It’s MD -1 and England are in town (well, not yet but later they will be in north Kildare). Ken has spent the week cycling to and from Abbottstown but today with kick-off looming into view he takes the short trip to Lansdowne Road to hear from Irish Coach/Manager Heimir Hallgrímsson, who gets philosophical/confused by questions on excitement.

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Jack Pitt-Brooke, who is part of the English advance party, joins us in studio to talk about Lee Carsley’s journey, England’s B team and why they don’t seem to care about us anymore.

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Plus there’s McClean memories, Irish DNA, aggression + betrayal = Irish success, San Marino football tourism, and Frances Murphy tells us, via her son, what she will be watching this weekend.

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