33min
Ep 609: John Giles talks to Eamon about the weekend football
Liverpool heading for greatness, Manchester City going the other way, Manchester United going nowhere. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 17, 2020 • 36min
Ep 608: The health crisis: where does the buck stop?
Phil Ni Sheaghdha, general secretary of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation, talks to Eamon about the major issues affecting the Irish health system. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 17, 2020 • 32min
Ep 607: Surfing the Green Wave
Seán McCabe, a Green Party candidate for Meath East in the upcoming election, talks to Eamon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 16, 2020 • 28min
Ep 606: Murder of 17-year-old Keane Mulready-Woods Crosses a Line
Nicola Tallant talks to Eamon about this 'brutal, savage, depraved' murder, a new low in drug related criminality. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 15, 2020 • 21min
Ep 605: Crisis At Barcelona
Richard Fitzpatrick, an Irish football journalist based in Spain, talks to Eamon about the botched sacking of Ernesto Valverde, and what comes next for the Catalan club. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 14, 2020 • 35min
Ep 604: Election Special – The Most Important Contest Since Haughey v FitzGerald
Pat Leahy, Political Editor at the Irish Times, talks to Eamon about a crucial moment in Irish politics. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
