Peter Collins (broadcaster)

For other people named Peter Collins, see Peter Collins (disambiguation).
Peter Collins
Nationality Irish
Occupation Sportscaster
Employer Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ)
Known for Contributions to RTÉ Sport

Peter Collins (Irish: Peadar Ó Coileáin) is an Irish sportscaster for national broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ). He is seen on RTÉ's coverage of live association football, Gaelic games, Formula One Athletics and Moto GP. He is the current presenter of Monday Night Soccer, having taken over from Con Murphy in 2012.

Collins is a native of Westport, County Mayo.

Career

Prior to focusing solely on sports broadcasting, Collins was a late-night radio DJ on 2FM, and also occasionally presented the RTÉ TV / radio simulcast The Beatbox.

Collins has presented and/or commentated for RTÉ at all major championships since 1990.

References

    This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 3/16/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.