Michael Lyster's former Sunday Game colleague Anthony Daly has hailed the late presenter as a "gift to broadcasting" in Ireland. Lyster died on Saturday at the age of 71, having presented RTÉ's flagship GAA show for 34 years, up until he retired in 2018. Irish Examiner columnist and podcast host Daly worked with Lyster regularly on The Sunday Game, especially before he took over as Dublin hurling manager ahead of the 2009 season. "Talk about helping you and putting you at ease; if you were sweating, he was sweating with you," the Clare man said on the Dalo's Hurling Show. Sheedy accompanied Lyster on a couple of All-Stars trips on which he saw the friendship between Lyster and Irish Independent journalists Vincent Hogan and Martin Breheny.

Source: Irish Examiner March 24, 2026 13:59 UTC