Joanne Cantwell

Joanne Cantwell
Residence Dublin, Ireland
Nationality Irish
Employer Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ)
Known for Sports journalist
Children 1 daughter

Joanne Cantwell is an Irish sports presenter.

Personal life

Cantwell was raised in Dublin, one of five daughters.[1] She studied journalism at Dublin City University. Cantwell is married with one daughter and lives in Ongar, Co. Dublin.

Sporting career

Cantwell participated in a number of competitive sports from her early teens. She played Ladies Gaelic football for the Dublin senior ladies' football team, and was part of the team that won Dublin's first-ever senior Leinster Ladies Senior Football Championship. She was named Young Dublin Player of the Year in 1997 and was awarded an All-Star 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 produced news bulletins and presented the Sports Tonight show.

She then joined state broadcaster RTÉ. Cantwell is the presenter of weekly rugby magazine programme Against the Head on RTÉ Two, and was also a match reporter on Premier Soccer Saturday.[3] During the summer months, Cantwell works as a reporter on The Sunday Game, Raidió Teilifís Éireann's main Gaelic games television programme. It is shown on RTÉ Two every Sunday during the Football Championship and Hurling Championship seasons.[4]

In April 2016, Cantwell was the first woman to anchor RTÉ's coverage of the Champions League.[5]

In February 2018, Cantwell was named as the new presenter of The Sunday Game when Michael Lyster retires on completion of the 2018 season.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Cantwell, Joanne. "My sideline supporter: Joanne Cantwell looks back fondly on her dad's support". The Irish Independent. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  2. ↑ Kelly, Tom. "Dream final would split one household". The Meath Chronicle. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  3. ↑ "Sport on RTÉ Television". RTÉ Sport. Archived from the original on 27 February 2011. Retrieved 2011-03-02.
  4. ↑ "RTE wins GAA Championship coverage to 2013". Business and Leadership. 2010-11-10. Archived from the original on 14 December 2010. Retrieved 2011-03-02.
  5. ↑ "The Overwhelmingly Positive Reaction To Joanne Cantwell's Anchoring Tonight". Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  6. ↑ "RTÉ announce Joanne Cantwell as The Sunday Game's new presenter". The 42. 1 February 2018. Retrieved 2 February 2018.



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