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HURLING: St. Raphael's manager Francis Forde with Galway Bay FM's Darren Kelly ahead of their Connacht PPS Senior A Final against Presentation Athenry

HURLING: St. Raphael's manager Francis Forde with Galway Bay FM's Darren Kelly ahead of their Connacht PPS Senior A Final against Presentation Athenry

HURLING: Presentation Athenry joint manager Gary Moroney with Galway Bay FM's Darren Kelly ahead of Connacht PPS Senior A Final against St. Raphael's

Presentation Athenry are the defending Connacht champions and are chasing a 14th title overall.  Joint manager Gary Moroney, who oversees the side along with Mike Finn and Ronan Badger, has been chatting to Galway Bay FM's Darren Kelly.

HURLING CHAT with Sean Walsh, David Burke and Niall Canavan (4th February 2026)

Our special guest this week on Hurling Chat is 2017 All-Ireland winning Captain David Burke. (4th February 2026).

David firstly reviews Galway’s League defeat to Cork before looking back on his illustrious career:

• Progress made by Galway to date in National League
• Cork’s greater experience and physicality proved important
• A style of play emerging, though Galway now need results, & the championship beckons
• David looks back on his Galway career from his debut in 2010
• Winning the All Ireland to becoming Galway’s record championship appearance holder
• How being Captain and a leader wasn’t a burden
• His outstanding Club career which yielded 8 County medals and 2 All Ireland titles
• Fighting back from a Cruciate injury and what the future holds

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Tune into Hurling Chat, Galway Bay FM's weekly Hurling Podcast available each Wednesday.

RUGBY: Ireland XV head coach Cullie Tucker with Galway Bay FM's William Davies ahead of facnig England XV

 

Head Coach Cullie Tucker has named the Ireland XV Match Day Squad for Friday night's clash against England 'A' at Thomond Park (Kick-off 7.15pm, live on Premier Sports).

Connacht's Billy Bohan has been named at prop in a front row that contains Gus McCarthy and Scott Wilson, while Charlie Irvine and Fineen Wycherley are behind them.

Cullie Tucker has been chatting to Galway Bay FM's William Davies.

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On the bench, Connacht are represented by Jack Aungier, Paul Boyle, Matthew Devine, Cathal Forde and Sean Jansen.

Glenamaddy Community School Manager after All-Ireland Semi-Final Victory over Pobailscoil Ghaoth Dobhair

Manager of the Glenamaddy Community School Junior Girls Team, John Kennedy, spoke to Galway Bay FM's John Mulligan after a 5-2 victory over Pobailscoil Ghaoith Dobhair in the All-Ireland semi-final played at the Showgrounds in Sligo on Tuesday afternoon.

Glenamaddy Community School 5 Pobailscoil Ghaoith Dobhair 2 Match Report by John Mulligan

John Mulligan reports from The Showgrounds as Glenamaddy Community School qualified for the FAI All-Ireland Post Primary Schools Girls Junior B Final after a 5-2 victory over Pobalscoil Ghaoth Dobhair in their semi-final on Tuesday afternoon.

OVER THE LINE: Hurling, Football and Rugby on Monday, 2nd February 2026

In the second hour, George was joined by Andy Coen to chat about the Galway senior hurlers defeat to Cork; by Jason Byrne to look back on Galway footballers and their win over Armagh; and William Davies to chat about Connacht beating Zebre and the Six Nations.

OVER THE LINE: Galway United preview from Monday, 2nd February 2026

With just four days to go to the start of the SSE Airtricity League Men's Premier Division, Galway Bay FM's George McDonagh hosted a special Galway United preview on Monday (2nd February 2026).

Mike Rafferty, Derek Rogers, Cian O'Connell, Ollie Neary, Jonathan Higgins and Sean Carley all joined George to look ahead to a massive season for the club.

2026 Corrib Oil Internation Rally winning Co-Driver Noel O'Sullivan

The 2026 Galway International Rally winning co-driver, Noel O'Sullivan, spoke to Gerry Murphy...

Callum Devine Galway International Rally Winner

Gerry Murphy speaks to the 2026 Corrib Oil Galway International Rally winning driver, Callum Devine...