RTÉ Soccer Podcast: Evan Ferguson to Roma, Linfield v Shels II and Euro 2025 knockouts
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00:40 Richie and Keith react to Shelbourne's Champions League qualifying first leg win against Linfield and look-ahead to Wednesday's second leg at Windsor Park. Plus, we hear Shelbourne and Linfield managers Joey O'Brien and David Healy thoughts after the Tolka Park leg.
10:00 Keith and Richie discuss St Patrick's Athletic's task against Hegelmann of Lithuania in the Conference League after winning the home leg 1-0 last week.
17:15 Richie and Keith review the weekend's SSE Airtricity Men's Premier Division action as resurgent Sligo Rovers dented Derry City's charge, Bohemians bounced back and Cork City's hopes of survival took another big hit.
37:45 Keith and Richie talk Dundalk as the First Division leaders lost at Bray Wanderers and prepare to face Sligo in the second round of the Sports Direct FAI Cup.
40:45 Richie and Keith discuss Evan Ferguson's potential loan move to Italian giants AS Roma, Mark Travers' expected switch to Everton and Aaron Connolly's confirmed transfer to Leyton Orient in League One.
54:50 Rachel discusses the teams eliminated from Euro 2025 including Ireland's next opponents Belgium, before previewing this week's quarter-finals including England v Sweden and France v Germany.
1:07.00 Rachel reacts to the weekend's Women's Premier Division, including her own Shelbourne side's defeat to Bohemians, before discussing pertinent insights about life in the game made by DLR Waves head coach Laura Heffernan in an interview with The42's Paul Fennessy.
1:21.30 Rachel talks transfers as Ireland defender Chloe Mustaki joins upwardly mobile Nottingham Forest, and reacts to the first £1 million transfer as Olivia Smith swaps Liverpool for Arsenal.
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