Michael Lyster joined RTÉ in 1979 and has presented The Sunday Game since 1984.
Via RTÉ
RTÉ today confirmed, that Michael Lyster will continue to present RTÉ’s Allianz League Sunday and to anchor The Sunday Game Live until the end of the 2018 GAA Championship season when he is due to retire.
Michael said,:
“I’ll be hanging up my hat at the end of 2018. I’ve a full season of top class GAA action to get through with the National Leagues and of course the Championships this summer and that’s what I’m focused on. T
Following my health scare a few years ago, every day and every year was a bonus. That’s the mindset I’ve continued to have and I feel incredibly lucky to have another season to look forward to at the helm”.
Micheal Lyster will speak to Ray D’Arcy on RTÉ Radio 1’s The Ray D’Arcy Show this afternoon.
Pic; RTÉ
Fair play, in fairness.
I think he’s a good egg, makes presenting look effortless, he’ll be missed.
I agree. But I think we’ve all wondered….what does/did he do for the rest of the year?
he does old time dancing and eats hang sangwiches.
He’s a neighbor of mine and a genuinely lovely man, always says hello, always waves..
comes across like that on screen too
Looks like his head got shorter and wider over the years.
I suppose it wil be necessary for RTE to replace him with a woman.
He is a class act. Always fair, impartial and has a real passion for GAA. He will be greatly missed. No doubt he will be replaced by some beige non entity unless they give it to Marty who would be excellent in the role.
Not Des Cahill please or Vogue Williams