ON THIS week's podcast, Kieran caught up with Cork senior football manager John Cleary as the Rebels gear up for the 2026 National Football League.

Cork face into another campaign in Division 2, but before that there is the return of the McGrath Cup in early January.

Cleary is going into his fourth year as permanent Cork boss after he committed to another two-year term in the off season.

He chats about updates on the panel, getting used to the new rules and much more.

Also on the show, we react to the county championship draws for 2026 which were made this week.

Castlehaven, Clonakilty, Carbery Rangers, O’Donovan Rossa, Bandon and Kilbrittain are just some of the clubs that have West Cork derbies to look forward to next year.

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ON THIS week's podcast, Kieran caught up with Irish athletics legend and RTÉ reporter David Gillick to chat about his new book The Race: The Inside Track on the Ruthless World of Elite Athletics.

Gillick is well known to Irish sports fans and indeed West Cork sporting fanatics for his interviews he has done over the years with local athletes such as Phil Healy, Nicola Tuthill and Paul O’Donovan.

His new book was also named as part of the 2025 list of Ger McCarthy’s ten brilliant books guaranteed to entertain and delight sports fans.

You can purchase the book here or in all good book stores across the country.

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ON THIS week's podcast, we chat to Kilbrittain forward Bertie Butler after the club won the Munster Junior Hurling Championship title over Kilrossanty (2-17 to 0-9).

They became the first West Cork club to win a hurling provincial championship of any kind since 2005.

Butler himself scored 1-3 in the final while Mark Hickey got 1-9.

This has been a marvelous year for Kilbrittain, having won their seventh championship match on the spin in their hurling journey.

An All-Ireland semi-final is still to be played a week before Christmas so the magic may not be done yet and Butler, as shown in the interview, is thrilled.

Kilmacabea were another club to win silverware over the weekend as they saw off Donoughmore in the Junior A Football Championship county final, 1-14 to 1-7.

This has been a long time coming but finally the men from Leap and Glandore broke their duck and will be playing in the county Premier Junior Football Championship in 2026.

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