How fortunate it is to be Irish

What are the things that matter in this world? What do we mean by the common good?

On Free State today Joe talks about the extraordinary beauty and grace he is witnessing in the Mayo Hospice at the moment.

When life and death visit us we understand what is important and we grasp what is valuable. 

 Joe and Dion also talk more about the extraordinary week of football and the achievements of Ireland and Scotland.

Joe also finally gives his views on Troy Parrott and provides some lessons in finishing.

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Free State is a podcast for the curious that stimulates, provokes, challenges and entertains, while never taking itself too seriously. Free State covers topics from sport to politics, love to loss, the human condition and how to fix the world, with guests from across the planet including Nigerian princes, former Prime Ministers, ex convicts, footballers, boxers and extraordinary people from every walk of life. 

Free State is presented by Joe Brolly and Dion Fanning. Brolly is a barrister, an original thinker with a fascinating backstory, who donated a kidney to a stranger and then led a crusade to transform organ donation on the island of Ireland, and Fanning is an award-winning interviewer and author. 

They are not motivational gurus or life coaches. They will never try to sell you a penis scented candle. They are two people from very different worlds, with one core belief uniting them - this is not a high performance podcast.

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