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Leitir Mealláin's Thomas O'Toole will be in the ring on Friday week when he challenges for the WBA North American Boxing Association Super Middleweight Title in Medford, Massachusetts. 

Standing in his way is a top-class boxer in Jeremy Cullours who has a decent record of eight wins and two losses. 

O'Toole on the other hand, is unbeaten in fifteen professional fights and a win on the night will send him shooting up the World rankings. 

John caught up with Thomas at his training camp and they first spoke about Kevin Walsh's win over Michael Conlan as both are trained by the same guy in Marc Deluca. 

Portumna professional Sam Murphy has had an excellent start to the Alps Tour.

He won the Ein Open, the first event of the Tour and is currently fourth in the Order of Merit as they prepare for the next event, the Villa Paradiso Alps Open, with the first round on the 9th of April at the Villa Paradiso Golf Club in Italy.

Sam has been in Spain preparing and he spoke to John Mulligan.

He started by saying that he could not have started the season any better.

This evening, the Ardilaun Hotel in Galway will play host to a celebration of Kickboxing as Black Dragon celebrates 30 years in existence. 

Founded by Pete Foley in 1996, the club has produced numerous champions at national, European and World level. 

Eighteen fights will take place with the headliner being the clash of Corey O'Malley and Mateusz Oleksiak from Poland. 

Corey has just returned from Thailand with his girlfriend (and well-known Black Dragon fighter) Giulia Comini with both fighters producing big wins in the Far East. 

They also had their flights cancelled due to the war in the Middle East. 

Corey spoke to John Mulligan about the night but started by talking about what happened in Thailand. 

Mervue United chase a three-in-a-row of Connacht FA Boys under-18 Cup titles this Sunday (29th March 2026) when they meet Castlebar Celtic.

It's a repeat of the 2025 decider when Jack Kelly's goal gave the Galway team a 1-0 victory.

Leading up to the game, Mervue United assistant manager Steve Larkin has been chatting to Galway Bay FM's Darren Kelly.

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Kick-off at Moyne Villa, Headford on Sunday is 2.30pm.

BASKETBALL: Titans head coach Erin Bracken with Darren Kelly ahead of their Domino's National League play-off semi-final against Maree

BASKETBALL: Maree head coach Jason Killeen with Galway Bay FM's Darren Kelly ahead of their Men's Division 1 play-off against Titans

BASKETBALL: Maree vs Titans Division 1 Semi-Final Preview with Adrian O'Neill

Galway United are top of the SSE Airtricity League Women's Premier Division after two rounds before hosting Wexford this Saturday (28th March 2026).

Even though the Tribeswomen are four points clear of their opponents, they haven't beaten the Slaneysiders in regulation time in their last six meetings and were dethroned as All-Island Cup champions by eventual winners Wexford in 2025.

Midfielder Niamh Farrelly, who has represented the Republic of Ireland at all levels as well as winning league titles in Ireland and Scotland, joined Galway United last year and has been a regular in the starting team.  She joined up with Galway Bay FM's Darren Kelly on 'Over the Line' to look ahead to their next challenge.

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Kick-off at Eamonn Deacy Park on Saturday is 5pm.

FOOTBALL: Galway minor manager Cosmas Gilmore with Galway Bay FM's Tommy Devane after their Connacht MFC defeat to Roscommon

Galway suffered their first defeat of the 2026 Connacht Minor Football Championship at King & Moffatt Dr. Hyde Park as Roscommon ran out five-point victors on Friday (27th March 2026).

Mikey Mitchell struck a second-half goal for the Tribesmen, but they found themselves chasing the game after falling 0-8 to 0-2 down at half-time.

Galway Bay FM's match commentary team were Tommy Devane and Kevin O'Dwyer.

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Mayo beat Leitrim 1-17 to 2-11 in the other Round 2 fixture.  The results leave Galway sitting in second place on two points, two behind Roscommon.

Galway's next game is at home against Sligo on Friday, 3rd April.  Throw-in at Tuam Stadium is 6.30pm.