The Hooked On Health Podcast
The Hooked on Health Podcast is your weekly window into the human spirit and its ability to overcome. Eric Dononvan sits down with guests from every walk of life to chat health, fitness and mental wellbeing. Eric relies on his first-hand understanding of addiction and recovery, as well as his experience as an elite boxer to have searingly honest discussions with his guests.
Series Episodes
Ger Redmond | From Football To Crime To Ironman Triathlete
On this week's Hooked On Health podcast, Ger Redmond sat down with Eric Donovan to discuss how he turned to a life of criminality after seeing his dream of becoming a professional footballer was cruelly ended. After time in prison, Ger has reinvented his life as a triathlete, focusing on inspiring his children and young people in his area.
1 hour 11 mins
2 September 2021 Finished
Chloe Mustaki | Beating cancer | ACL agony | Ireland dreams
Former Republic of Ireland under-19 captain Chloe Mustaki joined Eric Donovan on Hooked On Health to discuss battling Hodgkin's lymphoma as a teenager, being struck down by an ACL injury on the verge of her first senior cap and why she keeps fighting back.
1 hour 1 min
21 July 2021 Finished
Rory's Stories | Laughs in Lockdown | Mental Health Advocate
Comedian and mental health advocate Rory O'Connor, better known as Rory's Stories, spoke to Eric Donovan on episode four of Hooked On Health about his battles with gambling addiction and providing laughs during the pandemic.
1 hour 16 mins
11 July 2021 Finished
David Gillick | Euro champion | Olympic agony | Life after sport
Former two-time European athletics champion David Gillick joined Eric Donovan on episode three of the Hooked On Health podcast to discuss being a late bloomer, his Olympics disappointment and reinventing himself in retirement.
52 mins
2 July 2021 Finished
Mary Hulgraine | All-Ireland Champion While Battling Addiction | Reconciliation
On this week's Hooked On Health Podcast, Eric Donovan sits down with 2016 All-Ireland Intermediate Ladies Football final player of the game Mary Hulgraine to discuss how she was fighting addiction while starring in Croke Park, reconciling with her father and her time playing college basketball in the USA
1 hour 1 min
24 June 2021 Finished
