Conleth 'Con' Murphy (born 30 January 1966) is an Irish freelance radio and television presenter, working mainly on sports programming. Until recently he presented ''

Monday Night Soccer ''Monday Night Soccer'' is a former football television programme shown on RTÉ Two each Monday evening during the football season. Presented by Peter Collins, he was usually joined by two guests, like manager Damien Richardson and former Millw ...

'' on

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, the

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highlights show which also includes highlights of

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soccer matches. He also co-presented ''

Crimecall ''Crimecall'' is a television show broadcast once monthly on RTÉ. It is co-produced in Dublin, Ireland, by Green Ink Ltd and 360 Production South Ltd. Since September 2023, the show has been presented by journalist Carla O'Brien. It is a second ...

'' with

Anne Cassin Anne Cassin (born 1969) is an Irish journalist and news presenter working for RTÉ. Cassin began her broadcasting career working for Dublin pirate radio station Radio Nova in 1982, where she co-presented a nightly news programme, ''Dublin Today ...

. On radio, he co-presented ''Sunday Sport'' on

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, with

Jacqui Hurley Jacqui Hurley (born 15 January 1984, in County Cork) is a Sports commentator, sports broadcaster and chat show host employed by RTÉ, Ireland's national radio and television station, where she is a regular sports news presenter on RTÉ News and ...

. He left RTÉ in 2012.

Career

Murphy worked as one of the main sports presenters with RTÉ from 1992 until 2012. In that time he anchored RTÉ Radio's coverage of the Summer Olympics Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000, Athens 2004 Beijing 2008, and London 2012. He has presented football, golf, rugby, hockey, basketball, athletics, and horse racing on RTÉ Television. He presented international football on RTÉ radio for 17 years until 2012 and reported from the

2002 FIFA World Cup The 2002 FIFA World Cup, also branded as Korea/Japan 2002, was the 17th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial Association football, football world championship for List of men's national association football teams, men's national teams organized by ...

in Japan and South Korea, plus he was part of RTÉ Radio's award-winning commentary team from the

2006 Ryder Cup The 36th Ryder Cup Matches were held 22–24 September 2006 in Ireland at the Palmer Course of the K Club in Straffan, County Kildare, west of Dublin. It was the first time the event was played in Ireland. Europe won by 18 to 9 points, equall ...

at the

K Club The Kildare Hotel and Golf Club (abbreviated The K Club) is a golf and leisure complex located in Straffan, County Kildare, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is built on the original grounds of the Straffan estate, incorporating the 1830s Straff ...

. He presented the nightly highlights programme on

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's coverage of the

2010 FIFA World Cup The 2010 FIFA World Cup was the 19th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for List of men's national association football teams, men's national Association football, football teams. It took place in South Africa from 11 June to 11 July 2010. ...

References

External links

Con Murphy and ''Monday Night Soccer''

Con Murphy Column on RTÉ
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