Spark to sport UCC Sport

Sam Healy (current Irish Senior National Long Jump champion) is sharing with us his experience of studying and competing at the highest level in the NCAA

We catch up with Ceire Smith (episode recorded before Christmas 2021) on her career, overcoming setbacks and balancing a post-graduate course in physiotherapy at UCC.

Emma Saunders is a Performance Lifeskills at the Irish Institute of Sport. 

She is sharing with us what is a Performance Lifeskills and how to support dual-career athletes in Ireland.

Today's guest is Margaret Cremen. Recent silver medallist at the European U23 rowing championship last September, Margaret is sharing with us her goals for 2021 and how she is managing training in a pandemic while staying on track with her academics.

This episode is split into two parts: the first part is an interview with Dr. Michele Hill and Dr. Eithne Hunt (both working at University College Cork) on the topic of student mental health. The second part of this podcast is a conversational reflection with Morgan Buckley (Director of sport) on the lessons learned from the covid19 pandemic.

Maeve Gallagher represented Ireland in three different sports in 2019. This discussion is about her achievements (Youth Olympics, World, and European championships…) and what the future holds for this exceptionally talented student-athlete.