The Stand with Eamon Dunphy is a current affairs, sport and culture podcast posting five or more episodes each week.
Editor and Presenter - Eamon Dunphy
As a former professional and international soccer player Eamon was capped 23 times for Ireland. He has been a writer and broadcaster for over 40 years and written five best selling books including an early memoir Only a Game?, U2’s biography Unforgettable Fire, Sir Matt Busby’s biography A Strange Kind of Glory, Roy Keane’s autobiography Keane, and most recently his own memoir, The Rocky Road.
As a newspaper columnist Eamon has written for a number of newspapers, most notably the Irish Daily Star and the Sunday Independent. He was a contributor to RTÉ’s soccer panel for 40 years and was the editor and presenter of the drivetime radio show The Last Word for five years in the newly established Radio Ireland (now Today FM). Eamon launched The Stand in November 2016.
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John Giles and Liam Brady join Eamon to review the final weekend of of the 2023/2024 Premier League season. Recorded on Monday 20th May 2024. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Suzanne Lynch talks to Eamon about the impact of the assassination attempt on the Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico. Also the European elections taking place in June and the anticipated rise of the far right. Suzanne Lynch is the Global Playbook Author and Associate Editor at POLITICO. Previously she was a correspondent in Washington, Dublin, Brussels. Recorded on Friday 17th May 2024. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Niall Stanage reports from Washington. Niall is Associate Editor for The Hill and White House columnist for that publication. Recorded on Thursday 16th May 2024. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Frank Connolly joins Eamon to talk about the Dublin Monaghan Bombings of 17th May 1974, 50 years ago this week. Frank is an investigative journalist and author.His most recent book, Conspiracy of Lies (2019), is set against the backdrop of the events of that day and the aftermath. Conspiracy of Lies has just been released as an audiobook, narrated by Stephen Rae, produced by Tom Lee with actors Liadh Connolly and Eoin Lynam playing the leading characters. Conspiracy of Lies is available at https...
Fionnán Sheahan joins Eamon to talk about RTÉ, the release of three recent reports (The Report by the Expert Advisory Committee on Contractor Fees, HR and Other Matters, the Report by the Expert Advisory Committee on Governance and Culture, and the Mazars Report into RTÉ’s use of its barter account). Also, GAA Go, and the future of the licence fee. Fionnán Sheahan is Ireland Editor for Independent.ie, The Irish Independent and The Sunday Independent. Recorded on Tuesday 14th May 2024. Hosted on ...
John Giles joins Eamon to talk about the Premier League title race. Recorded on Monday 13th May 2024. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Niall Stanage reports from Washington on student protests against Israel's war on Palestine, Joe Biden's response, and Donald Trump's interview with Time magazine. Niall is Associate Editor of The Hill and White House columnist for that publication. Recorded on Thursday 2nd May 2024. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Barcelona-based journalist Richard Fitzpatrick talks to Eamon about Real Madrid and what lies behind the continuing success of a great club. Recorded on Wednesday 1st May 2024. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Economist and commentator Chris Johns talks to Eamon. Recorded on Tuesday 30th April 2024. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dmitry Elovsky joins Eamon to talk about the the war in Ukraine and the impact of the US's $60 billion aid package to Ukraine. Also the silent war and how Europe is building its military capacity. Dmitry Elovsky is Chief Editor for the YouTube channel Khordorkovsky.Live . Before the war he was Deputy Editor-in-Chief for TV Rain in Moscow. He moved to Lithuania when the war began and independent media outlets including TV Rain were closed down across Russia. In early November 2023 Dmitry was incl...
John Giles joins Eamon to talk about the Premier League title race. Recorded on Monday 29th April 2024. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Niall Stanage reports from Washington on growing dissent from students critical of Joe Biden's handling of the Israel-Hamas conflict, Trump's criminal trial in New York, and the Trump immunity case before the Supreme Court. Niall is Associate Editor for The Hill and White House columnist for that publication. Recorded on Thursday 25th April 2023. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Economist and commentator Chris Johns joins Eamon to talk about the impact of war on the global economy and the vulnerability of Ireland's domestic and SME sector to decisions made in the US. Recorded on Wednesday 24th April 2024. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Senator Tom Clonan talks to Eamon about developments in Russia's war in Ukraine as the long-delayed military aid package was passed by the US Congress over the weekend. He also talks about what Ireland needs to do if it is to maintain its neutrality. Tom Clonan is a senator, security analyst, author and retired Irish Army Captain He was elected to the Senate in March 2022. Recorded on Tuesday 23rd April 2024. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
John Giles joins Eamon to talk about the Premier League, the FA Cup semi-finals, Leeds United, and VAR Recorded on Tuesday 23rd April 2024. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
John Gibbons talks to Eamon about the growing impact of global warming and the impact it will have on all our lives. John Gibbons is a Campaigning journalist on climate and the environment Recorded on Thursday 18th April 2024. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Frank Connolly joins Eamon to talk about the outcome of the Stardust Inquest. Four decades after the biggest fire disaster in the history of the State, the inquest jury found that all 48 of the young people who died at the Stardust nightclub were unlawfully killed. Frank Connolly is an author and investigative journalist. A Conspiracy of Lies: A Political Thriller - The Dublin Bombings, 1974 is his most recent book. Recorded on Friday 19th April 2024. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for m...
Niall Stanage talks to Eamon about jury selection at the Donald Trump criminal trial in New York, US Senate candidate Kari Lake who told supporters to ‘strap on a Glock’ before elections, and the challenges facing Speaker Mike Johnson as the aid for Ukraine vote heads to the House of Representatives. Niall Stanage is Associate Editor of the Hill and White House columnist for that publication. Recorded on Thursday 18th April 2024. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Economist and commentator Chris Johns talks to Eamon. Recorded on Wednesday 17th April 2024. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Senator Tom Clonan talks to Eamon about the threat of escalation of war in the Middle East as Iran launches attack on Israel and Israel prepares its response. Tom Clonan is a senator, security analyst, author and retired Irish Army Captain. In 1995, he deployed to South Lebanon as an officer commanding Irish troops under the UNIFIL mission in that country. Clonan's deployment to Lebanon coincided with the Israeli Operation Grapes of Wrath against Hezbollah. He was elected to Seanad Eireann in Ma...
John Giles joins Eamon to review weekend Premier League games. Recorded on Tuesday 16th April 2024. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Fionnán Sheahan talks to Eamon about Simon Harris's first week as Taoiseach. Fionnán is Ireland Editor for Independent.ie, The Irish Independent and The Sunday Independent. Recorded on Friday 12th April 2024. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Peter Oborne joins Eamon to talk about the Israel / Palestine war. Peter Oborne is a British journalist and broadcaster. He is author of The Fate of Abraham: Why the West is Wrong about Islam. He writes a political column for Middle East Eye and a diary column for the Byline Times. Recorded on Thursday 11th April 2024. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Niall Stanage talks to Eamon from Washington. Niall Stanage is Associate Editor of The Hill and White House columnist for that publication. Recorded on Thursday11th April 2024. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern joins Eamon to talk about the impact of Jeffrey Donaldson's resignation as leader of the DUP, the price of uniting Ireland, and challenges facing Simon Harris as he takes over as Taoiseach. Recorded on Tuesday 9th April 2024. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Professor Avi Shlaim spoke to Eamon last October following the 7th October attack by Hamas on Israel. Professor Shlaim is an author and Oxford historian of modern Middle East history. He is Emeritus Professor of International Relations at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of the British Academy. Of the many books he has written about the Middle East his most recent is Three Worlds: Memoir of an Arab-Jew, published earlier this year. Recorded on 16th October 2023. Hosted on Acast. See acast.c...
Liam Brady joins Eamon to talk about the Premier League title race and to remember Joe Kinnear who died on Sunday.. Recorded on Monday 8th April 2024. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Niall Stanage reports from Washington. Niall Stanage is Associate Editor and White House Columnist for The Hill. Recorded on Thursday 4th April 2024. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Economist and commentator Chris Johns talks to Eamon about the decline of the Tory Party. Recorded on Wednesday 3rd April 2024. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Patrick Bury talks to Eamon following the Israeli attack on the World Central Kitchen convoy and the attack on an Iranian consulate in Damascus. Also as the IDF withdraws from Al-Shifa Hospital. Dr Patrick Bury is a Senior Lecturer in Security at the University of Bath specialising in warfare and counterterrorism. He is also a former NATO analyst and army infantry captain. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
