
Free State with Joe Brolly & Dion Fanning
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Free State podcast with @JoeBrolly1993 and @dionfanning out every Tuesday & Thursday
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"Cork have never recovered from Donal Óg Cusack's destruction of the morale in County Cork in general." Why you can't compare Mayo footballers and Cork hurlers, and Donal Óg's role in their downfall - new episode tomorrow, a look back on a disastrous day for Cork. #FreeState
Free State with Joe Brolly & Dion Fanning169,454 views • 1 year ago

The funerals of Diogo Jota and André Silva's in Portugal and the outpouring of grief in Liverpool highlighted the societal differences in the two country's according to Joe Brolly who was in Portugal to witness the quiet dignity of the community there. New episode tomorrow.
Free State with Joe Brolly & Dion Fanning155,173 views • 1 year ago

"I cannot believe you're advocating this. I am amazed that you think that" Do people who disagree with everything Charlie Kirk stood for need to observe a respectful silence or should they make their case now when it matters most? #FreeState
Free State with Joe Brolly & Dion Fanning49,797 views • 10 months ago

"...you tell me the difference between Nelson Mandela and Gerry Adams? What's the difference?" Things got heated as Dion and Joe discussed the legacy of Gerry Adams in the Peace Process in our latest episode 'Why Gerry Adams beat the BBC' Listen now, link below ⬇️
Free State with Joe Brolly & Dion Fanning60,852 views • 1 year ago

"That's what people misunderstand about loyal Ulster men - They don't take themselves in the slightest bit seriously and therefore their art and their culture is uniquely unsuited to... forensic analysis." Dion and Joe crack the code of the postmodern art of bonfire building.
Free State with Joe Brolly & Dion Fanning53,348 views • 1 year ago

"There's Twitter demand for it I believe..." Finally, Niall Stanage meets Free State with Joe Brolly & Dion Fanning as we dive into what it's like to cover the Trump White House, how the media engages with the presidency... and why Down hurling is so violent.
Free State with Joe Brolly & Dion Fanning45,418 views • 10 months ago

"I actually think maybe Fianna Fáil should come out and back Catherine Connolly. That would throw everybody. Just say we'll support Catherine Connolly and then try and claim it as their victory." How Jim Gavin came undone in the Nasty Rose of Tralee - episode out now
Free State with Joe Brolly & Dion Fanning40,221 views • 9 months ago

"That damned elusive Jimmy McGuinness" Joe has been getting updates on Donegal's whereabouts all week, as McGuinness shuts them off from the outside world but can anyone pin down the Scarlet Pimpernel of gaelic football? #FreeState new episode out now.
Free State with Joe Brolly & Dion Fanning41,904 views • 1 year ago

"You can't ask a man from Derry, you know, from a nationalist tradition, the nationalist tradition to wear a poppy." The brilliant football historian David Goldblatt on the Poppy Wars and how football explains so much of where England is today in society.
Free State with Joe Brolly & Dion Fanning34,440 views • 11 months ago

Joe doesn't ask for a lot - just a nice, tasteful acknowledgement on the side of the Kerry team bus if they win the All Ireland this year. Oh, and that pint that Jim McGuinness owes him for causing Mayo's downfall in the 2012 final. #FreeState
Free State with Joe Brolly & Dion Fanning36,742 views • 1 year ago