The Stand with Eamon Dunphy
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.
Latest episodes
Jun 19, 2024 • 27min
Ep 1989: Netanyahu disbands his war cabinet amid fears of second front against Hezbollah and Lebanon
Senator Tom Clonan talks to Eamon as Israel and Hezbollah move closer to all out war. Tom Clonan is an author, military analyst and Rtd Captain in the Irish army. He served with UN Peacekeepers in Lebanon during the 1996 Israeli Operation Grapes of Wrath.Recorded on Tuesday 18th June 2024. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 18, 2024 • 29min
Ep 1988: UK General Election - Farage targets the Tories with ambition to be PM in five years
Economist and commentator Chris Johns talks to Eamon about the UK General Election. Recorded on Monday 17th June 2024. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 17, 2024 • 28min
Ep 1987: Paschal Donohoe - despite fears of far-right the centre can hold in Ireland and Europe
Minister Paschal Donohoe talks to Eamon about the local and European elections, immigration, and RTÉ. Paschal Donohoe is Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform, Recorded on Thursday 13th June 2024. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 14, 2024 • 29min
Ep 1986: Gifts received by the Justices reflect very badly on the US Supreme Court
Niall Stanage reports from Washington Niall is Associate Editor of The Hill and White House columnist for that publication.Recorded on Thursday 13th June 2024. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 13, 2024 • 26min
Ep 1985: French Election - Macron gambles the house on shock election
Lara Marlowe talks to Eamon as Marine Le Pen's RN Party makes huge gains in the European Elections. Lara Marlowe is a US-born journalist and author, who was the US correspondent for The Irish Times before returning to Paris in 2013 as the paper's Paris correspondent. Lara also spent 15 years as a journalist for Time.Recorded on Monday 10th June 2024. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 12, 2024 • 24min
Ep I984: European Election - Division in Europe likely to deepen as election results play out
Suzanne Lynch talks to Eamon from Brussels about the results in the European elections across the EU. Suzanne Lynch Global Playbook Author and Associate Editor at POLITICO. Previously she was a correspondent in Washington, Dublin, Brussels.Recorded on Tuesday 11th June 2024. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 11, 2024 • 28min
Ep 1983: Sinn Féin electoral travails - people laughing not listening
Fionnán Sheahan talks to Eamon as the local and European election counts draw to a close. Fionnán Sheahan is Ireland Editor for independent.ie, The Irish Independent and The Sunday Independent.Recorded on Monday 10th June 2024. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 10, 2024 • 29min
Ep 1982: Russia Ukraine War - NATO calls Putin’s nuclear bluff
Senator Tom Clonan joins Eamon to talk about the war in Ukraine and the decision by the US and NATO to allow Ukraine to use their supplied weaponry over the Russian border. Also, in the Israel Gaza war, why does Netanyahu need seven months to bring an end to the war. Tom Clonan is an Irish senator, security analyst, author and retired Irish Army Captain. He was elected to Seanad Eireann in March 2022.Recorded on Tuesday 4th June 2024. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 7, 2024 • 23min
Ep 1981: US Presidential Election - Netanyahu continues to humiliate Biden; Trump continues to defy the stigma of felony
Niall Stanage reports from Washington. Niall Stanage is Associate Editor of The Hill and White House Columnist for that publication.Recorded on Thursday 6th June 2024. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 6, 2024 • 29min
Ep 1980: Israel/Palestine - "the Two State Solution is dead, Israel killed it"
Professor Avi Shlaim - A reflection on Netanyu's plan for Israel and himself. Avi Shlaim is Emeritus Professor of International Relations at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of the British Academy, and an author. His most recent book is Three Worlds: Memoir of an Arab-Jew. Eamon previously spoke to Avi Shlaim following Hamas's attack on Israel last October. In episode 1836 Avi set out this war's historical context. Recorded on Wednesday 5th June 2024. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
