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 Cóilín) is an Irish sportscaster for national broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ). He is to be seen on RTÉ's coverage of live association football, Gaelic games, Formula One and Moto GP.

Career

Collins presented RTÉ's coverage of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

He contributed to RTÉ Sport's coverage of the 2010 FIFA World Cup.[1][2]

He was the subject of a Twitter controversy in 2011 after tweets critical of Irish Travellers surfaced online during a Tonight with Vincent Browne debate.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ Black, Fergus (2 June 2010). "RTÉ hopes Ossie and squad will spur fans to back home team". Irish Independent. http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/tv-radio/rte-hopes-ossie-and-squad-will-spur-fans-to-back-home-team-2203365.html. Retrieved 2 June 2010. 
  2. ^ O'Malley, Carl (2 June 2010). "RTÉ roll out big guns for their 56 live games". The Irish Times. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2010/0602/1224271676683.html. Retrieved 2 June 2010. 
  3. ^ "Peter Collins accounts cause Twitter storm… but they’re all fake". The Journal. 9 November 2011. http://www.thejournal.ie/peter-collins-accounts-cause-twitter-storm-but-theyre-all-fake-275199-Nov2011/. Retrieved 9 November 2011. 
  4. ^ "Possibly fake Twitter account gets RTE's Peter Collins in hot water". JOE. 9 November 2011. http://www.joe.ie/news-politics/current-affairs/possibly-fake-twitter-account-gets-rtes-peter-collins-in-hot-water-0017544-1. Retrieved 9 November 2011. 

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