Show Notes
With Dessie Farrell having assumed the hot seat in the biggest job in the GAA, Fintan O'Toole was joined by The Irish Sun's Gordon Manning to look ahead to the post-Jim Gavin era whilst also asking the question, 'Can Dessie Farrell be our Greta Thunberg?'
Including:
01:05 - The best/worst job in Gaelic Football? 05:27 - A licence to experiment 07:33 - What new faces can we expect to see? 09:30 - Dessie's rise through the ranks 11:42 - What next for Stephen Cluxton? 13:40 - Journalists and the Jim Gavin camp 18:30 - Tangled Up In Blue 23:28 - The continuing legacy of the 1995 Dubs 27:27 - Backroom changes 28:55 - Dublin's challengers in 2020 30:05 - The element of doubt 32:25 - Dessie and Climate Change 34:54 - Dublin talent coming through 36:02 - How will Dessie's first year play out?
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