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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Sep 15, 2021 • 40min
Ep 1203: The Tax Game - Who Wins, Who Loses
Chris Johns talks to Eamon about the history of taxation. Recorded on 14/9/21 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 14, 2021 • 37min
Ep 1202: Unsettled and Insecure Unionists Face Into A Hostile World
Sam McBride talks to Eamon. Sam is Northern Ireland Editor for the Belfast Telegraph and Sunday Independent and author of Burned: The Inside Story of the ‘Cash-for-Ash’ Scandal and Northern Ireland’s Secretive New Elite. Recorded 14/9/21 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 14, 2021 • 35min
Ep 1201: Failed Transport Policy Post-Covid Not Addressing Serious Problems
Verona Murphy, TD for Wexford, talks to Eamon. Recorded 13/9/21 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 13, 2021 • 37min
Ep 1200: Premier League - Ronaldo Makes Manchester United Real Contenders
John Giles joins Eamon to review the weekend games. Recorded 13/9/21 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 13, 2021 • 38min
Ep 1199: Sinn Féin's Eoin Ó Broin Undaunted by the Challenge of our Housing Crisis
Eoin Ó Broin TD, Sinn Féin's Spokesperson for Housing, talks to Eamon about his new book Defects: Living with the Legacy of the Celtic Tiger. Recorded on 10/9/21 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 11, 2021 • 31min
Ep 1198: Boris’s Chaotic Government Finally Suffers in the Polls
Chris Johns talks to Eamon as Boris Johnson faces the impact of his broken pledges and habitual lying. Recorded 10/9/21 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 10, 2021 • 35min
Ep 1197: 9/11 Commemoration - A Sombre America Reflects
Niall Stanage joins Eamon to talk about the 9/11 commemoration and Joe Biden as he gets tough with vaccine resisters. Also Merrick Garland as he challenges Texas on its new abortion legislation and California's Election Recall taking place on Tuesday 14th September. Recorded 10/9/21 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 8, 2021 • 30min
Ep 1196: Warning - Cyber Criminals A Threat to All
Ronan Murphy, CEO of Smarttech 247, talks to Eamon about how cyber crime now permeates every day life and how we are under unrelenting pressure on-line. Recorded 7/9/21 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 7, 2021 • 39min
Ep 1195: The Katherine Zappone Saga - Lies, Evasion and Cronyism the New Normal For Fine Gael?
Fionnán Sheahan, Ireland Editor of the Irish Independent, joins Eamon to discuss the continuing political story that threatens to derail the Government. Recorded 11am 7/9/21 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 7, 2021 • 36min
Ep 1194: Boris's Brexit Damaging Britain More than Any Other Country
Economist Jim Power joins Eamon to discuss the impact of Brexit on European trade and how working from home could change our towns and cities for good and bad. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
