Joanne Cantwell

Joanne Cantwell, born on 30 September 1979, is an Irish sports presenter and journalist who also has a playing background in ladies' Gaelic football. Raised in Dublin as one of five sisters, she studied journalism at Dublin City University. During her teenage years she took part in several competitive sports and played ladies' Gaelic football for the Dublin county team, was named Young Dublin Player of the Year in 1997 and received an All-Star nomination in 1998. Her broadcasting career began while she was still at university, covering weekend sport on the radio station FM104, and she later worked at TV3 before joining RTE. In April 2016 she became the first woman to anchor RTE's UEFA Champions League coverage, and in February 2018 she was announced as studio presenter of The Sunday Game, succeeding Michael Lyster.