Hello and welcome to the Cynic Weekly on Thursday the 7th of August 2025.

I'm your host Barry Galaher.

And as always, I'm joined by my good friend Stuart Duggan.

Stuart, how are you?

I'm good, Barry.

Excited to be back at HQ for another season.

The timer puck is live and we're ready to go. Yes, it's very close to my heart. I've been a bit of lawlessness for all summer. We're also joined by Colin Kearney. Colin, thank you for joining us. Thanks for having me. It's nice to be here. Yeah, I'm looking forward to getting into it. And yeah, just remind myself that I'm not protected by the pay wall so yeah I'll keep my

my paid for opinions to myself that's it definitely and yeah it could be a spicy one tonight

given all that's the shitstorm that is Celtic is a lot of questions yes that's that's it yep the

people have spoken.

Spoil will do a bit of housekeeping. How's your summer been?

It's been quite good. It's a big reveal. I'm getting married this year. So it's been quite a lot of wedding central. Let me be the first to congratulate you on your imminent marriage.

I think it a good bit. bit but this month i'm actually

standing down the barrel of not one but two stagdos so i have that nervous energy of a man that

will absolutely love every moment of it but i'm not as young as i once was starting this weekend so

good do you have the sort of people that will do bad pranks?

Ian Duggan.

Of course, yeah, you can't do much about that.

Thank God to have mercy on your song.

We'll have an empty seat there.

In memory.

Forever.

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