Drivetime Sport ~ January - April 2008

Drivetime Sport with Des Cahill 18.30 - 19.00 Monday to Friday

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• Wednesday 30th April
  Duncan MacKay on the issue of drugs in sport, Ray Houghton on the Champions League Semi Final between Chelsea and Liverpool and Michael Corcoran on the Magners League.
  
  
• Tuesday 29th April
  Former Dublin Captain Keith Barr on the problems facing Dublin Football, Katriona McFadden spends a day with the Irish Sports Council anti-doping unit and Trevor Steven on Man Utd V Barcelona in the Champions League semi final.
  
  
• Monday 28th April
  Marcus Horan and Trevor Brennan on Munster's win over Saracens and look forward to the Heineken Cup final and  Joe Brolly on the weekend's GAA action.
  

Week 17

• Friday 25th April
  Former Rugby International Shane Byrne, Former Dublin Manager Paul Curran and Former Ireland Soccer player Ray Treacy join Des to chat about the week's sporting action.
  
  
• Thursday 24th April
  Day 3 at Punchestown, our Ladbrokes.com/Intersky Falcon Competition finale, a look ahead to Munster Heineken Cup Semi Final and Phil Yeats live from the Snooker World Championship.
  
  
• Wednesday 23rd April
  Day 2 at the Punchestown Festival, Barcelona V Man Utd at the Nou Camp and a look ahead to the National League Finals with Seamus McEneaney & John O' Mahony.
  
  
• Tuesday 22nd April
  All the days' winners from Punchestown, Brian Carthy on the repercussions of last weekend's Dublin V Meath match and John Keith on Liverpool V Chelsea in the Champions League.
  
  
• Monday 21st April
  Journalist Tom Humphries, Mayo's Kevin McStay and Clare's Anthony Daly join Des to look back at a controversial weekend in the GAA.
  

Week 16

• Friday 18th April
  Mick Galvin, Tom Dempsey and Malachy Clerkin join Des to look ahead to the weekend's sporting action.
  
  
• Thursday 17th April
  Gareth Davies looks ahead to the Joe Calzaghe V Bernard Hopkins fight, the Liverpool FC boardroom crisis and Pat Nevin on Everton V Chelsea.
  
  
• Wednesday 16th April
  Roddy Forsyth on the mounting pressure on Celtic manager Gordon Strachan, Alastair Hignell on Martin Johnson's appointment as England Head Coach as well as Tommy Carr and Noodie Hughes on the GAA's Intercounty Charity Golf Tournament.
  
  
• Tuesday 15th April
  Gary Keegan and Boxer Darren Sutherland on Ireland's recent Boxing success, Greg Allen looks back at the US Masters and Ollie Canning on his return to Inter County Hurling.
  
  
• Monday 14th April
  Nickey Brennan on the GAA Congress, Nicky English on the weekend's action and Henry Winter on the Premiership Title Race.
  

Week 15

• Friday 11th April
  Ahead of this weekend's GAA Congress, Drivetime Sport is in Sligo and chats to Brian McEniff, Mark Conway and Liam Horan on the challenges facing the GAA.
  
  
  
• Thursday 10th April
  Greg Allen with the latest on the US Masters, the final installment of our Uachtarán Lúthchleas Gael series and Irish tennis great Sean Sorensen joins Des ahead of Ireland's opening Davis Cup match this weekend.
  
  
• Wednesday 9th April
  Pat Crerand on Manchester United's Champions League tie with Roma, Greg Allen & Barker Davis ahead of the start of the US Masters and we continue our series on the candidates for Uachtarán Lúthchleas Gael.
  
  
• Tuesday 8th April
  Champions League preview with George Hamilton and Turkish journalist Mehmet Demircan, Gabriel Egan chats to Des about Liam Brady's first press conference in his new role with the Ireland team and the first in our look at the candidates for Uachtarán Lúthchleas Gael.
  
  
• Monday 7th April
  Ex Munster player John Kelly on Munsters win over Gloucester in the Heineken Cup and Colm O' Rourke and Cyril Farrell on the weekend's GAA action.
  
  

Week 14

• Friday 4th April
  Ex Dublin Manager Tommy Lyons and journalists Vincent Hogan and John Brennan join Des to look forward to the weekend's sporting action.
  
  
• Thursday 3rd April
  Donal Lenihan and Rob Henderson look ahead to Munster's Heineken Cup Quarter final against Gloucester and Trainer Ted Walsh on the runners and riders at this year's Aintree Grand National.
  
  
• Wednesday 2nd April
  No Show
  
  
  
• Tuesday 1st April
  Davy Fitzgerald on his retirement from InterCounty Hurling, Seamus Duke Sports Editor of the Roscommon People on John Maughan resignation form the county team and Ray Houghton on tonight's Champions League ties.
  
  
• Monday 31st March
  Pat Spillane on the weekend's GAA action including the postponement of Armagh v Dublin and Des chats with the Shamrock Rovers 11 who played Brazil in a thrilling 7 goal bonanza 25 years ago.
  

Week 13

• Friday 28th March
  Ex Ireland International Paddy Mulligan along with journalists Ian O' Riordan and Colm Keys join Michael to look ahead to the weekends sporting action.
  
  
• Thursday 27th March
  Longford Manager Luke Dempsey on the Tommy Murphy Cup, Brian Maher ahead of his run at the World Cross Country Championships, Rounders, the little known GAA sport and the Three Legged Marathon runner.
  
  
• Wednesday 26th March
  The Art of Refereeing.... Rugby Referee Alain Rolland, Soccer Ref Alan Kelly and GAA Referee Pat McEneaney joined Michael Lyster to discuss the role of the Referee today.
  
  
• Tuesday 25th March
  'The State of Hurling Today' to discuss the topic Ex Clare manager Tony Considine, Ex Offaly manager Diarmuid Healy, Journalist Martin Breheny and National Hurling Co-Ordinator Paidí Butler join Michael Lyster.
  
  
• Monday 24th March
  No Show
  

Week 12

• Friday 21st March
  No Show
  
  
• Thursday 20th March
  Journalist Dave Kelly and Ex Irish International Victor Costello on Eddie O' Sullivan's resignation and Fr. Brian O' Sullivan and Paddy Agnew on the Clericus Cup in Rome.
  
  
• Wednesday 19th March
  A1 Grand Prix Driver Adam Carroll on his win in Mexico at the weekend, Irish Swimming Head Coach Keith Bewley and Irish Golfer Graeme McDowell all join Michael Lyster.
  
  
• Tuesday 18th March
  Ryle Nugent on Alan Gaffney's appointment to Leinster, Duncan Mackay on the problems facing the Beijing Olympics and Brian Carthy joins Michael Lyster to chat through the approval of GAA grants.
  
  
• Monday 17th March
  No Show

Week 11

• Friday 14th March
  Gold Cup Day at Cheltenham and David Humphreys and Emmet Byrne look ahead to the closing weekend of the Six Nations Championship.
  
  
• Thursday 13th March
  A look back at a bumper Day 3 at Cheltenham, the millionaire businessman hoping to rescue Longford Town and is the fairytale of Gretna FC over?
    
• Wednesday 12th March
  Brian Carthy on Árd Stiurthoir Pauric Duffy's first report, the day that wasn't at Cheltenham and how customising your runners can prevent injuries.
  
  
• Tuesday 11th March
  A look at the opening day of Cheltenham 2008, Eddie O' Sullivan and newly appointed Irish Captain Ronan O' Gara on the last six nations tie of the championship and ticket-text.ie.. a new service for all your match ticket needs.
  
  
• Monday 10th March
  John McCririck looks ahead to the Cheltenham festival, Welsh Rugby legend Ieuan Evans and Ireland's Marcus Horan reflect on Ireland V Wales at Croke Park and Cyrill Farrell on the weekend's Hurling action.  

Week 10

• Friday 7th March
  Ryle Nugent, Colm Murray and Michael Lyster join Des to look forward to the weekend's sporting action including the opening matches in the Eircom League and Ireland V Wales at Croke Park.
  
  
• Thursday 6th March
  Former Cork City manager Damien Richardson and RTÉ Radio 1 Soccer Commentator Gabriel Egan join Des ahead of the start of the new Eircom League Season.
  
  
• Wednesday 5th March
  Shamrock Rovers legend Mick Leech on his record breaking career, Bikram Yoga - The hottest Yoga in town (literally) and Kenny Cunningham on the Champions League.
  
  
• Tuesday 4th March
  Eddie O' Sullivan, David Wallace and Gareth Charles of BBC Radio Wales ahead of Ireland's Six Nations clash with Wales at Croke Park and Trevor Steven's preview of the Champions League.
  
  
• Monday 3rd March
  Kerry legend Paidí Ó Sé joins Des in studio as well as Greg Allen and Jerry Kiernan on disgraced athlete Cathal Lombard's win at the Inter Clubs Cross Country Championships.

Week 9

• Friday 29th February
  Olympic athlete Jerry Kiernan, former International boxer Mick Dowling and Director of Sport at DCU Brian Mullins join Des to chat about the sporting week and preview the weekend's action.
  
  
• Thursday 28th February
  Joining Des tonight Mark Scanlon, who recently completed 7 marathons on 7 continents in 7 months and The Daily Telegraph's Soccer Correspondent Henry Winter on Avram Grant's troubles at Chelsea.
  
  
• Wednesday 27th February
  Graham Anderson of the Sunderland Echo on why Liam Miller has been placed on the club's free transfer list, Kerry man Mick Fitzgerald on winning the President's Award and the Indian Cricket Players Auction explained.
  
  
• Tuesday 26th February
  Jockey Tony McCoy on his return to fitness and Simon Best on his retirement from international rugby as well as Ricky Nixon on why the AFL are now recruiting GAA players.
  
  
• Monday 25th February
  Des's guests include Marcus Horan on Ireland's win against Scotland in the Six Nations and Chris Waddle on Tottenham Hotspurs victory in the Carling Cup Final. 
  

Week 8

• Friday 22nd February
• Thursday 21st February
• Wednesday 20th February
• Tuesday 19th February
• Monday 18th February

Week 7

• Friday 15th February
• Thursday 14th February
• Wednesday 13th February
• Tuesday 12th February
• Monday 11th February

Week 6

• Friday 8th February
• Thursday 7th February
• Wednesday 6th February
• Tuesday 5th February
• Monday 4th February

Week 5

• Friday 1st February 
• Thursday 31st January
• Wednesday 30th January
• Tuesday 29th January
• Monday 28th January

Week 4

• Friday 25th January
• Thursday 24th January
• Wednesday 23rd January
• Tuesday 22nd January
• Monday 21st January

Week 3

• Friday 18th January
• Thursday 17th January
• Wednesday 16th January
• Tuesday 15th January
• Monday 14th January

Week 2

• Friday 11th January
• Thursday 10th January
• Wednesday 9th January
• Tuesday 8th January
• Monday 7th January

Week 1

• Friday 4th January
• Thursday 3rd January
• Wednesday 2nd January