The 42FM

Gavin and Sinead discuss what happens when a totemic leader reaches the end.

Should they be kept close to the team, or even be given a bespoke role like Johnny Sexton? Or is a clean break as in the ca…

Was Katie Taylor the just winner of last night’s fight for the ages with Amanda Serrano?

Was the majesty of Taylor-Serrano II diminished by its staging as part of a farcical event featuring Jake Paul …

Why are Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano fighting on the undercard of the ‘freakshow’ that is Mike Tyson versus Jake Paul?

Gavin Cooney and Sinead O’Carroll are joined from Dallas by Gavan Casey, and t…

WITH IRELAND KICKING off their November rugby internationals against New Zealand on Friday night, Gav and Sinéad debate the extent to which Ireland can really be called Rugby Country. Is rugby really…

AS THE LEAGUE of Ireland season draws towards its nerve-shredding final day, Gav and Sinead discuss the boom in popularity of domestic football.

Why have crowds increased so significantly this decade?…

There is an election on the horizon - even though the government won’t tell us when it will be.

Whenever the official election campaign swings into action, though, it’s a near-certainty that no politi…

GAA president Jarlath Burns last weekend floated the possibility that inter-county GAA managers could be put under regularised contracts, which brought back to the surface a persistent talking point …

Sinead O'Carroll and Gavin Cooney discuss whether Israel could face sporting sanctions.

The pair examine why Israel has been judged differently than Russia by sporting bodies so far.

They question wher…

Gavin and Sinéad are back for the second episode of The 42FM and they aren't alone!

This week, Murray Kinsella drops into the studio to discuss the journey that Irish women's rugby has taken to get to…

Today we launch a new podcast, The 42FM with Gavin Cooney and Sinéad O’Carroll.

Building on the success of Olympics Daily with Cooney & O’Carroll, The 42FM will zoom out on the biggest sports story of…

Cooney & O'Carroll are back!

Off the back of their incredible success with Olympics Daily, Gavin Cooney and Sinéad O'Carroll are back with brand-new podcast The 42FM, an epic handshake between The Jou…

Here it is then, the final episode of of Olympics Daily: Paris 2024.

Gavin and Sinead gather at the mics for one last time, mainly because the longer they talk the longer they can convince themselves …

And it must come to an end. Gav and Sinéad report from Ireland's final two events at Paris 2024 - an incredible fifth Olympics for Fionnuala McCormack and a sensory blitzkrieg from the velodrome.

They…

So close! The brilliant 4x400m women's relay team finished fourth in the Olympic final after running a national record. The quartet were devastated talking to journalists afterwards, and Sinéad and G…

The country watched on as Rhasidat Adeleke came fourth in a world final for the second time. Sinéad and Gav were in Stade de France to witness the 21-year-old's disappointment as she fell short of he…

Gavin bagged a media ticket to watch the USA’s star-spangled basketball team and reports back from their stunning comeback win against Serbia, which earned them a spot in Saturday’s gold medal match …

Rhasidat Adeleke has made history by qualifying for an Olympic sprint final, but she admitted afterwards it was a “messy race” that leaves a lot of things to fix for Friday’s final. Gavin reports fro…

Kellie Harrington has done it: she has become the first Irish Olympian to successfully defend their title since, well, Friday. Let’s say she’s only the second to do it since 1932. Gav and Sinead were…

Gav and Sinead were both there to witness Rhasidat Adeleke’s comfortable victory in her first run at the Olympic Games. What does the time and result mean for her medal hopes? Is it time to get very …

Sinead reports back from the final act of Ireland’s miracle Olympic week: a bronze medal for Daniel Wiffen in the 1500m freestyle. But was he a little disappointed with it? And even if he was, does i…