Matt Cooper (Irish journalist)

For the American journalist, see Matthew Cooper (American journalist).

Matt Cooper (Irish: Matiú Cúipéir) is an Irish journalist and presenter of The Last Word on Today FM.

Cooper was educated at the North Monastery (North Mon) school and University College Cork. He is a former editor of the Sunday Tribune, appointed in September 1996, as well as a former business editor of the Irish Independent. Then aged 30, he was the youngest person in Ireland to be appointed an editor of a national newspaper.^[1]

Mr. Cooper was awarded Business Journalist of the Year in 1992 and 1999 and also National Journalist of the Year in 1993 and 2001. He is a graduate of Dublin City University.

Currently, Cooper presents the news review show The Last Word on Today FM from 16:30 to 19:00 every weekday. In 2008, he spent hours recreating the iconic picture used for the cover of Abbey Road to publicise Today FM's move across the River Liffey only to admit "I'm not really a Beatles fan. Maybe I'm just a little bit too young or something".^[2] Cooper writes a weekly column for the Irish Examiner and one for the Irish edition of The Sunday Times newspaper.

In 2009, Mr Cooper realised a book called Who really runs Ireland. The book examines Irish businessmen and politicians and their relationships.

In 2011, Kim Bielenberg said in the Irish Independent that Cooper would make a worthy replacement for Pat Kenny at RTÉ with Kenny in the "autumn of his career". Bielenberg also said Cooper was "never going to be the next Graham Norton".^[3]

References

1. ^ Horgan, John. "Matt Cooper - For , the Love of Journalism". Dublin City University (DCU). Retrieved 7 November 2009.
2. ^ "Radio heads follow the fab four". Irish Independent. 28 February 2008. http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/radio-heads-follow-the-fab-four-1301501.html. Retrieved 16 March 2008. 
3. ^ Bielenberg, Kim. "The top 10 waiting in the wings". Irish Independent. 22 October 2011.

External links

• Today FM bios: Old New
• Article on Matthew Cooper of Dublin City University

Shows

Weekday	Louise Duffy · The Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show · The Ray D'Arcy Show · The Ray Foley Show · Tony Fenton · The Last Word · Paul McLoone · KC at Night · Small Hours
Weekend	Ed's Indie Disco · Friday Night 80s · Friday Night with JP · The Saturday Breakfast · The Very Last Word · Phil's Saturday Show · Premier League Live · Planet Hits · Declan Meehan · The Sunday Business Show · The Sunday Supplement · Classic Gold Sunday · Today FM Top 40
Former	The Alison Curtis Show · The AM Kelly Show · Carwash · The Eamon Lowe Show · The Essential Series · Here Comes the Night · The Last Splash · Nothing But 90s · Pet Sounds

Other contributors

Tony Cascarino · Paul Collins · John Duggan · Mairead Farrell · Colette Fitzpatrick · Quentin Fottrell · Ann Gleeson · Pamela Halton · Will Hanafin · Maeve Higgins · Jenny Kelly · Mark Lawrenson · Jennifer Maguire · Adelle McDonnell · Pixie McKenna · Arthur Murphy (Emailbag) · Bernard O'Shea · Conor Pope · Mario Rosenstock · Siobhan Hogan

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Even Better Than the Disco Thing · Even Better Than the Real Thing · 1 · 2 · 3 · Gift Grub · José and his Amazing Technicolor Overcoat

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