As part of my MA in Creative Writing Studies at University of Limerick (2023-2025), I was given the opportunity to take part in the college's Espresso Shot of Thought series. Thanks to Emily Cullen, the Meskell UL-Fifty Poet in Residence at the college, for inviting me to take part in the series. Special word of gratitude too to Elaine Kiely, Oonagh Grace and Karen Byrnes for their work in editing the final version.

Tonight on RTÉ 2, you can see the first matches being showcased with a plethora of new rules. On RTE Radio One's Countrywide programme, I expressed fear about the unintended consequences of fixing Gaelic football. 

Louis found his father propped up in his chair in the day room where they hung the children’s paintings of farms and grandparents and siblings and cows and sheep and football pitches and choo-choo trains. Board games were stacked up on a table in the far corner, beside Get Well Soon and Thinking of You cards. A spray of illuvial bands draped lazily from a hook a little to the right of the TV, on a bracket high up on the wall. This story is included in the collection Second Chance & Other Stories, published October 2022. Read it below or listen here:

Charlie pulled the car in on the left just before the empty pier. He held down the button to turn off his phone, which was feeding Spotify through the speaker system, and slipped it down into the pocket on the side of the driver’s door – for once, not choc-a-bloc with scribbled notes, loose batteries, old keys, match programmes and a dozen other random items. “Make sure you clean the car,” had been Sophie’s last words the evening before, “and get it washed as well.”

This story is included in the collection Second Chance & Other Stories, published October 2022 - read it below, or listen here:

Countrywide reporter Liam Horan lets us know how Championship Man is feeling as he builds up to today’s All Ireland Football Final

Liam is the creator of the Championship Man series of essays on RTÉ Radio One (Drivetime and Countrywide programmes).

My GAA column on Des Cahill’s Drivetime Sports programme, RTE Radio 1.

On RTE's Countrywide programme, Mayo author Liam Horan outlines in his own unique style his love of the charity shops.

Liam has written numerous radio essays for RTE Radio One.

My GAA column on Des Cahill’s Drivetime Sports programme, RTE Radio 1.

My GAA column on Des Cahill’s Drivetime Sports programme, RTE Radio 1.

My GAA column on Des Cahill’s Drivetime Sports programme, RTE Radio 1.