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2023; what a year to be a Wolfhound!

With a calendar full to the brim of events, amongst the most notable are the Senior Kitted’s home and away fixtures against Turkey as part of their European Championship campaign; the Flag Football European Championships in Limerick; and the Youth fixture against Naples Community School as part of the GIFT programe. 

Not to mention; the recent announcement (which coincided with International Women’s Day) of 3 6v6 strict-mixed Flag Football tournaments; meet and greets with Notre Dame Players and Wolfhounds Tailgates pre-College Football Classics; and potentially another youth fixture..

Kelly chats with National Programe Director Alan Orr, Wolfhounds Senior Kitted Head Coach Ciaran O’ Sullivan, Flag Football Head Coach Dan Shaw and Wolfhounds Youth Head Coach Alan Lomasney as they each prepare for a year which is arguably the most exciting year in Irish Wolfhounds history.

The second installment of our 2-part Season Preview covers the Premier Division. 

With special thanks to Liam Ryan.

Joining The Domestic Game as a special host is Liam Ryan from the UL Vikings. Liam has worn many hats in AFI over his 20 years in Irish American Football. Depending on what generation AFI you are, you'll either know him as a player, coach, AFI management staff or the 2022 Shamrock Bowl and Flag Football finals commentator. 

In this episode (the "winners and losers" episode), Kelly, Joe and Liam cover the teams across divisions 1 and 2 of American Football Ireland and give their predictions ahead of the 2023 season. 

Join us during the week for our Flag Bowl 2022 Episode, and again next the weekend for 2023 Season Preview; Winners and Losers, Part II where we'll cover the Premier Division teams.

With special thanks to Liam Ryan.

This week Frank is joined by his best friend and longtime collaborator Ed Decter. Ed is a screenwriter, TV showrunner, director, novelist, and professor at The American Film Institute Conservatory. Together they talk through their shared history of creating the smash hit There's Something About Mary, the perils and joys of developing stories for TV, and the future of bringing Alyss and the Looking Glass Wars to screen.

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Covering one end of the island to the other, Alan Lomasney, HC of the Cork Admirals Youth, and Niall Lyons, HC of the Donegal/Derry Vipers Youth, join The Domestic Game to discuss the next generation of athletes in AFI. We chat recruitment, reward, future superstars and why your club should have a Youth team.

With special thanks to Alan Lomasney and Niall Lyons.

The co-host of Good Christian Fun joins us to talk about a movie that is quite good, pretty Christian, and not a ton of fun. But it's also not, as Caroline points out, a "stone cold bummer." It's the latest film from Sarah Polley, based on a book by Miriam Toews, and is fascinating both on a literal and a metaphorical level. We get serious between goofs, and then lighten the mood with a Hotline letter about movie scores.

What’s Good
Alonso - Pointer Sisters’ Sesame Street Song
Drea - Yung Gravy gives bras to charity
Caroline - Jessica Simpson’s Open Book
Ify - TikTok refrigerator hack

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3.  AFI Study Documents Women’s Contributions to Early Cinema

Staff Picks
Alonso - Petite Maman
Drea - My Year of Dicks
Caroline - M3GAN
Ify - also M3GAN

With:
Ify Nwadiwe
Drea Clark
Alonso Duralde
Caroline Ely

Produced by Marissa Flaxbart
Sr. Producer Laura Swisher

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With
Drea Clark
Alonso Duralde
Ify Nwadiwe

Produced by Marissa Flaxbart
Sr. Producer Laura Swisher

As Rob leaves the team, he has left this much-anticipated jewel of an episode.  Covering the past season, he catches up with Division 1 and Division 2 Bowl winners. 

He chats Tony Rogers about the Antrim Jets' meteoric rise over the 2022 season which finished with a shut-out win (22-0) against the hot-favorites Louth Mavericks in Newforge Sports Complex on the 31st July 2022. On the same day, the Westmeath Minotaurs came victorious in a tight game against the UL Vikings, finishing 16-13, to achieve what they had left on the pitch in the 2019. Rob chats with Bill Dougherty & Andrew Paton from the Westmeath Minotaurs as they give us the inside scoop as to what lead their teams to success this year, and what they plan to do to keep the club growing from strength-to-strength into 2023.

Congratulations to the Antrim Jets and Westmeath Minotaurs. Commiserations to Louth Mavericks and the UL Vikings.

With special thanks to Tony Rogers, Bill Dougherty and Andrew Paton, and extra special thanks to Rob Caldwell. Peace!

The local market jumped 0.14% to a near 6-month high today on the back of a solid session on Wall Street overnight buoyed by the latest FOMC minutes outlining that it may be appropriate soon for the Fed’s to slow down their aggressive rate hikes. Tech stocks was the best performing sector, while gold miners also led the charge today amid a rise in the price of the precious commodity.

Qantas Airways (ASX:QAN) shares came off in afternoon trade following reports that the company’s domestic flight attendants have demanded the airline lift a two-year staff wage freeze or face the threat of attendants walking off the job during the Christmas rush. Nick Scali (ASX:NCK) shares soared over 10% today as investors responded to the furniture retailer’s AGM trading update outlining the company is performing materially better than expected in H1FY23 with revenues up 74% on the same period a year earlier. The company also expects first half profit to be between 56% to 66% above that of H1 FY22.

AGL Energy (ASX:AGL) shares took a hit today as investors responded to the company’s announcement today revealing it has decided to close the power Torrens Island B Power station in South Australia on the 30th June 2026 after 50-years of operation. The AGL management team doesn’t expect the closure announcement to have a material impact on earnings in FY23 nor does it expect the closure to have long term impact.

The winning stocks for today’s session were St Barbara (ASX:SBM) up over 9%, BrainChip Holdings (ASX:BRN) adding more than 8.5% and Evolution Mining (ASX:EVN) closing the day up 6.6%. And on the losing end coal miners weighed on the key index today amid concerns over demand in China, with New Hope Corporation (ASX:NHC) tanking almost 9% today, while Whitehaven Coal (ASX:WHC) fell 6.65%.

The most traded stocks by Bell Direct clients today were Australian Foundation Investment Co (ASX:AFI), Northern Star Resources (ASX:NST), and Bellevue Gold (ASX:BGL).

Commodities are trading mixed this afternoon with crude oil down 0.24% to U$77.75 per barrel, and natural gas is down 1.53%, while gold is up 0.4% at US$1,755.86 an ounce, and iron ore is also up just over 1% at US$98 a tonne.

The Aussie dollar has strengthened to buy 67.61 US cents, 93.79 Japanese Yen, 56 British Pence and NZ$1.08.

As we move towards the end of the flag football regular season, Joe and Kelly take a look at how the playoff picture is shaping up across all divisions, reflecting on preseason projections and taking note of teams who have far surpassed expectations! 

Joining us on this episode to share his insight is Coach Andrej Barlafa of the Dublin Rebels, Irish Wolfhounds and Youth football.

With special thanks to Coach Andrej Barlafa.

This week on World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill shares observations from a recent trip to Greenland in collaboration with the Arctic Futures Institute. While visiting the four major coastal towns along the western coast, the melting glaciers that cover most of Greenland were dramatically visible. In this episode he discusses the several consequences of climate change and the rapid loss of sea ice.

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Writer/Director Rodrigo García discusses the ins and outs of his creative process; from being raised in an artistic home, to becoming a cinematographer, and evolving into a writer and director who works with top talent, including on his most recent film, Raymond & Ray.

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Rob and Joe preview AFI's 2022 Flag Football season; running through the layout of the divisions and leagues, and giving their pre-season power rankings of each team competing! 

Kelly and Rob preview the biggest game of the season. Shamrock Bowl XXXIV sees UCD take their first appearance on the main stage, while the Dublin Rebels will be gunning for their 10th Bowl. Who better to chat to the Head Coaches of our semifinalist teams?

In this episode, we welcome HC Alan Lomasney from the Cork Admirals and HC Kevin “Coach K” Klatt from the South Dublin Panthers.

With special thanks to HC Alan Lomasney and HC Kevin Klatt.

Episode art is based on a graphic created by Lyndsay McVeigh. Photography by Ian Humes, Paul McIlwaine Photography & others (please contact for credit)

A few points about the content in this episode:

-At the time of recording, the transfer of Brandon Atwell from Trinity to UCD satisfied requirements as per AFI’s bylaws and had been processed and approved by the Commissioner of AFI. Since recording, his eligibility has been reviewed by AFI committee and has been approved.

-The other podcast we reference is the 3&1 podcast. Check it out for more AFI content!

As we head into the final Gameweek of the 2022 AFI Senior Kitted Regular Season, Joe and Robbie break down the last 2 weeks of action, which included some massive scorelines, and 3 undefeated teams in Ireland being whittled down to 1. The boys also leave their predictions for who emerges from the battle for the playoffs -- and the battle for survival -- in the Premier Division.