About this episode

The episode discusses a historic period for Irish sport, highlighting recent achievements in athletics.

Fiona Hayes, Philip Lanigan and Shane Hannon react to a historic "golden era" for Irish sport following Kate O'Connor’s heptathlon triumph and Ellen Walsh’s second gold of the week. Enjoy a short snippet of today's Sunday Paper Review. Subscribe to Off the Ball to get the full episode every Sunday, as well as around-the-clock unmissable sports content every day. The Sunday Paper Review on Off The Ball

People in this episode

Host: Shane Hannon

Guests: Fiona Hayes, Philip Lanigan

Topics covered

• Irish sport
• heptathlon
• gold medals
• sports commentary
• Sunday Paper Review

Keywords

• Irish sport
• heptathlon
• gold medal
• Kate O'Connor
• Ellen Walsh
• sports commentary

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Organizations: Off The Ball

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