{"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 with Maurice Brosnan: Chasing gold - the truth about Irish athletics funding","slug":"arena-with-maurice-brosnan-chasing-gold-the-truth-about-irish-athletics-funding","published_at":"2026-04-23T08:14:37+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/arena-with-maurice-brosnan-7783423/arena-with-maurice-brosnan-chasing-gold-the-truth-about-irish-athletics-funding","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/arena-with-maurice-brosnan-7783423","url":"https://shows.acast.com/the-arena-podcast-with-maurice-brosnan/episodes/69e9d4edeefc66ef2b92286b","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/69b2f7a991324664df7ca1ab/e/69e9d4edeefc66ef2b92286b/media.mp3","summary":"This week, we’re talking funding for athletics. Gerard O’Donnell is a coach with Dublin sprint who knows what it is like as an athlete having won nine national titles in the short hurdles too. He joins us to talk about how the model currently works and where it could improve. This week, a record €28.5 million in funding was confirmed for Sport Ireland's High Performance Unit for this year. We ask which athletes would benefit most from that support? Arena, a new podcast from the Irish Examiner, offers weekly deep dives into Irish sport. Listen for free on the Irish Examiner website or wherever you get your podcasts. Get in touch with Maurice on maurice.brosnan@examiner.ie Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"This week, we’re talking funding for athletics. Gerard O’Donnell is a coach with Dublin sprint who knows what it is like as an athlete having won nine nat…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1459,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/arena-with-maurice-brosnan-7783423/episodes/arena-with-maurice-brosnan-chasing-gold-the-truth-about-irish-athletics-funding/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-with-maurice-brosnan-chasing-gold-the-truth-about-irish-athletics-funding.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}