Peter Collins (broadcaster)

For other people named Peter Collins, see Peter Collins (disambiguation).

Peter Collins
Nationality	Irish
Occupation	Sportscaster
Employer	Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ)
Known for	Contributions to RTÉ Sport

Peter Collins (Irish: Peadar Ó Coileáin) is an Irish sportscaster for national broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ). He is seen on RTÉ's coverage of live association football, Gaelic games, Formula One Athletics and Moto GP. He is the current presenter of Monday Night Soccer, having taken over from Con Murphy in 2012.

Collins is a native of Westport, County Mayo.

Career

Prior to focusing solely on sports broadcasting, Collins was a late-night radio DJ on 2FM, and also occasionally presented the RTÉ TV / radio simulcast The Beatbox.

Collins has presented and/or commentated for RTÉ at all major championships since 1990.

References

External links

Personnel associated with RTÉ Sport

Athletics

Boxing

Gaelic games

Golf

Greg Allen

Motorsport

Peter Collins

Racing

Rugby union

Joanne Cantwell Tom McGurk Ryle Nugent Daire O'Brien

George Hook Brent Pope Tony Ward

Soccer

Stephen Alkin Ger Canning Peter Collins Adrian Eames Gabriel Egan Philip Greene George Hamilton Jimmy Magee Darragh Maloney Con Murphy Tony O'Donoghue Bill O'Herlihy

Liam Brady Kenny Cunningham Eamon Dunphy Johnny Giles Didi Hamann Ray Houghton Damien Richardson Richard Sadlier Trevor Steven Ronnie Whelan

See also: List of sports broadcasts by RTÉ

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