Daire Whelan is an award-winning producer, journalist and author. He has been launch editor of joe.ie, producer of ‘Off the Ball’, weekend editor of Newstalk and producer of RTE’s ‘Drivetime Sport’. His previous books have been about the League of Ireland, Dublin GAA and Gaelic football managers. He was also ghost-writer for the Bord Gáis Sports Book of the Year shortlisted ‘Donal Lenihan: My Life in Rugby’.