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HURLING: Loughrea's Jamie Ryan with Galway Bay FM's Niall Canavan after their All-Ireland SHC semi-final win over Slaughtneil

HURLING: Galway Bay FM's Sean Walsh, Cyril Farrell and Andy Coen look back on Loughrea's All-Ireland SHC semi-final win over Slaughtneil

HURLING: Loughrea 2-22 Slaughtneil 0-15 (All-Ireland SHC Semi-Final commentary with Sean Walsh, Cyril Farrell, Andy Coen and Niall Canavan)

To celebrate Loughrea's Ciarán Fitzgerald entering the RTE Sport Hall of Fame on Saturday evening (20th December 2025), Galway Bay FM have opened the vault and delved back into the archives to pull out a special interview from April 2020.

The two-time Triple Crown winning captain (1982 and 1985) was the special guest on Monday's 'Over The Line,' during our Legends series that took place during the COVID-19 pandemic.

He chatted on the phone with Galway Bay FM's Gerry Murphy and George McDonagh.

RUGBY: Connacht head coach Stuart Lancaster with Galway Bay FM's William Davies after their URC defeat to Dragons

Three tries in the final 20 minutes dressed up the scoreboard in Rodney Parade on Saturday (20^th December 2025). However, Connacht still suffered a humiliating defeat to the Dragons, who picked up their first win in this season’s BKT United Rugby Championship.

Sean Jansen’s try salvaged a bonus point for the visitors to Wales, thanks to earlier five-pointers from Sam Gilbert and a Cian Prendergast brace.

Galway Bay FM’s match commentary team were Rob Murphy and William Davies.

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Connacht’s next game is at home to Ulster in the BKT URC next Saturday (27^th December).  Kick-off at Dexcom Stadium is 5.30pm.

The Glynn Cup between Galwegians and Corinthians will take place for the first time in 11 years on Sunday. Galwegians President Jody Greene, Corinthians President Fergal Leonard, and Grandson of Johnny Glynn, David Glynn, were in studio to chat to John Mulligan about Sunday's showpiece event.

Kickoff at Dexcom Stadium on Sunday is at 5:30 pm with live commentary on Galway Bay FM...

Seven weeks after being crowned back-to-back county champions, Loughrea chase a first appearance in Croke Park in 19 years this Sunday (21st December 2025) when they go up against Derry's Slaughtneil in the  AIB All-Ireland senior club hurling semi-final.

Both teams reached this stage 12 months ago but came up just one point short in their respective fixtures, and this game could define both clubs' seasons.

Leading up to the game, Loughrea manager Tommy Kelly has been chatting to Galway Bay FM's Niall Canavan.

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Throw-in at Parnell Park on Sunday is 1.30pm and we'll have LIVE coverage here on Galway Bay FM.

Galway City Harriers' Emma Moore made history on Wednesday (17th December 2025) when she broke the Irish indoor under-23 800m record in the National Sports Arena in Dublin, clocking a time of 2'2.39".

It also moved her to sixth on the all-time Irish senior indoor list, in a year where she also produced personal bests at 400m (55.41"), 600m (1'29.31") and with the 4*400m relay team at the European championships in Bergen (3'34.81").

After being hampered by injuries in recent years, she's back on track and competing in major championships with Los Angeles 2028 still the target.

Emma Moore chatted to Galway Bay FM's Darren Kelly on 'Over The Line.'

The Michael Byrne Cup got underway on Friday (19th December 2025) with two games.  

Two Aaron Molloy goals overturned the deficit as Maree-Oranmore beat Athenry 3-2 away; JJ Oifoh and Darragh Forde both struck twice in Moyne Villa's 8-2 victory over Corrib Celtic in  Headford.

Before those games concluded, Galway Bay FM's Mike Rafferty previewed this weekend's action on the domestic scene.