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Evergreen have reached the FAI Junior Cup Final for the third time after a 3–1 victory over Castlebar Celtic. They’ll play Coachford in the final after the Cork club beat Trim Celtic on penalties in the other semi final today.Ethan Phelan put Evergreen 1–0 up in the first half, before Xoli Stafford doubled the lead in the 72nd minute.Mark Cunningham pulled one back for the Mayo men with five minutes remaining, but within a minute Mikey Clifford struck to restore Evergreen’s two‑goal cushion and seal the win for the Kilkenny side.The game was broadcast live on KCLR Plus, thanks to Laharts Garage, Waterford Road.

Evergreen face Castlebar Celtic this Sunday at 1 in the FAI Junior Cup Semi‑Final, live on KCLR Plus thanks to Laharts Garage, Waterford Road.On this week’s Full Time, we looked ahead to the game with Evergreen manager Gary Maher. 

Carlow karate athlete Brian Keating made history when he won the Irish Martial Arts Committee Outstanding Senior Athlete of the Year award at the national ceremony in Dublin.His performances across 2025 and 2026 have set a new benchmark for Irish karate. Brian has enjoyed an exceptional run of results, including world titles both with Ireland and as an individual representing Carlow Karate Club.His younger brother Blake is also one to watch, and we’re likely to hear plenty more about him in the years ahead.Brendan Hennessy dropped in to chat with Brian about what’s coming next.

Former Liverpool and Ireland star Ray Houghton speaks to Harry Shorthose at the Carlow Soccer Awards.

Following the announcement of her dream retirement fight, Croke Park this September against Flora Pili, Katie Taylor dropped into KCLR studios on Saturday 6 June to talk about her journey to the fight, fight camp, and how she plans on getting her hand raised as a three-time undisputed champion.

All the reaction from Carlow’s TG4 Leinster Final win over Longford in Newbridge, following our live commentary on KCLR Plus, thanks to Dan Morrissey and Co.

Last weekend, Peter Lynch reclaimed the Irish marathon record with a fantastic run at the London Marathon.Before returning to his training camp, he dropped into the KCLR studio for a chat about his latest achievement and what he’s planning next.

This Sunday, Tullow RFC face Athy RFC in the Bank of Ireland Provincial Towns Cup Final in Edenderry.We’ll have full live commentary on KCLR Plus. Ahead of the big game, we visited the Blackgates to soak up the excitement and chat with some of those involved. We also caught up with the women’s team, who recently secured their All-Ireland League status with a play-off win over Shannon.This preview show is brought to you with thanks to Morrissey Minchin Solicitors, Bridge Street, Tullow — providing trusted legal advice and comprehensive client services, proudly supporting local while serving clients locally and nationally.

Celebrations continue as the connections of I Am Maximus who won a second Aintree Grand National. The Willie Mullins trained Paul Townend runner power home to take the victory. Let's hear now from Mullins and Townend but first let's remind ourselves how they won with the help of ITV Racing.A big thanks to Dave Keena for the interviews.

Rory McIlroy's become only the fourth golfer to retain the Masters title after winning by one shot. The defending champion carded a final round 71 to finish on 12 under-par - just ahead of world number one Scottie Scheffler at Augusta. He follows in the footsteps of Jack Nicklaus, Nick Faldo and Tiger Woods in securing green jackets in back-to-back years. Last year's runner-up Justin Rose was part of a group, including fellow Englishman Tyrrell Hatton, a stroke further back. Shane Lowry's final round 80 saw the former Open champion fall back to one-under-par.Carlow's Harry Ewing followed Rory around the course and joined us to discuss it. 

Tullow are through to the Bank of Ireland Towns Cup Final following their semi final victory over Naas over the weekend.The game was live on KCLR Plus thanks to New Moon Indian Restaurant Tullow, afterwards Brendan Hennessy spoke to players, coaching staff and some stalwarts of the club. At the time of publishing the final is due to take place in Edenderry on Sunday April 19th.

Ahead of Championship 2026 we hear from Carlow captain Mikey Bambrick along with Mayo's Aidan O'Shea, Armagh's Oisin Conaty and Kerry's Sean O'Shea.

Carlow win in Croke Park in football for the first time since 1971 and capture the division 4 title, hear all the reaction.Join us to get the reacction of Bernard and Willie along with Joe Murphy, Colm Hulton and Conor Doyle.

Carlow have secured promotion to division 3 following their 4-22 to 2-5 win over Leitrim in Netwatch Cullen Park.We went to Carlow to chat to Joe about completing part 1 of the 2026 mission and about what is coming next. Murphy is also part of the under 20 management team and they open their Leinster campaign on Wednesday night against Meath in Netwatch Cullen Park.

Carlow have been promoted to division 3 after a 4-22 to 2-5 win over Leitrim at Netwatch Cullen Park.They'll play Longford in the final at Croke Park next weekend.Hear all the reaction now on the KCLR Sport podcast.

Promotion is still in Carlow's hands despite today's 1-19 to 1-14 defeat to Longford at Glennon Brothers Pearse Park.Up next for Joe Murphy's side are home games against London on Saturday March 15th at 6 pm and then Leitrim at 1 pm on Sunday March 22nd. A win in either game is enough to earn a place in division 3 as well as a Croke Park showpiece.  The Carlow ladies winning streak continued beating Longford 4-16 to 3 points.  

All Star and former Mayo footballer Keith Higgins is now in charge of the counties under 20 side. At this weeks launch we caught up with him to chat about the new rules, coaching players with the new rules in mind and the emergence of Kobe McDonald.The under 20 championship begins for Carlow on Wednesday March 25th when they host Meath in Carlow, after that they play Longford in Longford before finishing their group with an away clash against neighbours Laois.

Kilkenny's Seanie Maguire scored twice as Cork City beat Wexford 4-1  in the first division.In the Premier division Thomastown's Colm Whelan started as Bohemians beat  Derry 1-0 at the Ryan McBride Brandywell.Elsewhere Jimmy Keohane captained Galway to a 1-all draw away to Shels, Shamrock Rovers beat St Pats 2-0 and Dundalk drew 1 all with Drogheda.Padraig Amond skippered Waterford as drew nil-all with Sligo Rovers, after the game Amond spoke to us as did Johnny Dunleavy.

Carlow made it 4 wins from 4 in the Allianz Football League over the weekend beating Waterford 1-26 to 15 points at Netwatch Cullen Park.It was also a great weekend for the Carlow Ladies who won a historic 5th match in a row beating Derry 2-12 to 1-7.Following Saturday's win Brendan Henessy got the reaction of Christopher Blake, Conor Crowley and Manager Joe Murphy.

It was a good Valentines weekend for the men's and ladies' footballers of Carlow with both teams maintaining their 100 percent records in the league.The men beat Tipperary 1-=17 to 1-14 in Semple Stadium while the ladies over4came Offaly 2-8 to 12 points in Kilcormac. The camogie team were unluck top miss out against Derry, losing by a point, that game will be covered by Camán Caint..

By the rime you listen to this the Electric Ireland Sigerson Cup for 2026 will be over but before the game Dublin legend James McCarthy and former AFL and Laois star Colm Begley joined us for an evergreen and forever relevant conversation on the benefits of college football, handling retirement and facing Carlow. 

Chris Blake kicked 8 points as Carlow beat Wicklow 1-15 to 2-9 in last night's Allianz League Division 4 encounter at Netwatch Cullen Park.It's a second win in a row for Carlow. After the game we got the reaction from the Carlow camp and from Wicklow boss Oisin McConville who spoke about the standard of officiating in division 4 !

Last week we spotted a story in the Carlow Nationalist about Edel Hayen, who is now in her 25th season with thew Carlow Ladies Footballers. We invited Hayden on the KCLR Sport show to have a chat about her long service to the county and what keeps her going.

On Sunday before Kilkenny played Offaly in the hurling league, we met Kilkenny minor football manager Eoin Hennessy for chat about the work he is doing with his young squad.

Carlow opened their Allianz League division 4 campaign with a 2-16 to 1-15 win over Antrim at the Rogers Casements club in Antrim. We had the game live on KCLR and afterwards Brendan Henessy got lots of reaction from players, management and analysts.

Carlow collected silverware last night beating Wicklow in the O'Byrne Shield Final. 2-13 to 1-7 the final score. The game was live on KCLR and our match commentator Brendan Hennessy got all the reaction.

Last week Carlow's Niall Culleton earned his spot on the PDC tour where he'll mix it with the best including Luke Littler, Luke Humphries, Gerwyn Price and Gian van Veen.We had a chat with Culleton about what lies ahead and his journey so far.

Carlow enjoyed a 2-15 to 3-9 win over Laois yesterday in the Dioralyte O’Byrne Shield semi final in Rathvilly. Ross Dunphy and Colm Hulton with the goals for Carlow. After the game we caught up with Carlow manager Joe Murphy and forwards Conor Doyle and Colm Hulton as well as Laois boss Justin McNulty. We also hear from Aaron Amond, Ciara Kavanagh and Bronagh Nolan who were winners at the Carlow GAA awards.

Colm Hulton scored 1-3 as Carlow beat Wexford 1-13 to 0-13 in the O'Byrne Shield quarter final at St Patricks GAA club in Tullow. It was a special night for Paddy Doyle from the host club St Pats who came off the bench to score the second last point of the game on what was his debut. Joe Murphy's side will now face Laois in the semi final this Saturday at 2 in Rathvilly and the game will be live on KCLR. We had live coverage of last nights match and afterwards our match commentator Brendan Hennessy spoke to some of those involved including the local hero.

Carlow will play Wexford at Brother Leo Park in Tullow on Wednesday night in the O’Byrne Shield. By coincidence that was the fixture that opened the refurbished ground in 1966! That’s a game you can hear live on KCLR Plus.Carlow lost 3-14 to 3-9 against Offaly yesterday in the O’Byrne Cup and Brendan Hennessy got reaction from both camps while Oisin got analysis with Wille Quinlan who also spoke about wider football issues for 2026.

Last week CK United were confirmed as one of the teams accepted into the FAI National League.The league will be the third tier of the League of Ireland and while it will be a truncated season with no promotion in 2026, it will be a full season to run alongside the first and premier divisions in 2027. That will include promotion and relegation as well as a place in Sports Direct FAI Senior Cup.CK United Sporing Director Shane Dunphy called into studio for a chat.

26 year old Lando Norris was crowned F-1 world champion for the first time last week.A third placed finish in Abu Dhabi enough for him to pip Max Verstappen to the title with Oscar Piastri third.Thomas Maher of Planet F-1.com has been speaking all about it with Donagh Maher.

After making a positive impact during his spell as interim Manager Joe Murphy has been handed thew reigns on a full-time basis.Their first competitive game with Murphy as full time manager takes place on Saturday January 3rd when Offaly come to Eire Og. Regardless of the result Carlow will have a game on Wednesday January 7th in the O'Byrne Cup or Shield and that will be held in Brother Leo Park in Tullow.Ahead of the new season we caught up with Murphy for a chat.

On Sunday Muckalee will look to win an AIB LGFA All-Ireland Junior Club Final for the very first time, in their way are Cromane from Kerry.The game is on in Parnell Park and is live on KCLR's Kilkenny frequency at 2pm.Ahead of the game we heard from both camps including Muckalee captain Clodagh Hanlon. 

Last week Paulstown Boxing Club’s Emma Keating won the All-Ireland Intermediate. We headed out to the boxing club in Paulstown and spoke to Emma and coach Nathan Cahill/

Muckalee have an AIB All-Ireland Ladies Club Final to look forward to following their 3-6 to 1-4 win over Galway's Menlough/Skehana in today's semi final.Yesterday Fighting Cocks reached a first ever Leinster Final with a 3-11 to 2-10 win over St Brigids in Longford, their manager Gary Nolan discussed that win and the upcoming final with us.

We may have had bigger wins, but it is hard to think of a more important one as Ireland end years of hurt by keeping the dream alive past the group stage of the World Cup qualifiers.Hear from Jayson Molumby and Heimir Hallgrímsson as well Kevin Kilbane, Keith Treacy, Stephen Finn, Kevin Doherty who all spoke to KCLR Sport on a day of days for Irish football 

Listen back to the 2025 Hurling for Cancer Research including interviews with a galaxy of stars from Irish sport including TJ Reid, Grace Walsh, Bernard Dunne, Lee Chin, Eddie Brennan, Eoin Cody, Huw Lawlor, Davy Russell, Gizzy Lyng, Liam Cahill, Liam Griffin, Joe Canning, Stephen Hunt, David Gough, Ollie Canning, Aisling O'Reilly,Martin Story, Larry O'Gorman, Mikey Fogarty,  Pa Horgan, Brian Carroll and Brian Cody.Commenray on the night came from Conor "Horse" Lawlor and Brendan Hennessy with Oisin Langan on the sideline. Live coverage of the gae on KCLR is with thanks to: All Stone Cut Granite Specialists in Tullow. allstone.ie

Sligo and Wexford are in the bowl for the Tailteann Cup quarter-finals. Alan McLoughlin scored 1-3 as Sligo overcame Carlow by 1-27 to 2-19 . Paddy Mc Donnell scored 2 goals for Sligo while Ross Dunphy once again excelled and was named Detail Menswear man of the match by Willie Quinlan. Sean Nolan's 2-3 helped Wexford to register a 5-23 to 2-21 victory against Antrim.After Carlow's exit Joe Murphy spoke to our match commentator Oisin Langan

Joe Murphy, Conor Doyle and Johnny Furey on Carlow's dramatic draw with Wexford in the Tailteann Cup. Plus, analysis from Maria Kinsella, Bernard Horohan and the great Tommy Murphy.

Carlow manager Joe Murphy has praised the attitude of his players following their Tailteann Cup win away to Fermanagh. Mikey Bambrick netted twice while John Murphy also grabbed a goal as the Leinster side overcame the Ernesiders. 3-18 to 2-18 the final score in Brewster Park. After the game KCLR got all the reaction from the management and players as well as our analyst Maria Kinsella. * this is taken from our live broadcast of the post-game reaction and includes what were then live score updates. 

Kilkenny City Harriers runner Peter Lynch broke the Irish Marathon record in Dusseldorf recently. The American based former St Kierans student dropped into studio to chat to us about the achievment and what his plans for the future are.

Next Sunday at 2 Carlow get their Tailteann Cup campaign underway when they face Fermanagh in Brewster Park, that’s a game that will be live on KCLR thanks to Dan Morrissey and Co. After that it’s games against Wexford and Longford. Last Friday Club Carlow held their Golf Classic and we headed up to Carlow Golf Club to chat to Carlow manager Joe Murphy.

The Chairperson of the Oireachtas Sports Committee says 'it's bananas' that in today's day and age there are rules forcing our camogie players to wear SKORTS. Labour's Alan Kelly has become the latest to have his say and he's inviting the Camogie Association to the Oireachtas Sports Committee to deal with the issue 'once and for all'. It follows yesterday's protest at the Leinster semi-finals when players were ordered to change after attempting to play in shorts. Kilkenny's Katie Power was amongst those players and earlier today she spoke to Oisin Langan.

Kilkenny minor football manager Eoin Hennessy on the work they are doing, Carlow boss Joe Murphy on jumping in mid-season, plus Sam Mulroy and Ethan Rafferty 

Darren Randolph on how he became a goalkeeper and that night against Germany. He also talks about how well Caoimhín Kelleher is doing at Liverpool.

Shane Curran and Aaron Amond on Carlows opening day draw with Tipp plus the post-match thoughts of Willie Quinlan and Bernard Horohan. The Carlow ladies were supposed to play this week but their game in Laois was postponed.

A look ahead to Carlow lades and men's league campaigns plus the national overview with The Irish Sun's Jason Byrne. 

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Step into the locker room and join us on Scoreline Extra! Our latest episode is a post-match extravaganza, featuring exclusive insights and reactions from the live games on KCLR this past weekend.🔊 Hear directly from the sidelines as Kilkenny manager Derek Lyng and Carlow Manager Tom Mullally break down the intense intercounty hurling clash that had fans on the edge of their seats.🏐 Carlow senior football manager Niall Carew and Wicklow boss Oisin McConville share their thoughts on the thrilling face-off that unfolded in the O'Byrne Cup Shield, giving you an insider's perspective on the action.🏆 Eire Og's Stryve A Final victory is dissected with manager Simon Rea and players, offering a behind-the-scenes look at their triumph and the elation that followed.🎉 Tinryland's joint captains take center stage after clinching the B Championship, revealing the dedication and teamwork that led to their success.🏑 Emma Manogue gives us a sneak peek into the future as she looks ahead to the Ashbourne Cup with Oisin Langan, providing an in-depth preview of the upcoming challenges and aspirations for the season.🎧 Subscribe now to Scoreline Extra on your preferred podcast platform