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Irish sports presenter (born 1979)

Born (1979-09-30) 30 September 1979 (age 46)

Dublin, Ireland

KnownforSports journalist

Children2

Joanne Cantwell
Cantwell in 2020
Born	(1979-09-30) 30 September 1979 (age 46) Dublin, Ireland
Employer	Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ)
Known for	Sports journalist
Children	2

Joanne Cantwell (born 30 September 1979) is an Irish sports presenter and journalist.

Cantwell was raised in Dublin and is one of five sisters.^[1] She studied journalism at Dublin City University. She is married, has two daughters, and lives in Ongar, County Dublin.

Sporting background

Cantwell participated in several competitive sports during her teenage years. She played ladies' Gaelic football for the Dublin county team. She was named Young Dublin Player of the Year in 1997 and received an All-Star nominee in 1998.^[2]

Journalism career

Cantwell began her journalism career while still in university, covering weekend sport on radio station FM104. In 2001, she joined the independent Irish channel TV3, where she worked as a producer on news bulletins and presented the programme Sports Tonight.

She later joined RTÉ, Ireland's national broadcaster. Cantwell has presented and reported across a range of sports programming, including the weekly former rugby magazine programme Against the Head on RTÉ2, and contributed as a match reporter on Premier Soccer Saturday.^[3] During the summer months, she was working as a reporter on The Sunday Game, Raidió Teilifís Éireann's flagship Gaelic games programme aired on RTÉ2 every Sunday during the All-Ireland Football and Hurling Championships.^[4]

In April 2016, Cantwell became the first woman to anchor RTÉ's UEFA Champions League coverage.^[5] In February 2018, she was announced as the new studio presenter of The Sunday Game, succeeding Michael Lyster following his retirement at the end of the 2018 GAA season.^[6]

I kid you not. I was also told that Joanne Cantwell had lost confidence in my abilities as an analyst.^[7] Joe Brolly in an interview

References

↑ Cantwell, Joanne. "My sideline supporter: Joanne Cantwell looks back fondly on her dad's support". The Irish Independent. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
↑ Kelly, Tom. "Dream final would split one household". The Meath Chronicle. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
↑ "Sport on RTÉ Television". RTÉ Sport. Archived from the original on 27 February 2011. Retrieved 2 March 2011.
↑ "RTE wins GAA Championship coverage to 2013". Business and Leadership. 10 November 2010. Archived from the original on 14 December 2010. Retrieved 2 March 2011.
↑ "The Overwhelmingly Positive Reaction To Joanne Cantwell's Anchoring Tonight". balls.ie. 27 April 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
↑ "RTÉ announce Joanne Cantwell as The Sunday Game's new presenter". The 42. 1 February 2018. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
↑ "'I was told Joanne Cantwell had lost confidence in my abilities as an analyst'". JOE.ie.

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