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Des Cahill is an Irish sportscaster and presenter. He is best known for his work on RTÉ Sport, where he has been a presenter since 1988. He has presented a variety of sports programmes, including The Sunday Game, The Premiership and The Championship. He has also presented the Eurovision Song Contest and the Rose of Tralee.
Cahill was born in Dublin, Ireland, on 1 May 1953. He attended University College Dublin, where he studied English and History. After graduating, he worked as a journalist for the Irish Times and the Sunday Tribune.
Cahill began his broadcasting career in 1988, when he joined RTÉ Sport. He has since presented a variety of sports programmes, including The Sunday Game, The Premiership and The Championship. He has also presented the Eurovision Song Contest and the Rose of Tralee.
Cahill has won numerous awards for his work in broadcasting, including the Irish Film and Television Academy's Best Sports Presenter award in 2009.
As of 2021, Des Cahill's net worth is estimated to be roughly $2 million.
Popular As |
Desmond Cahill |
Occupation |
Sportscaster |
Age |
71 years old |
Zodiac Sign |
Taurus |
Born |
1 May 1953 |
Birthday |
1 May |
Birthplace |
Dublin, Ireland |
Nationality |
Ireland |
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Des Cahill Height, Weight & Measurements
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Who Is Des Cahill's Wife?
His wife is Caroline Curran
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Wife |
Caroline Curran |
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Children |
Paul Cahill, Amy Cahill |
Des Cahill Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Des Cahill worth at the age of 71 years old? Des Cahill’s income source is mostly from being a successful Sportscaster. He is from Ireland. We have estimated
Des Cahill's net worth
, money, salary, income, and assets.
Net Worth in 2023 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Sportscaster |
Des Cahill Social Network
Timeline
Cahill emerged as a hugely popular figure on the first series of Dancing with the Stars in 2017. He reached week 10 in the 12-week series, partnered by professional dancer, Karen Byrne. Cahill was named "Ireland's Most Influential Journalist on Twitter" in 2015 and 2016. In 2011, he was blacklisted by the Football Association of Ireland.
Cahill has been featured on Nob Nation, a topical comedy radio show which is written and produced by Oliver Callan. Cahill emerged as a hugely popular figure on the first series of Dancing with the Stars in 2017. He reached week 10 in the 12-week series. He was partnered by Irish professional dancer Karen Byrne.
For 20 years he was associated with early morning radio – presenting the sports news on the main news programme, Morning Ireland on RTÉ Radio 1, and in a very different style, with Ian Dempsey on 2FM. It was on Dempsey's show that he began the ABU (Anyone But United) Club and each year he supported the main rivals of football team Manchester United in the Premier League. He designed an ABU shirt, with a crest in Latin, reading "Uppus Cantonis Aris". He engaged with listeners, whose letters and e-mails became a key part of the show.
In July 2011, the Football Association of Ireland complained about remarks made by Cahill while discussing the organisation's AGM on the Saturday Sport radio show. RTÉ bosses "rejected outright" the complaint, and the FAI threatened to sue. Dion Fanning in the Sunday Independent said, "Refusing to talk to Des Cahill is a bit like forbidding your children to read Gentle Ben because playing with bears is dangerous."
On 9 June 2010, Cahill co-hosted the opening ceremony of the 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games Irish heats at Thomond Park with Ian Dempsey.
Before the launch of The Road to Croker a weekly Gaelic Games programme, that included a live audience as it visited clubs around the country ahead of the big Championship. When Cahill went to Beijing for the Summer Olympics in 2008, Bertie Ahern took over presenting duties on The Road to Croker. Cahill also presents Up for the Match, the RTÉ entertainment programme that celebrates the All-Ireland final, on the eve of both the Hurling and Gaelic Football finals. Initially he co-presented with Mary Kennedy, but in 2008, Gráinne Seoige became his co-presenter.
In November 2008, he appeared on The Restaurant, where he scored five stars from the critics. In 2009, he became the presenter of the evening highlights edition of The Sunday Game. Also that year he celebrated 25 years in broadcasting, and was reunited with Ian Dempsey when he appeared on The Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show on Today FM.
In May 2004, while discussing Westmeath's first victory over Offaly in 55 years with Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh on Morning Ireland, Cahill attracted criticism for his remarks that Westmeath had been under BIFFOs for all that time.
In 1993, Cahill received a Jacob's Award for his radio broadcasts.
During his career, Cahill has won a Jacob's Award in 1993, an ESB Journalist of the Year award for sport in 2001, and was named PPI Sports Presenter of the Year in 2007.
In the mid-1990s, Cahill began a sports phone-in programme on RTÉ Radio 1 called Sportscall. At one stage it ran three nights a week, but it was on Monday nights, after the weekend games, that fans from all over the country let off steam. He also helped Gay Byrne out with The Gay Byrne Show before Byrne retired in 1998.
On television, he presented Sideline View, RTÉ's first midweek Gaelic Games Championship programme, in the mid-1990s. Apart from special reports from the counties, the programme used the existing panellists from The Sunday Game, and added the likes of Pete Finnerty and Tommy Lyons who themselves went on to become panellists on The Sunday Game.
Cahill joined RTÉ in 1984 as a TV news reporter, but quickly began reporting for the Sunday Sport programme on RTÉ Radio 1. By 1987 he had taken over as presenter of the flagship programme from Jimmy Magee.
In 1981, Cahill moved to The Kerryman newspaper. He was based in Killarney, covering all of South Kerry. He was a member of the Dr Crokes GAA club.
In the late 1970s, while still a Journalism student in Rathmines, Cahill began freelancing for The Irish Press group. He did a weekly match report for the Evening Press called The Big Match, featuring a GAA club match in Dublin.
Desmond Cahill (born 10 March 1959) is an Irish sports presenter and commentator with national broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann.