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
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'' on
RTÉ Two, the
League of Ireland highlights show which also includes highlights of
Republic of Ireland soccer matches. He also co-presented ''
Crimecall'' with
Anne Cassin
Anne Cassin (born 1969) is an Irish journalist and news presenter working for Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ).
Cassin began her broadcasting career working for Dublin pirate radio station Radio Nova in 1982, where she co-presented a nightly ne ...
. On radio, he co-presented ''Sunday Sport'' on
RTÉ Radio 1, with
Jacqui Hurley.
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
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in
Japan
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and
South Korea, plus he was part of RTÉ Radio's award-winning commentary team from the
2006 Ryder Cup
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