Talking Bollox Podcast

This week the lads sit down with Megan O’Reilly, who has been making people laugh online with her hilarious rants and stories about everyday life.
Megan told us about herself and her four sisters being raised by her dad, who deserves a medal by the sounds of it, and the craic they had growing up in the estates in Blanch. Don’t be fooled though, the neighbours are being thrown under the bus when a zinger about the hosepipe ban is put to her. We found out why she’d be the worst contestant on The Chase, why she doesn’t see herself as a lesbian life coach, and how she’d be made no fool of if she was sucked out of an airplane window.
Megan also shared how one work rant led to her making videos online, the confidence it’s given her, and why, thanks to one particular female Irish comedian, stand up comedy could be next, if she can survive the thought of her sisters watching from the crowd.
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Eoin is back in the producer's throne this week and things quickly descend into pistachio flavoured chaos.
We finally get to hear what condiment the boys would choose to smell like and what item they NEVER run out of in the gaff.
There's an absolutely wild story out of Argentina and Terry has to choose between having a 9 to 5 or prison. His choice will suprise nobody.
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This week ,for Episode 277, MMA fighter Gary Rooney joins Calvin and Terence for a chat about his upbringing, career and plans for the future.

Gary takes it back to growing up on Watling Street flats in the Liberties, how the murder of his cousin shaped him, and how finding MMA and jiu-jitsu as a teenager gave him structure, confidence, and a place to belong.

He also chats going pro, the mental switch to being a “professional athlete”, cornering Shauna Bannon in the UFC, becoming one of Ireland’s youngest black belts, and one of his most treasured achievements: Starting Flat Jiu-Jitsu as a real community project.
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It’s a bonus episode and the chaos starts immediately: Lauren’s in studio after the infamous stage fall, and the lads waste no time debating what her RIP.ie announcement would’ve been.

From there it’s peak Talking Bollox — college exam myths, why tests are a “memory yoke”, and the genuine discovery that you don’t even need a licence to drive a small boat in Ireland (so… TB on the water?).

Listener questions bring the heat too: one song on repeat for a backyard ultra, lying in a bath of “anything” for €100k, ginger traits, and the worst possible soundtrack to a scrap.

In 2019 Bláthnaid Raleigh’s life was changed forever when she was raped and violently sexually assaulted by a man she had met on a night out in Galway.
She joined us to tell her story, speaking about that night, the strangers who helped her get to the guards, and the long five-year journey through the justice system that followed. Bláthnaid also spoke about the impact it had on her life, finding the strength to keep going, and why she chose to waive her anonymity in the hope of helping others feel less alone.
This episode contains discussions about rape, sexual assault, violence and trauma. If you have been impacted by any of the topics discussed in this week’s episode, you can contact the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre, no matter where you are in the country:
National 24hr Helpline: 1800 77 8888
Email: counselling@rcc.ie
Instagram: @dublinrapecrisis
Twitter/X: @DublinRCC