RTÉ Player

And Tony?

Um, yeah, so, um, my partner and I have signed up to, um, a, a Irish streamer, or they call it RTE Player.

Mm.

Yeah.

That's a knockout in itself.

And another half a million streamed it on the RTÉ Player.

So that's one fight for you.

The other one was inside in Smyth's Toys, and this is before the courts at the moment.

Yeah, and there's a little bit of tension as well between a section of the fans and the ownership.

And this is just an excerpt from Barry Landy's report on the RT website because he was covering the match for ourselves.

And he said, or he wrote, prior to kickoff, home supporters unfurled a banner taking aim at owners Travella in which they implored the US-based owners to relinquish control of the club.

Tensions have risen between sections of the supporter base and the Travella group in recent months while former chairperson Joanna Byrne had previously acted as a conduit between the new owners and draw this ultra fan section it was a notable first public display display of discontent towards the owners from the fan base since their takeover in late 2023 you know whatever about that situation alan i suppose from kevin darty's point of view obviously yes to kind of park that but it's not ideal having all that sort of stuff going on in the background

Four wins and three draws in the last seven.

it's enough I know the European campaign leads you to believe it's been a poor season which it probably has been on that front but winning the league with a team in transition and doing it I wouldn't say easily but you know mid to easy level I think they're only going to get stronger and when you look at Bowers and Pats and you think they'll get stronger and they'll give us a title race these lads are gaining more and more experience every game they play so yeah I think if you can't catch Rovers this season they're going to be stronger even again next season so it's looking ominous for me.

Yeah and obviously Rory Gaffney has been confirmed now he's retired lovely tribute from Owen Doyle actually on the RT website on Friday just in terms of he was saying he was almost jealous of the way Gaffney played the game because of course Owen Doyle was like a penalty box predator we loved how Gaffney would sort of he'd be all over the place down the channels dropping deep etc but What are they losing in terms of, obviously, he hasn't been part of the picture this season, but what are they losing?

Yeah, it's difficult.

So I play it a lot.

And I watched the Donal Lunny documentary which is on the RT player, which is worth to watch if you're interested in.

Well, Planksy only tangentially really in it, but very interesting and really enjoy all things Planksy.

So, you

well we'll all be

round sorry also I'm absolutely in shock because who is working over here only the RTE player doesn't seem to know I'm in Tenerife to the point that I was like well I even say it on the podcast maybe they have an

agreement

Look I'm just Fucking delighted I got to watch Last night's episode Yeah

Then we had a little ad break and I misheard during the ads.

They played a trailer for something that's coming to RTE soon, right? And the voiceover at the end said, coming soon to RTE1.

And what I thought they said, an RTE player.

And I was like, do we have a new regional division? And it's the RTE player.

And definitely the size of the phones from the 4S up to the 17, they started off so small, they just keep getting bigger and bigger.

But I never even thought before I got my first iPhone that I could... check emails, never even send a WhatsApp or even be, I never even thought I'd be on Facebook or Instagram or just having access to all those apps like navigation apps, the journal apps, news apps, RT players, just so much out there.

I use my phone for even being able to get in contact with friends and family.

I remember I just had a little Nokia phone, as I said in a previous episode that I was just literally just remember the ABC was the second was number two and then was DEF number three just being able to like send the text and then have my magnifying glass just to look at the screen to make sure it was okay before I'd send it and like I would memorize people's phone numbers off my head like and just dial them rather than going down through the phone book so definitely having all having the iPhone out which I couldn't even tell you I just know my own number phone number of my mum's and my sister's and one or two more like don't ask me any of your numbers because literally you know you don't need that kind of information anymore it's literally just a double tap of a button you'd be able to call someone so definitely my iphone has changed my world so much to be honest

Bye.

Neil can watch Donal's Italian Kitchen, which starts this Wednesday at half past 8 on RTÉ One television and the RTÉ Player.

Donal Skehan, it's been a pleasure.

Thanks so much.

Episodes two and three are on Monday and Tuesday, also at 9:30.

It'll all be on the RTÉ Player too, and that is available, by the way, with audio description.

Uh, Henrietta, Season 3 of Vigil is back on BBC One tonight at 9:00.

You love this.

... a TV show for RTE called Museum of Me.

All episodes up on the RTE Player right now.

But one of the things I love about the show is that it's centered around the items that people hang onto and that are special to them.

But, you know, I get to hold them.