Michael Lyster
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Michael Lyster (born 1958) in Galway is a sports broadcaster with Radio Telefís Éireann (RTE) in Ireland.
Known to many as the face of Gaelic Athletic Association on RTÉ, Lyster has presented The Sunday Game, RTÉ's main television programme covering the All-Ireland Senior Football and All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championships; he has chaired the programme since its beginning in the late 1970s.
Lyster has not just presented Gaelic Athletic Association but has also covered a wide range of sports programmes for RTÉ, including:
- horseracing,
- motorsport,
- greyhound racing,
- athletics,
- rugby and
- soccer.
Lyster has covered seven Olympic Games since joining the station. The first being Moscow in 1980 whilst he working for Radio Sport; later in 1984 he made his television Olympic debut, co-hosting with Moya Doherty on Daybreak LA (RTÉ's first venture into breakfast television).
Lyster is also a keen rally driving enthuasiast which he has done for 15 years, partaking in all the main events including the Cork International Rally where he finished third in 1992, the Circuit of Ireland Rally and the Killarney Rally of the Lakes.
