Dermot Gilleece, whose career covering golf has spanned over 60 years, joins Joe in studio to reflect on the key moments that have made Irish golf so successful in recent years, from the ‘true’ Padraig Harrington in his Open triumphs to how Rory McIlroy’s emotions worked in his favour at Augusta.
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The Open, Harrington’s radiance and Irish golf’s golden era | Dermot Gilleece 

In the second part of the Bits & Bobs 2025 review, Conor McKeon, Rúaidhrí O’Connor and Daniel McDonnell and Joe remember an emotional moment in racing, Tipperary’s turnaround, blackouts at Shelbourne games adding to League of Ireland mystique and Hugo Keenan’s big moment in Australia. 
We also round off our chat with memories of Shane Lowry’s performance at a tense Ryder Cup.
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32 years ago, eight-time Grand Slam champion Monica Seles was stabbed during a tennis match and the 19-year-old's life was never the same.

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The Open, Harrington’s radiance and Irish golf’s golden era | Dermot Gilleece

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