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The Sideline Live Podcast

Orla Keeling

Booking Overview

This is an interview-led sports podcast focused on athlete careers, coaching, performance, resilience, and life beyond competition, typically featuring athletes, coaches, and sports entrepreneurs or experts. PR agencies could credibly pitch current or former athletes, high-level coaches, sports-performance specialists, and athlete-founders with strong firsthand experience; booking difficulty is medium, as the show mixes accessible regional figures with accomplished international athletes and coaches.

Metrics

Episodes: 239

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 5.0/5.0

Estimated listeners: <1k

Gender skew: Neutral

Location: Ireland

YouTube: 3.0k subscribers

Instagram: 6.9k followers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

thesidelinelive@gmail.com

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Host

Orla Keeling - Sports podcast host covering athlete journeys, coaching, performance, resilience, and the evolving world of sport.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium
Typical Credentials:  
Current or former athletes, coaches, sports-performance professionals, and sports entrepreneurs with credible firsthand experience and a substantive career story.
Required Achievements:  
International or professional sporting careers, National or championship titles, Player development and coaching success, Notable athlete career transitions, Sports-related businesses or innovations

Recent Guest Discussions

Eamon Fennell - Football Setbacks And Success, Career Transitions, Education, Coaching, Entrepreneurship, And Balancing Work, Sport, And Family.

Ange Kelly - Championship Team Building, Leadership, Player Development, Consistency, Resilience, And Women's Soccer.

Stephen Smith - Entrepreneurship, Product Development, Brand Building, Mentorship, Global Sales, And Transitioning Between Sport And Business.

Gemma McGuinness - Retirement From Sport, Athlete Identity, Career Transition, Performance, Confidence, Communication, And Leadership.

Aoife Wafer - Elite Rugby, Ambition, Injuries, Visualization, Curiosity, Resilience, Role Modeling, And Connecting With Fans.

Recent Topics

Athlete Careers, Coaching, Sports Performance, Sports Business, Resilience

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
The Sideline Live Podcast
:

#250 Paul Talty // Olympics vs Gaelic Games insights & lessons

September 23, 2026

On episode 250 I am delighted to be joined by Paul Talty, a highly experienced Strength & Conditioning coach who has worked across elite sport in particular swimming and gaelic games, helping athletes maximise performance. We compare the worlds of Olympic sport and GAA, exploring the differences in structure, preparation, pillars of success, self care in coaching and more. We explore the principles that underpin elite coaching across Olympic sport and GAA, from the importance of consisten...

#249 Conor Meyler // Finding peace and happiness on pitch, through injury and in retirement

September 15, 2026

On episode 249 I’m delighted to be joined by former Tyrone footballer and All-Ireland winner Conor Meyler.A key part of Tyrone’s 2021 All-Ireland winning team, Conor enjoyed an outstanding career that also included three Ulster titles, an All-Ireland U21 medal, a Sigerson Cup with St Mary’s and an All-Star award. After a decade at inter-county level, a series of serious injuries ultimately forced him to walk away from the game at just 31.We discuss the reality of retirement when it isn’t enti...

#248 Aoife Lane // The Missing Half of Sports Science

September 10, 2026

On episode 248 I am delighted to be joined by Dr Aoife Lane, Head of Sport and Health Sciences at TUS and a leading voice in research around women and girls in sport. What happens when the science behind sport doesn’t adequately account for half of the population?  We explore the gender data gap in sports science and why so much of what we know about performance, injury and health has historically been built around male athletes.Aoife shares her perspective on female athlete health, academic ...

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thesidelinelive@gmail.com

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