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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Dec 29, 2022 • 26min
REPOST: Julian Assange - Telling The Ugly Truth And Now Facing Life in Prison
Journalist and author Peter Oborne talks to Eamon about the case of Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks whose extradition to the US has been agreed by UK Home Secretary Priti Patel. Peter and Eamon also talk about the story that disappeared from The Times and Boris Johnson's relationship with the press.Recorded on 20th June 2022. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 28, 2022 • 33min
REPOST: Climate Emergency - Fiddling While Our World Burns
Campaigning journalist John Gibbons talks to Eamon about the climate emergency and how the geo-political events of the moment are distracting from the severity of what the planet faces.Recorded on 7th July 2022 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 27, 2022 • 30min
REPOST: Michael Collins - The Man and The Myth
Diarmaid Ferriter, Professor of Modern Irish History at UCD, talks to Eamon on the centenary of Michael Collins death at Béal na Bláth in Co. Cork on 22nd August 1922.Recorded on 22nd August 2022 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 23, 2022 • 29min
REPOST: Robert Harris on his new book Act of Oblivion
Author Robert Harris joins Eamon to talk about his new book Act of Oblivion and contemporary British politics.Recorded 8th September 2022. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 22, 2022 • 26min
Ep 1615: World Cup players return to the Premier League as FIFA declares war on players and clubs
John Giles and Liam Brady join Eamon to look ahead to the next phase of the 22/23 Premier League season and to talk about the impact of a winter World Cup on the clubs and players.Recorded 21st December 2022. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 21, 2022 • 29min
Ep 1614: United Nation - Still someway to go to unite Ireland
Frank Connolly joins Eamon to talk about his new book United Nation: The Case for Integrating Ireland. Frank is an investigative journalist and author of NAMA-Land, Tom Gilmartin and a novel, Conspiracy of Lies. He is currently Head of Communications at SIPTU.Recorded on 13th December 2022. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 20, 2022 • 29min
Ep 1613: FIFA World 2022 - In a great Final Lionel Messi gets the reward he deserves
John Giles and Liam Brady join Eamon to review the Final of the FIFA 2022 World Cup and to look back at the tournament.Recorded 20th December 2022. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 19, 2022 • 28min
Ep 1612: Trial of Gerry (’the Monk’) Hutch - Dramatic cross-examination of key witness Jonathan Dowdall enters second week
Journalist Sean Murray talks to Eamon as the trial of Gerry Hutch for the murder of David Byrne at the Regency Hotel continues at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin. Sean Murray is a reporter for the Irish Examiner.Recorded on 19th December 2022. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 17, 2022 • 27min
Ep 1611: Republican controlled Congress to target Hunter Biden
Niall Stanage talks to Eamon from Washington about the United States' role in security in the West, Kevin McCarthy's hopes to be the next Speaker of the House, the Republican Party's relationship with Donald Trump and the likelihood of hearings in a Republican led Congress concerning the activities of Hunter Biden. Niall Stanage is Associate Editor of The Hill and White House columnist for that publication.Recorded on 16th December 2022. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 16, 2022 • 25min
Ep 1610: Tories fail to govern while Britain paralysed by strikes
Economist, commentator and podcaster Chris Johns joins Eamon to talk about the impact of the many strikes across Britain's transport, health and infrastructure sectors. Also Sam Bankman-Fried and his crypto currency exchange FTX: who is he and what has he done?Recorded on 16th December 2022. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
