Peter Collins ( ga, Peadar Ó Coileáin) is an Irish sportscaster for national broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ). He is seen on RTÉ's coverage of live

Soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

Gaelic games Gaelic games ( ga, Cluichí Gaelacha) are a set of sports played worldwide, though they are particularly popular in Ireland, where they originated. They include Gaelic football, hurling, Gaelic handball and rounders. Football and hurling ...

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, track & field athletics and

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. He is the current presenter of Soccer Republic and SSE Airtricity League 'live'. Collins is a native of Westport,

County Mayo County Mayo (; ga, Contae Mhaigh Eo, meaning "Plain of the yew trees") is a county in Ireland. In the West of Ireland, in the province of Connacht, it is named after the village of Mayo, now generally known as Mayo Abbey. Mayo County Counci ...

. Peter Collins played football for Westport United FC and won a Connaught Cup medal with the club back in 1987. He is a father.

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

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The Beatbox ''The Beatbox'' was an Irish music programme, broadcast as a simulcast across both television (RTÉ Two) and radio (RTÉ 2fm) between the hours of 11.30 and 1.30 on Sunday mornings / afternoons. It ran from the late 1980s until 1995, and had a nu ...

. Collins has presented and/or commentated for RTÉ at all major championships (Olympic Games, FIFA World CUP, UEFA European Championship) since 1990.

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Peter Collins to present Irish Sports Person of the Year Award live on RTÉ

1964 births 20th-century Irish people 21st-century Irish people Broadcasters from County Mayo Gaelic games commentators Irish association football commentators Living people Motorsport announcers People from Westport, County Mayo RTÉ television presenters {{Ireland-tv-bio-stub