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.
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Jun 15, 2022 • 26min
Ep 1460: Ireland Needs A Settled Team Before European Qualifiers
John Giles and Liam Brady join Eamon to pay tribute to former Ireland international Noel Campbell and talk about the Nations League and Ireland's performance in the four recent international matches.Recorded 15th June 2022. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 15, 2022 • 35min
Ep 1459: Constitutional Referendum Required to Erase Ireland’s Housing Crisis
Rory Hearne talks to Eamon about the housing crisis, the underlying problems and possible solutions. Rory Hearne is Assistant Professor Social Policy at Maynooth University, author of 'Housing Shock', and hosts the Reboot Republic podcast with Tony Groves.Recorded 14th June 2022. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 14, 2022 • 26min
Ep 1458: No End in Sight for the Long Attritional War In Ukraine
Journalist and author John Kampfner talks to Eamon about Germany's response to the war in Ukraine and former Chancellor Angela Merkel's recent interview about her legacy in the Berliner Ensemble. Recorded 13th June 2022. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 13, 2022 • 29min
Ep 1457: Boris’s New Bill May Give DUP More Than They Can Deal With
Journalist Newton Emerson talks to Eamon about Boris Johnson's unilateral plans to introduce legislation to address unionist issues with the Northern Ireland Protocol in Britain's Brexit agreement with the EU. Recorded on 13th June 2022. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 12, 2022 • 27min
Ep 1456: Ukraine’s Second City Kharkiv Holds Firm Against Russians
Journalist and film maker Johnny O'Reilly talks to Eamon about life in Kharkiv in the north east of tUkraine where the Ukrainian army has pushed back the Russian army but bombardments continue. They also talk about the impact of the war across Europe, how European leaders are responding and the power of President Zellensky's communications with world leaders and people of the world.Recorded 8th June 2022. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 11, 2022 • 27min
Ep 1455: January 6th Hearings - No Healing of Wounds in Trump Nation
Niall Stanage joins Eamon to talk about the 6th January Committee Hearings which began on Thursday. Also the vehemence of protests around Roe-v-Wade and the attempted murder on Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh for which a man was arrested on Thursday. Niall Stanage is White House Correspondent for The Hill and Associate Editor of that publication.Recorded 9th June 2022. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 10, 2022 • 30min
Ep 1454: An Bord Pleanála- Serious Questions Being Asked
Mick Clifford talks to Eamon. Mick is Special Correspondent for The Irish Examiner and former Journalist of the Year.Recorded 8th June 2022. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 9, 2022 • 31min
Ep 1453: Johnson Won’t Change, He’ll Be Gone Before Christmas
Economist and commentator Chris Johns talks to Eamon in the aftermath of Boris Johnson's narrow win in Monday's vote of confidence. They discuss what his win means for both Johnson and the Tory Party.Recorded 8th June 2022. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 7, 2022 • 29min
Ep 1452: Boris Johnson - Damaged But Not Fatally Damaged
Following Boris Johnson's survival of yesterday's Vote of Confidence in his leadership, journalist and author Peter Oborne talks to Eamon about Johnson's leadership and the power bases behind him. In the course of the conversation Eamon references Peter’s website Boris-Johnson-Lies.com and his book “The Assault on Truth: Boris Johnson, Donald Trump and the Emergence of a New Moral Barbarism. Peter's most recent book is The Fate of Abraham: Why the West is Wrong About Islam.Recorded 7th June 2922. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 6, 2022 • 28min
Ep 1451: The Partisan Poison Threatening US Democracy
Niall Stanage talks to Eamon about America's gun violence and the threats to American democracy. In the course of the conversation Eamon mentions two books - How Civil Wars Start: And How to Stop Them by Barbara F Walter, and This Will Not Pass: Trump, Biden, and the Battle for America’s Future by Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns. Niall Stanage is Associate Editor of The Hill and White House Columnist for that publication.Recorded 3rd June 2022. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
