Early Life
Matt Cooper was born in Cork in 1966 and was educated at the North Monastery (North Mon) school and later at University College Cork.
As well as radio, sport was another early passion. Cooper played rugby with Sunday's Well and went on to captain the under-20s team. He also had a fondness for GAA, and played Gaelic football and hurling for the Bishopstown GAA club.
Cooper is a former editor of the Sunday Tribune, appointed in September 1996, as well as a former business editor of the Irish Independent. Then aged 30, he was the youngest person in Ireland to be appointed an editor of a national newspaper.
Mr. Cooper was awarded Business Journalist of the Year in 1992 and 1999 and also National Journalist of the Year in 1993 and 2001. He is a graduate of Dublin City University.
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