Ireland had a reasonably successful Summer Olympics this year but it’s fair to say we have not been as competitive at the winter edition with no medal won in history. One man hoping to go to Beijing and represent Ireland in the skeleton is Brendan Doyle and he spoke to Shane this morning on the show.

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