{"podcast":{"title":"Arena with Maurice Brosnan","slug":"arena-with-maurice-brosnan-7783423","podcast_index_feed_id":7783423,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/69b2f7a991324664df7ca1ab","website_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/the-arena-podcast-with-maurice-brosnan","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/69b2f7a991324664df7ca1ab/1774266785305-923f34bf-29d1-451c-9c7e-4bc9167b3233.jpeg","author":"Irish Examiner","episode_count":27,"summary":"Award‑winning Irish Examiner journalist Maurice Brosnan cuts through the noise with sharp analysis, expert reporting and unmissable conversations. This essential new Irish sports podcast goes inside the biggest stories, the hottest debates and the voices shaping sport today. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-17T04:22:49.765828+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/arena-with-maurice-brosnan-7783423"},"episode":{"title":"Arena: Well-coached teams, Cian O’Neill to Cork, two-point defence","slug":"arena-well-coached-teams-cian-o-neill-to-cork-two-point-defence","published_at":"2026-08-26T15:01:35+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/arena-with-maurice-brosnan-7783423/arena-well-coached-teams-cian-o-neill-to-cork-two-point-defence","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/arena-with-maurice-brosnan-7783423","url":"https://shows.acast.com/the-arena-podcast-with-maurice-brosnan/episodes/6a8effd0c36cbadbe7457b64","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/69b2f7a991324664df7ca1ab/e/6a8effd0c36cbadbe7457b64/media.mp3","summary":"On this week's episode of Arena, the weekly podcast from the Irish Examiner, Maurice Brosnan is joined by Ballincollig basketball coach Ciarán O'Sullivan. The lads discuss Charleville manager Dominic Foley’s recent comments in which he called on the Cork County Board to “wake up” and ensure they retain the county’s top coaching talent. But what actually makes a team well-coached? Is being well-drilled always a good thing? What separates good coaching from simply having good players? They also discuss Cian O’Neill’s move to the Cork hurlers and examine how the two-pointer has impacted Gaelic football so far. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"On this week's episode of Arena, the weekly podcast from the Irish Examiner, Maurice Brosnan is joined by Ballincollig basketball coach Ciarán O'Sullivan.…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2618,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/arena-with-maurice-brosnan-7783423/episodes/arena-well-coached-teams-cian-o-neill-to-cork-two-point-defence/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/arena-with-maurice-brosnan-7783423/arena-well-coached-teams-cian-o-neill-to-cork-two-point-defence.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}