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Órla O’Leary back on the hot seat ,hear from Pico Lopes the man that gave Ireland a sense of belonging in this years World Cup! GAA, boxing and lots more on the big red bench!

Ruairi tries to make sense of Cork's big defeat to Galway. We hear from Ben O'Connor towards the end of the show, and Galway's Tom Monaghan. Also Cork minor boss Keith Ricken looks ahead to their All Ireland Final with Tyrone

Ruairi chats to Fota Island Golf Club's David Howard on his incredible achievement of qualifying for The Open Championship at Royal Birkdale.

Cork face defending Electric Ireland All-Ireland minor football champions Tyrone in this year's final at St Conleth’s Park in Newbridge with a 2pm throw-in on Sunday.The Big Red Bench's Ger McCarthy spoke to Cork minor manager Keith Ricken ahead of the big game.

Cork face reigning TG4 All-Ireland LGFA senior football champions Dublin in a quarter-final at Parnell Park on Saturday evening at 7:30pm.In a repeat of last year's All-Ireland quarter-final which was won by the Dubs, Cork will start as underdogs but hope to cause an upset and book a semi-final place.Ahead of that game, the Big Red Bench's Ger McCarthy spoke to Cork senior manager Joe Carroll. 

Melanie Browne bringing you all the best sporting action from Cork and further afield!A real rebel focused show, as we hear from Cork LGFA U16 manager Ioannis O'Connell after his sides semi final defeat, Cork boxer Callum Walsh, and lots of GAA and LGFA action !

Ruairi is in the hot seat on a disappointing day for the Cork footballers - we get reaction from Croke Park from the Rebels and from Mayo, and Ger McCarthy gives us his expert opinion. Also, Cork camogie star Amy O'Connor, Ruairí Keating and Barry Robson on Cork City's win over Bray, and we talk softball with the Cork Bandits.

Cork boxer Callum Walsh talks to Ruairi about his next bout on the Zuffa Boxing Card in the 3Arena in Dublin in August. Tickets are available on TicketMaster https://www.ticketmaster.ie/zuffa-boxing-10-dublin-08-08-2026/event/180064D3E56E7339

Ronan Fox from Blackwater Triathlon Club looks ahead to the big event they are hosting in Fermoy on Sunday, the Blackwater Triathlon.

The Cork Bandits softball team are getting a foothold in Cork and are looking for new players to join their team. Ruairi caught up with Cindy McGrellis and Grace Hall from the Bandits to talk about the sport, and how they're trying to grow the game in Cork.

Cork Under 16A LGFA boss Ioannis O'Connell talks to RedFM's Ger McCarthy ahead of tomorrow's All Ireland Championship semi final against Kildare.

Cork camogie star Amy O'Connor talks to Ruairi about their year so far, and preparing to face Waterford on Sunday.

Melanie Browne with another edition of the Big Red Bench.Plenty of reaction from Corks MASSIVE win over Offaly in the All Ireland Hurling Quarter Finals plus Ger McCarthy chats to John Cleary as they await the draw for their Senior Football Quarter Final.

Cork head boss Ben O' Connor chats to Ger McCarthy after his sides convincing 6-25 to 2 - 11 quarter final win over Offaly

Melanie Browne and Ger McCarthy discuss Cork's win over Offaly and look ahead at what awaits in the semi final clash against Galway

Glen Rovers man and Cork senior hurler after a 6-26 to 2-11 win over Offaly

Cork defender Sean O Donoghue speaks to Ger McCarthy after Corks 6-25 to 2-11 victory over Offaly, securing their semi final place.

Dan Casey was in the hotseat for a jam packed Big Red Bench. Plenty of preview for Cork v Offaly, we hear from Liam White of Midland's 103 as well as Cork captain Darragh Fitzgibbon

Dan was joined by Midland's 103 Sports Reporter Liam White to chat about Cork's clash with Offaly in Semple Stadium tomorrow

Cork boss John Cleary chats with Ger McCarthy about the superb win over Donegal, and looks ahead to Monday's All Ireland quarter finals draw.

Ruairi catches up with Simon Grayson, former Leeds United and Preston North End boss, about the work he's doing with Cork City behind the scenes as an advisor.

Melanie Browne with another jam packed Big Red Bench.Plenty of reaction from the MASSIVE Cork win over the weekend, and lot's lots' more !

Dan Casey was joined in studio by Simon Healy and Jake Keating to chat about the Gaelic football charity initiative

The two Big Red Bench presenters decided to dissect Cork's loss to Limerick in the Munster hurling final

Dan Casey was lucky enough to be running the show on an incredible day for Cork football

Dan Casey was joined by Off the Ball's Jonathan Higgins to chat after Cork's historic win over Donegal in Ballybofey!

Cork boxer Spike O'Sullivan joins us to say he wants to fight Muhammad Ali's grandson, Nico Ali, on the undercard of Katie Taylor v Flora Pili at Croke Park. Muhammad Ali fought in Croke Park in 1972 when he defeated Alvin Lewis - and Spike says there would be a certain poetry in him facing Ali's Grandson at the same venue 54 years later.

Katie Taylor, and her manager Brian Peters, dropped by the RedFM Studios this morning to talk to KC and Ruairi about fighting in Croke Park, her country wide press tour, Flora Pilli and much more.

Órla O’Leary back in the hot seat today with reaction from cork hurler’s manager Ben O’Connor after today’s 1 point defeat to the treaty county in the Munster hurling championship final. Also hear from Adam Sweeney Ireland’s youngest person to summit Mount Everest! And lots more!!

Speaking to Órla O’Leary, Adam just aged 22 climbed to the top of mount everest! He speaks about his training prior, how he managed on the mountain , a "luxury" item he missed during the climb and speaks lots lots more about his experience!!

Orla O Leary back on the big red bench with plenty of talk about tomorrow's munster hurling final, Irish WNT interviews and lots more!!!

Órla O’Leary with exclusive interviews after last night’s game in Páirc Uí Chaoimh with Amber Barrett who scored the winner! Kyra Carusa with the opening goal and Megan Campbell retired Irish national known for her canons as arms with her very long throw ins and currently Liverpool U21 Assistant Coach!

Munster greats Alan Quinlan and Fiona Hayes join Off The Ball's Ruairi O'Hagan to look back on the URC quarter final defeat to the Bulls, to reflect on the season as a whole, and to look ahead to the next campaign.Subscribe to The Rugby Channel for new episodes every week! #TheRed78The first twenty minutes of this week's podcast is unlocked, but to listen to the full podcast, get on over to the Go Loud app, or become a member at offtheball.com/join

Órla O’Leary back in the hot seat today with all things GAA ,soccer ,Oisin Brady kick-boxer and lots more!

Órla O’Leary speaks to Oisin Brady -20 years old and from Castletownbere who is an elite kickboxer and appears on ITV -Oisin talks about his fight coming up on June 13th in Olympia theatre in Liverpool ,his very intense training ,his lovely cousin Oisin and how he represents him and lots more!

Was brilliant to speak to the Cork Hurling Pod as the two lads look back at the year so far as well as looking ahead to the clash with Limerick in the Pairc

Dan Casey in on the Big Red Bench. We talk Cork hurling, Cork City, Kit Con and everything in between!

With Kit Con taking place at the Marina Market this weekend, Kit Con founder Paul Behan talks to Ruairi about the surge in popularity of retro jerseys and retro jersey collecting, and why you can't beat the real thing.

On this week's episode of The Red 78, Munster greats Alan Quinlan and Fiona Hayes, and Off The Ball's Ruairi O'Hagan look ahead to Saturday's URC quarter final with the Bulls. The first twenty minutes of this week's podcast is unlocked, but to listen to the full podcast, get on over to the Go Loud app, or become a member at offtheball.com/join

Republic of Ireland striker Saoirse Noonan talks to Ruairi at her old school, Scoil Nicolais in Frankfield, and looks ahead to Ireland's game with the Netherlands in SuperValu Pairc Ui Chaoimh next week, and facing Rangers in the Cup Final on Sunday.

RedFM's Ger McCarthy speaks to Cork's Mark Coleman ahead of Sunday week's Munster final with Limerick.

Melanie Browne with plenty of hurling and football reaction as both Cork codes victorious over the weekend.While the running bug sweeps up Cork City, as we are a week out from the 2-26 Analog Devices Cork City Marathon

Mel was chatting to Evelyn Twomey, first Female home in the 2025 Analog Devices Cork City Marathon.Evelyn ran an amazing 2.54.30, but has a refreshing approach to racing and the mental side of running.

What an incredible win for Cork, as they defeated Meath in Pairc ui Rinn. A tremendous performance from the Rebels saw them win an absolute epic, winning 0-30 to 1-24 - and they had 14 players for the last 20 minutes after Colm O'Callaghan was shown a red card.Ger McCarthy was there for The Big Red Bench, and spoke to boss John Cleary, and players Maurice Shanley, Rory Maguire and Chris Óg Jones.

Dan Casey was back with another installment of the Big Red Bench and he can barely contain his excitement at the Cork v Meath football game, we also look ahead to Cork v Clare in Pairc Ui Chaoimh

Irish wheelchair rugby superstar Alan Dineen joined us on the show today to talk about him heading off to Spain for the European Wheelchair Rugby championships!!!

On Sunday, May 24th, Round 5 of the Munster GAA Hurling Senior Championship sees Cork taking on Clare at SuperValu Pairc Ui Chaoimh with a 4pm throw-in.Ahead of what promises to be a cracking encounter, Ben O'Connor spoke to RedFM's Ger McCarthy.

Red FM's Ger McCarthy speaks to Cork football boss Ger McCarthy ahead of Saturday's clash with Meath in the All Ireland Football Championship.

Off The Ball's Ruairi O'Hagan is joined by Munster greats Alan Quinlan and Fiona Hayes to talk about the win over the Lions that sees Munster finish 5th in the URC table, and sets up a quarter final clash away to the Bulls.

Ger McCarthy was at Páirc uí Rinn as Cork won an epic battle against Kerry in the Electric Ireland Munster Minor Football Championship final, the Rebels winning by two points after extra time.Afterwards, Ger spoke to :0.30 Cork minor boss Keith Ricken4.55 Cork coach Maurice Moore7.22 Cork player Tom Whooley8.20 Kerry moss Marc Ó Sé