On this week's episode Adrian Eames and James O'Toole are joined by Kenny Cunningham, who looks ahead to the challenge facing the Republic of Ireland as they take on Portugal this Thursday night in the Aviva Stadium.

Cunningham is very critical of Manchester United's performance in the Manchester derby, while he also says Damien Duff's appointment as Shelbourne manager is a real positive for the League of Ireland.

In domestic affairs there's reaction to the weekend's games from Liam Buckley, Ruaidhri Higgins, Ollie Horgan and - most emphatically - Marc Bircham.

In the First Division promotion play-offs we hear from Bray's Gary Cronin and Galway manager John Caulfield.

And we speak to DLR Waves goalkeeper Eve Badana, the player of the match after her display against Peamount United at the weekend

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