Episode 2991: Welcome To The Heimir Republic

Heimir Hallgrimsson is the new manager of the Republic of Ireland Men’s Squad.

After a long search which featured numerous runners and riders from Gus Poyet to Roy Keane to Gurban Gurbanov, Ireland finally has a new (permanent) football manager.

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— UEFA EURO 2024 (@EURO2024) March 4, 2020

Before tonight’s England v Netherlands Euros semi-final, Ken trawls the Press Room and grabs fellow Irishmen Gavin Cooney and Joe Callaghan for their immediate reaction to the news before getting a more intimate lowdown on the new Chief from the Guardian’s Nick Ames.

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