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Weekend Sport

Irish radio programme

Summary

Irish radio programme

Field	Value
show_name	Weekend Sport
format	Sport
runtime	240 minutes
country	Ireland
language	English
home_station	RTÉ Radio 1
presenter	Joanne Cantwell
Des Cahill
Darren Frehill
rec_location	Donnybrook, Dublin
last_aired	Present
audio_format	FM and Digital radio

Des Cahill Darren Frehill Weekend Sport is a Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ) radio programme broadcast at weekends on RTÉ Radio 1.

Saturday Sport is broadcast between 14:00 and 18:00 on Saturdays, although broadcast times are often extended depending on ongoing events, with Sunday Sport on air between 14:00 and 18:00.

Sunday Sport has been on air since 1971 and was first presented by Paddy O'Brien. Other presenters throughout its history have included Liam Nolan, Bill O'Herlihy, Eamonn Ó'Muirí, Jimmy Magee, Adrian Eames and Jacqui Hurley.

Saturday Sport is presented by Joanne Cantwell and Des Cahill. Sunday Sport is presented by Des Cahill and Darren Frehill. Many RTÉ Sports reporters and producers, such as Barry O'Neill, also contribute.

Saturday Sport is Ireland's most listened to radio sports programme, drawing a weekly audience of 226,000, whilst 211,000 tune in to Sunday Sport weekly.

Commentators and reporters

GAA - Pauric Lodge, Marty Morrissey, Liam Aherne, Ger Canning, Darragh Maloney, Adrian Eames, John Kenny, Damien O'Meara, Angelina Nugent, Siobhan Madigan, Martin Kiely, Pat Costello, Owen McConnon, Mike McCartney, Cathal Mullaney, Patrick Mulcahy, Sean Perry.

Rugby - Michael Corcoran, Gary Moran, Neil Treacy,

Soccer - John Kenny, Adrian Eames, Siobhan Madigan.

Horse racing - Brendan McArdle, Eoghain Ward.

Golf - Greg Allen.

Pundits

GAA - John Mullane, Shane McGrath, Davy Fitzgerald, Kyle Coney, John Casey, Denise Masterson, Brian Carroll, Conleth Gilligan, Brendan Deveney, Kate Kelly.

Rugby - Donal Lenihan, Bernard Jackman, Grace Davitt, Fiona Coghlan, Shane Byrne, Ian Keatley, James Downey.

Soccer - Alan Cawley, Paul Corry, Pat Fenlon, Stephen Elliott, Keith Long, Keith Treacy, Stephen Kelly.

Horse racing - Nina Carberry.

Golf - Gary Murphy.

References

[http://www.rte.ie/sport/saturdaysport.html Saturday Sport]
[http://www.rte.ie/sport/sundaysport.html Sunday Sport]
"Sunday Sport".
RTÉ. (2025-08-07). "LATEST JNLR RTÉ LISTENERSHIP FIGURES RELEASED".

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