{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5f7f2499b82872187de5aa4c/5f96bda77d26f84430cb3ee7?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Sports Broadcaster Con Murphy","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5f7f2499b82872187de5aa4c/1603711657391-cc814e01eb3c3d5a305243e4d1985b65.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Travel Tales with Fergal is a weekly interview series where Irishman Fergal O'Keeffe chats to a special guest about their travels, adventures and experiences living abroad. We talk about travel, culture, people, food, politics, history, tourism and expat lives.</p><p>I hope this podcast series will fuel your armchair travelling imagination. </p><p><br></p><p>Our guest this week is the sports broadcaster Con Murphy, who has a true love of travel and his profession. Con worked as one of the main sports presenters with RTÉ from 1992 until 2012. In that time he anchored RTÉ Radio's coverage of the Summer Olympics in Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000, Athens 2004 Beijing 2008, London 2012 and Rio de Janeiro 2016. He has presented football, golf, rugby, hockey, basketball, athletics, and horse racing on RTÉ Television. We talk about his favourite sports events, stadiums and travel destinations. </p><p><br></p><p>We have a special Bonus Episode coming out this Thursday called <strong>US Election Special: What is the Matter with America </strong>featuring Republican Daniel Gilmore and Democrat Sean O'Neill who have a topical, funny and informative discussion on the current state of America.   </p><p><br></p><p>I would ask you to please subscribe so a new episode will appear in your library every week. I would also really appreciate if you could leave a rating and review as it helps others to discover this podcast. To find out who is on every Tuesday please follow me on Instagram and Facebook @traveltaleswithfergal.</p><p><br></p><p>Destinations Guide</p><p>Summer Olympics - Atlanta, USA, Athens, Greece, Sydney,Australia, Rio de Janeiro,Brazil,  London, UK and Tokyo, Japan</p><p>Champions League Final</p><p>Ryder Cup</p><p>Irish Open</p><p>USA</p><p>Las Vegas</p><p>Palm Springs</p><p>Santa Monica</p><p>Bali</p><p>Ubud</p><p>World Cup&nbsp;Japan and Korea</p><p>Seville</p><p>Madrid Bernabau</p><p>Barcelona Nou Camp</p><p>Shamrock Rovers</p><p><strong>Germany</strong>&nbsp;Euro 88,&nbsp;</p><p><strong>Tenerife</strong></p><p><strong>Spanish Football</strong></p><p><strong>Puerto Vallarta Mexico</strong></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Fergal O'Keeffe"}