Matt Cooper
Broadcaster
Matt Cooper is a broadcaster, podcaster, author and newspaper columnist.
He presents and edits the daily radio show The Last Word on Today FM. He co-presents and produces the political podcast Path to Power alongside his former TV colleague Ivan Yates. His other podcast is an interview series called Magnified. He has written six books, including Who Really Runs Ireland (2009) and Who Really Owns Ireland (2023) and biographies of leading businessmen Tony O'Reilly and Michael O'Leary. His next book, the story of Dunnes Stores, is due for publication in late 2025. He writes weekly columns for The Business Post and The Irish Daily Mail.
Originally from Cork, where he was a commerce graduate from UCC in 1987, he moved to Dublin and completed a masters in journalism at NIHE Dublin (now DCU), He has lived and worked in Dublin ever since and is married with five adult children, living in Rathmines.
Matt will speak as part of the National Balance Imperative: Challenge + Opportunity session on Tuesday 25 March.
