Exclusive Interview: Eamon Dunphy on drugs, drink and his old pal George Best…

Friday morning in Ranelagh village and Eamon Dunphy opens the door of his three-storey Georgian house. He is dressed in jeans and a cardigan and his piercing blue eyes offer a welcome. A few doors away, there is a For Sale sign outside, asking price €1.5m.
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[@ShineNoelA]

A brilliant writer, journalist, broadcaster and raconteur. honesty has always been the hallmark of his best work. Above all else, he eschewed the herd instinct and remained true to his core principles.

[@HitchHikersBlues]

Couldn't agree more. Where has he gone...? Two great men in my opinion.

[@amcgowan1970]

​@@HitchHikersBlues The Stand podcast. Often with Giles and Brady.

[@kevrockism]

I admire his openness

[@panchopuskas1]

The thinking man's footballer......love hearing his footballing stories.....

[@dingleberryridesagain3606]

On Grafton Street on a lovely summer evening myself and fellow boozers Daffy Duck and Michael Mouse ran into Eamo,we spent a great time in Murphy's bar singing an shouting, Eamo gave a version of Ragglin Road that brought house down,,Eamo for President !

[@MikeL-7]

Sounds like hell on earth and the type of gathering most Dubliners would avoid like the plague.

[@dingleberryridesagain3606]

Things became difficult after a Kebab n Chips, Eamo thought he was back in Watford and shouted an obsenity which was overheard by a passing Pastor leading a donkey to some mad festival or other,the Donkey kicked Eamo in the nuts,the Pastor was exhulted and cheered the Ass on, Eamo at this stage was spifflicated and called for more drink,,hard to imagine,but the Irish President passed by ,half cut himself,,aaashhh yes Grafton St.at summertime !

[@michaeldevaney5728]

Dunphy is a lovely man a really good person

[@adrianmcglynn9345]

He couldnt have put it any better. Great insight to an going problem in this country that is ignored on a daily basis, the blight of the most addictive drug in the world , our friend, our worst enemy, Alcohol.

[@JRA73]

People laugh at me when I tell them that alcohol is a drug and the worst one in the world but because it's legal it can't possibly be.

[@michaeldevaney5728]

A heart of gold

[@gerardosullivan9100]

Eamon im a huge fan of yours and i miss you as a pundit but if you were worried about George best and knowing that he was a chronic alcoholic then why did you bring him to a pub

[@thoskel1]

He had a great insight into football as well as many other areas.

[@MarkL-we8uk]

Eamon was doing coke back when coke was coke!

[@donc8540]

A true friend of someone they know is in active alcoholism would not be on a night out with them, and would not be drinking a few bottles of lager around them.

[@16moses]

How well he keeps his demeanour of the Irish hero when talking to the enemy.

[@blackcats3951]

Go on, Eamo 🙌🏼

[@seanoreilly1734]

Sounds like a work experience interview

[@richard_1111]

really does, was she not listening to what he was saying

[@Morningstar-xz5bl]

What does Eamonn think of thr country now, he was once going to change things with his mates but he ket us down

[@michaeldevaney5728]

Eamonn is a great person he truly is doing his best to make people aware

[@Gofar1898]

Alot of people are like that....i never take drugs....but abuse alcohol which is also a drug....

[@ivanshipy1966]

He more than dabbled with coke he was a top sniffer 😅

[@zimzimma5688]

Obviously it's been a while since I saw Eamo on the box, but he looks like he's aged so much. Irish sport lost so much when the likes of Dunphy and Hook left RTE. Of course they have their haters and they were many things, but they were never boring. You can't say that Eamon......I just did Bill! RIP Billo too.

[@jasono4330]

He’s right tho

[@funkyrodent66]

Legend of a man

[@andrewkeohan1771]

Unfortunately for some it all starts with a pint or a joint or snort.

[@tomflynn8007]

Lol...which one..

[@Keepinitreal2011]

Great man,straight talker no bullshit with him,not like some of the fake two faced folks out there.

[@michaelroberts7374]

A few pills with Robin Friday 😂

[@neildooly5646]

I used to live near to Eamonn as a child, at the local shops one of my pals went up to him to ask him for his autograph as a joke , I took a quick look in his car and saw too many empty liquor bottles to count on the car floor also hundreds of cigarette butts, it was pretty disgusting.

[@brianmckeever1916]

Do you know the name of the company he was in when he took a line? No? Well i do,Rod Liddle is his name.He's the man who left his wife and ran off with a youngone.

[@kevingarland99]

Ah come on Brian you can't be saying that now

[@brianmckeever1916]

@@kevingarland99 🤣🤣🤣

[@bobbymac7742]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@103703878]

😂😂

[@robsally5225]

💯🇮🇪

[@tomakafrankconlon3207]

What a lying arse. He was not sober for 40 years from drink or drugs by his own admission but now he is pretending he just dabbled for a short while.

[@user-br8nf2om2n]

Woudent call hash a drug 😅 but anyway , be more worried about the brandy 😅

[@eddiestaunton514]

Great Irishman

[@mrandmrssmith5069]

1:13

[@Ultra1997DM.]

What does he think of Ireland now and all that’s going with illegal immigration etc

[@richard_1111]

What's up with these questions - ffs!

[@michaelroberts7374]

Good man Eamon😂

[@mrronan2007]

Old news

[@AlanKelly-ff7tk]

If only George had of listened to Mr Dunphy he would have died even younger!!!

[@darrenmitchell6770]

Cannabis has never caused a single death

[@seamusweber8298]

Sounds like an apologist.

[@Camcolito]

The interviewer was egging him on about how great cocaine makes you feel, lol.

[@blackcats3951]

Get real

[@LarryFogarty]

well he voted fianna fail...say no more

[@joeduffey5344]

Drugs are all the same.eamonn u know that urself. U make it sound a cool thing to do. Cop on for f sake. The country is fucked up because of it.

[@gerardosullivan9100]

i agree with you 100% Eaton says drugs are ok but alcohol is bad.... thats the most ridiculous statement ever

[@blackcats3951]

Educate yourself

[@joeduffey5344]

I've have seen it's effects first hand. So I'm well educated on the subject tbh

[@blackcats3951]

@@joeduffey5344 - if you were you wouldn’t state that all drugs are the same.

[@michaelroberts7374]

​@@gerardosullivan9100not what he said