Kenneth Early (born 4 February 1979) is an Irish

journalist A journalist is a person who gathers information in the form of text, audio or pictures, processes it into a newsworthy form and disseminates it to the public. This is called journalism. Roles Journalists can work in broadcast, print, advertis ...

and broadcaster. As of 2013, he was a director of

Second Captains Second Captains is a production company founded by Ken Early, Simon Hick, Mark Horgan, Eoin McDevitt and Ciarán Murphy and based in Dublin, Ireland. The Second Captains Podcast was launched in March 2013 and quickly became the most-popular p ...

and a host of both Second Captains @ The Irish Times and the television show Second Captains Live on

RTÉ 2 (; ; RTÉThe É in RTÉ is pronounced as an English E () and not an Irish É ()) is an Irish public service broadcaster. It both produces and broadcasts programmes on television, radio and online. The radio service began on 1 January 1926, ...

. He is also a columnist with

The Irish Times ''The Irish Times'' is an Irish daily broadsheet newspaper and online digital publication. It was launched on 29 March 1859. The editor is Ruadhán Mac Cormaic. It is published every day except Sundays. ''The Irish Times'' is Ireland's leading n ...

. He is a

Shamrock Rovers Shamrock Rovers Football Club is an Irish professional Association football, football club based in Tallaght, South Dublin. The club's senior team competes in the League of Ireland Premier Division and it is List of football clubs by competit ...

fan who started supporting them in the 1980s. He was chief

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

correspondent for

Newstalk Newstalk (formerly NewsTalk 106) is a national independent radio station in Ireland. It is operated by News 106 Limited, a subsidiary of Bauer Media Audio Ireland, and broadcasts under a sound broadcasting contract with the Broadcasting Aut ...

and was a key member of the station's ''Off The Ball'' football show. Early was present on the show from its inception until its cessation in March 2013 following a dispute with radio management. The eldest of four children, Early was raised in

Templeogue Templeogue is a southwestern suburb of Dublin in Ireland. It lies between the River Poddle and River Dodder, and is about halfway from Dublin's centre to the mountains to the south. Geography Location Templeogue is from Dublin city centre t ...

(by Greenhills Park) and graduated from

Trinity College, Dublin Trinity College Dublin (), officially titled The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, and legally incorporated as Trinity College, the University of Dublin (TCD), is the sole constituent college of the Univ ...

in 2000. During his time at the university, he served as the editor of '' TCD Miscellany'', and was also a member of the

University Philosophical Society The University Philosophical Society (UPS), commonly known as The Phil, is a student paper-reading and debating society in Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. Founded in 1683, it describes itself as the oldest student, collegial and paper-read ...

. One of his earliest exposures to sport was as a member of the Templeogue Swimming Club.Team TSC Newsletter
In addition to co-presenting ''Off The Ball'' for Newstalk, he has also fronted the Arts show ''Culture Shock'' on the same radio station. He has also presented the early Saturday morning political programme ''Saturday Edition''.

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Second Captains online radio show
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