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Will O'Callaghan, Arthur O'Dea, and Eve Conway bring you all the main stories from today. The panel breaks down the government's Budget 2027 sports funding, including €1m boosts for League of Ireland academies, hurling, and inter-county players and examines UEFA's investigation into an alleged spitting incident during Ireland's Nations League tie in Serbia.
Plus, they react to Aidan Forker stepping down following Armagh's All-Ireland triumph, James McClean's dispute with Derry City, Ireland U21S beating England 3–1, and Wayne Rooney's trophy room flex in his new documentary.
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Will O'Callaghan is joined by Minister for Sport, Patrick O'Donovan following the announcement of Budget 2027 to discuss the effects of the Budget on Irish Sport as well as the FAI Oireachtas hearing of last week and the breakdown of Integration between the GAA, Camogie association and the LGFA.

Colm Boohig, Enda Coll and Matthew Brennan are in studio this morning discussing Aidan Forkers retirement from Armagh inter county. Also, Ireland take on England tonight down in Cork but speculation is rising on why this game is behind a pay wall.

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Eoin Sheahan, Arthur O'Dea, Michael McCarthy and Stephen Doyle are in studio for Monday's Newsround after a busy weekend of sporting action.

They are also joined by Ben Symes, who was at the Republic of Ireland's 1-1 draw with Israel last night which wasn't without controversy, repeating the trend from the reverse tie last Sunday

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Welcome back to a brand new series on Off The Ball where Brian O'Driscoll sits down with legends of Irish sport who have retired their sporting career for something new. In this episode, Brian spoke to former professional rugby player Shane Jennings who played at openside flanker for both Leinster and Ireland.

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