Episode 3008: Mona Medals, Wiffen Feels It In His Waters, Canadian Drones, Liffey Swimmers
Yes! Last night Sligo’s/Ireand’s/Our Mona McSharry claimed Ireland’s first medal of this Olympics, a feat that brought tears to her eyes and to lots of us watching. In doing so she became the first Irish swimmer to medal in the pool since that contested summer of 1996.
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We speak with author and Sunday Times journalist Michael Foley, who was there in La Defense Arena for that MONA-mentous moment in Irish sport, and we look forward to Daniel Wiffen’s attempt to join Mona on the medal table tonight.
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We also chat with Sligo nationalist and Canadian exile, Joe Callaghan, about Sligo being the centre of the sporting world and the ‘Drone-Gate’ spy story currently enveloping Canadian soccer.
Canada’s men’s and women’s soccer teams have relied on drones and spying for years, sources say
Coaching staff and contractors working with Canada’s men’s and women’s national soccer teams have been engaged for years in efforts to film the closed-door training sessions of their… pic.twitter.com/GuwijxTMNm
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