The latest episode of The Players’ Voice features Derry’s Conor Glass. During this conversation, Conor reflects on lessons he learned from his experience as a professional athlete in the AFL. He talks about how working with a sports psychologist helped improve both his performances and wellbeing. The Glen clubman also discusses how Derry have rebui…

The latest episode of The Players Voice features Cork’s Amy O’Connor. Fresh from captaining the Rebel county to the All-Ireland title and winning an All-Star, Amy sat down to reflect on a memorable year and some of the lessons learned along the way. She talked about what it was like to score 3-7 in the 2023 All-Ireland final, including a hat-trick …

The latest episode features former Galway player Alan Kerins. Back in 2001, Alan Kerins had the rare experience of playing in both the All-Ireland football and hurling finals but since then his impact has stretched far beyond the playing field. Through his charity work, Alan has raised millions of euro that has saved and changed thousands of lives …

The latest episode of The Players Voice features Dublin’s Ciarán Kilkenny. The Castleknock clubman talks about life as a teacher, setting up a Yoga business and the importance of trying new things. He chats about his search for sport/life balance and lessons learned from pushing himself too hard. Ciarán also looks back on the high of recapturing th…

The latest episode of The Players Voice features Dublin’s Lauren Magee. During this conversation, Lauren explains why Dublin's All-Ireland victory in 2023 was the sweetest of them all. She discussed how much she benefited as a person from taking a break to go traveling and what she learned from her experience in the AFLW. Lauren also opens up about…

The latest episode of The Players Voice features Kerry’s Martin Stackpoole. The goalkeeper joined host Alan O’Mara to open up in great detail about his gambling addiction and his recovery. Martin talks about his struggle to reach out for help, what he learned from spending time in a treatment centre and how much he is enjoying living life on his ow…

Welcome to the latest episode of The Players Voice - where this week we are joined by Down’s Fionnuala Carr. During this chat, Fionnuala opens up about the highs and lows of running her own business, MarVal Power. She talks about applying the ‘next ball’ mentality she learned in sport to business, as well as dealing with self-doubt and building con…

Welcome to the latest episode of The Players Voice - where this week we are joined by Kildare goalkeeper Mary Hulgraine. During this powerful and insightful conversation, Mary reflects on her well-being journey and recovery from alcohol and drug addiction. She talks about the importance of accepting help and shares some of the highs and lows of lif…

Welcome to the latest episode of The Players Voice - where this week we are joined by New York goalkeeper and former Down player, Mick Cunningham. One of the heroes that helped the exiles to their first ever win in the Connacht GAA championship earlier this year, Mick tells us why he moved to New York in the first place and how it has helped him to…

Welcome to the latest episode of The Players Voice - where this week we are joined by Clare camogie star Chloe Morey and former Tyrone player Gemma Begley, who is now the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion manager with the Gaelic Players Association. During this chat, Chloe and Gemma outline why female inter-county football and camogie teams will pl…

Welcome to the latest episode of The Players Voice - where this week we are joined by Cora Staunton. During this chat, Cora shares how she is managing the transition out of her 6 year spell as a professional athlete in the AFLW. Cora tells us about her work as part of the Galway camogie management team this season and her passion for mentoring, lea…

The latest episode of The Players Voice features Kildare hurler James Burke. During this chat, the 2022 Christy Ring Player of the Year opens up about how bacterial meningitis once turned his whole world upside down. Contracting the rare but deadly infection was a life threatening experience, and James shares some of the unexpected lessons and pers…

This is the second part of our mental health special on The Players Voice with Antrim hurler Domhnall Nugent. Having struggled with addiction to alcohol and cocaine, Domhnall Nugent spent three months in residential rehabilitation. He is now an addiction facilitator with Cuan Mhuire and the founder of Let’s Face It.In this episode, Domnhnall and ho…

The latest episode of The Players Voice features Antrim hurler Domhnall Nugent. Having struggled with addiction to alcohol and cocaine, Domhnall spent 3 months in residential rehabilitation. He is now an addiction facilitator for Cuan Mhuire and the founder of Let’s Face It, where he releases his own weekly podcast.This conversation is a two-part m…

The latest episode of The Players Voice features two Cork legends, Orlagh Farmer and Orla Finn. This is a special conversation between the best of friends as they look back on the journey that saw them grow together as both players and people. The pair were part of multiple All-Ireland winning campaigns - including the 6 in row teams from 2011 to 2…

Dublin All-Star and All-Ireland winner Leah Caffrey joins The Players Voice for a wide-ranging conversation about life on and off the field. Leah spoke to us from Ballymaloe Cookery School, where she is currently navigating a significant career change and challenging herself to be much more than just a footballer. She also talks about the highs of …

Antrim All-Star Jane Adams joins The Players Voice this week to reflect on important lessons in life, sport and business. In this wide-ranging conversation with host Alan O’Mara, Jane shares her journey to self-acceptance and happiness, after initially struggling to accept that she was gay. Jane highlights how resilience, courage and adaptability h…

Louth captain Sam Mulroy joins The Players Voice to talk about life, leadership and legacy. Sam chats to Alan O’Mara about trying to create meaningful change in Louth, his take on the role of a captain and how growing off the field as a person has helped to make him a better player. He looks back on his struggles to find purpose and direction in li…

Welcome to The Players’ Voice - a podcast brought to you by the Gaelic Players Association in collaboration with Real Talks. For the first episode of 2023, our host Alan O’Mara was joined by Tyrone’s All-Ireland winner and All-Star goalkeeper, Niall Morgan. During the conversation, Niall talks about the challenge of juggling family, sport and caree…

Welcome to this very special episode of The Players Voice, a podcast brought to you by the Gaelic Players Association in collaboration with Real Talks.2022 has been an incredible year for The Players Voice and our 20 episodes were streamed all over the world. The Players Voice will be returning in 2023 but before we look forward to next year, we wa…

For the twentieth and final episode of The Players Voice series this year we were joined by Limerick’s Barry Hennessy. The multiple All-Ireland winner opens up about his eating disorder and mental health challenges. Barry also reflects on Limerick’s recent dominance of the All-Ireland hurling championship, provides fascinating insights into his rel…

Host Alan O’Mara gets inside the mind of Lee Keegan on this week’s episode. The Mayo legend reflects on his GAA journey to date and explains how becoming a father has widened his perspective in both sport and life. Lee talks about the frustration of appearing in, but not winning any, of his 7 All-Ireland final appearances and chats about his plans …

We are delighted to welcome Limerick’s Dan Morrissey onto the podcast this week. Dan chats to our host, Alan O’Mara, about what it has been like to win four of the last five All-Ireland Hurling championships and shares his journey on and off the field. [Text Wrapping Break]He also discusses the role of sports psychology, the importance of belief an…

This is the second part of a two part interview with Offaly legend Niall McNamee. Here he opens up about life in recovery from gambling addiction and how he has maintained his well-being since his last bet almost 11 years ago. Niall also discusses how he uses his own struggles to help other people in difficulty and the rise of problem gambling in s…

On the podcast this week is Niall McNamee, who has been one of the most dangerous and consistent forwards in Gaelic Football since making his Offaly debut in 2003. In part one of this two-part interview, Niall reflects on his sporting career to date, why he came out of retirement after one season away from the inter-county game and whether he plans…

Ashling Thompson was a key figure on the Cork camogie team that won four All-Ireland’s in the last decade and she also lifted the O’Duffy Cup as captain in 2015. She explains why she is still so driven to return Cork back to the promised land after back to back All-Ireland final defeats and describes the pain she has been feeling since the final wh…

Our host, Alan O’Mara, is joined this week by Tipperary’s Aishling Moloney. Since breaking on to the inter-county scene in 2017, Aishling has become one of the most feared forwards in gaelic football. She was a key player on the Tipperary ladies’ football team that won 2 Intermediate All-Ireland titles and was voted Player of the Year in 2019.Unfor…

Our host Alan O’Mara is joined this week by Cork’s Patrick Horgan. 2022 was a year to remember for the 34-year-old, as he became the top scorer of all-time in the hurling championship and a dad for the first time. Horgan explains why he is determined to continue playing for Cork next season. He also discusses how the game still finds new ways to ch…

Conor McDonald’s rise to the top level of inter-county hurling was meteoric. In 2013, when most people his age were worried about the leaving cert, Conor was already living his dream having played for the Wexford minors, u21s and then the senior team in the space of a few short weeks. He was just 17 when he made his senior debut. He won three Leins…

Vikki Wall speaks about how her life has changed since she became an All-Ireland champion and how adaptability, trust and vulnerability were at the heart of Meath’s success.She also discusses the verbal abuse she has received over the years, her search for sport/life balance, and how much she is looking forward to becoming a professional athlete la…

Our host Alan O’Mara is joined on the podcast this week by Lisa O’Rourke.On May 19, O’Rourke captured the hearts of the nation when she picked up the gold medal in the light middleweight division at the World Boxing Championships in Turkey.This was the 20 year old’s first ever appearance at the world championships but she is anything but an overnig…

We were joined this week by Colm Begley of Laois, who officially announced his retirement from the inter-county game. Colm made his senior debut in 2005 but life soon took him in a very different direction. That direction was Down Under, when he secured a professional contract with Australian Football League team Brisbane Lions. Colm’s rise through…

We are joined this week by Aisling Maher. Aisling is a respected leader on the Dublin camogie team, an All-Star, an artist, a member of the GPA’s LGBTQ+ working group and the co-founder and CEO of Mooze Vegan.She talks about the importance of living an authentic life, her experience coming out to family, friends and teammates and her passion to dri…

We are joined this week by former Wicklow footballer and managing director of Nutriquick, Dean Siney, who recently made a €9 million business deal with Aldi. Dean talks to our host Alan O’Mara about the entrepreneurial journey that stemmed from an idea in his head. Dean began operating from his home kitchen and eventually became a leading brand for…

Welcome to The Players’ Voice - a podcast brought to you by the Gaelic Players Association in collaboration with Real Talks.We are joined this week by Neil McManus, who at 33 years of age has more than 100 inter-county appearances for Antrim under his belt. He opens up about his love for hurling and Cushendall and, thanks to the longevity of his pl…

We are joined on The Players’ Voice podcast by Conn Kilpatrick, an All-Ireland winning midfielder with Tyrone in 2021, who opens up in great detail about his gambling addiction. He talks about the web of lies he spun to hide his secret, the ups and downs of recovery, bouncing back from a relapse and repairing damaged relationships with family and f…

Our host Alan O’Mara, is joined this week by Louise Galvin. From Finuge in Co. Kerry, our guest is a trailblazer who has played both international basketball and rugby for Ireland as well as inter-county football.She discusses the many highs and important life lessons learned on her unique journey and offers fascinating insights into imposter syndr…

This week our host Alan O’Mara is joined by Kate Keaney, who was called up to the Donegal seniors at 15 years of age after experiencing All-Ireland minor success and then became a key leader in successful senior teams. In 2022, a new adventure across the Atlantic awaits, where Kate will be working as a sports scientist with the USA’s international …

In this episode, Chloe Morey and Séadna Morey join the Players’ Voice. Cousins born ten days apart, they grew up together in Clare and broke through to the senior hurling and camogie teams as teenagers respectively. They discuss the pros and cons of reaching the pinnacle of the game at such a young age, the challenge of finding balance in their adu…

The Players’ Voice is a podcast brought to you by the Gaelic Players Association in collaboration with Real Talks.Hosted by former Cavan goalkeeper Alan O’Mara, each episode takes you inside the minds of inspiring inter-county GAA players as they talk about life on and off the field. The series starts with former Mayo footballer and current CEO of …

Ahead of World Mental Health Day on Sunday, the GPA have partnered with SilverCloud to offer members a new online support platform to help them look after their mental health. To mark the new service The Players’ Voice speaks to Tyrone’s All-Ireland winner Conor Meyler and from SilverCloud Dr. Derek Richards.…

Down footballer Kevin McKernan shares his story about a recent health scare with The Players’ Voice.

On The Players Voice we mark the launch of our Official Charity Partnership with Cliona’s Foundation and speak to Tom Parsons about his role as GPA CEO.

Former Clare camogie player and WGPA founding member Deirdre Murphy speaks to The Players Voice about this week’s funding announcement for female inter-county players.

Ian Reeves and Karen Thorpe speak to The Players’ Voice about the supports and opportunities players can avail of in terms of their development and education through the GPA.

On this International Women's Day, The Players’ Voice speaks to Armagh's Aimee Mackin about her journey back from injury to be crowned footballer of the year and Cork Camogie's Gemma O'Connor following her retirement.

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Paul Flynn and Gemma Begley explain what this week’s decision for the GPA and WGPA to come together as one players’ association will mean to inter-county players

In this episode of The Players’ Voice we preview the Christy Ring and Nickey Rackard Cup finals with Down manager Ronan Sheehan, Kildare manager David Herrity, Mayo’s Cathal Freeman, and Donegal’s Sean McVeigh

Galway hurler Paul Flaherty tells The Players’ Voice about setting up his own business while Marie Davis from Google discusses an exciting new partnership with the GPA and WGPA.