Matt Cooper (Irish journalist)
| Matt Cooper | |
|---|---|
| Born |
21 July 1966 Cork, Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Education |
University College Cork Dublin City University |
| Occupation | Radio/TV presenter, author, journalist |
| Employer | Today FM |
| Notable credit(s) | The Last Word |
Matt Cooper (born 21 July 1966) is an Irish journalist, author, television presenter and radio presenter of The Last Word on Today FM. He is a former editor of the Sunday Tribune.
Matt Cooper was born in Cork in 1966 and was educated at the North Monastery (North Mon) school and later at University College Cork. As well as radio, sport was another early passion. Cooper played rugby with Sunday's Well and later captained the under-20s team. He also had a fondness for GAA, and played Gaelic football and hurling for the Bishopstown GAA club.
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. 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.
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". Cooper writes a weekly column for the Irish Examiner and one for the Irish edition of The Sunday Times newspaper.
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