Des Cahill

Desmond Cahill (born 12 December 1959) is an Irish sports presenter and commentator with national broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann. From 2009 to 2022, Cahill presented RTÉ television's GAA highlights programme ''The Sunday Game''.

He presents RTÉ's flagship weekend sports radio programme ''Saturday Sport'' as well as ''Up for the Match'' which previews the All-Ireland Gaelic Football and Hurling final matches. He is also the regular weekday morning sports presenter on ''Morning Ireland'' and ''Today with Sean O'Rourke''. Cahill also presents ''Des's Island Discs'' on RTÉ Radio 1, which discusses various celebrities' favourite choices of music. Cahill previously presented a daily radio programme called ''Drivetime Sport'' on RTÉ Radio 1.

Cahill emerged as a hugely popular figure on the first series of ''Dancing with the Stars'' in 2017. He reached week 10 in the 12-week series, partnered by professional dancer, Karen Byrne. Cahill was named "Ireland's Most Influential Journalist on Twitter" in 2015 and 2016. In 2011, he was blacklisted by the Football Association of Ireland. Provided by Wikipedia