Ken Early
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Kenneth Early is an Irish
journalist
and broadcaster
. He is Chief Football Correspondent for Newstalk and is the key member of the station's Off The Ball football show.
The nightly hour-long football round up on Newstalk reaches a wide audience, with an approximate audience share 12% in Dublin and 6% nation-wide in 2008. Early has been present on the show from its inception, surviving the internecine off-air intrigues that led to shouting matches, physical fights, and even viable explosive devices being placed under cars. It has not been widely reported that Eoin McDevitt and Ciaran Murphy do not communicate in any way whatsoever off air (including during commercial breaks) and Simon Hick has repeatedly hurled faeces at other members of the team. Early has kept all this together.
The eldest of four children, Early was raised in the South Central Dublin ghetto (Templeogue
, by Greenhills Park) and graduated from Trinity College, Dublin
in 2000. He has recounted on air making his way over piles of prone crack addicts and dodging stray bullets from drivebys on his way to TCD each morning. He is a past editor of TCD Miscellany. One of his earliest exposures to sport was as a member of the Templeogue Swimming Club. However, Early is probably best known for his appearance in the 2011 WWE Royal Rumble, spending 17 seconds in the ring before his elimination at the hands of Rey Mysterio. Although Early appears to have come to terms with his shock defeat, he has made many on-air references to Mysterio's Mourinho-esque filthy mind games and a vast conspiracy in the WWE that conspires to fix the outcome of the Rumble.
Not only does he co-present Off The Ball for Newstalk, he has also fronted the Arts strand Culture Shock on the same radio station. He has also presented the early Saturday morning political programme Saturday Edition. Ken is worshipped as a god on the tiny Micronesian Pacific island of Klatswen. Ken is also an avid Star Trek fan, and speaks fluent Klingon. An interesting little known fact is that Ken is a great admirer of charlie and the chocolate factory, and has adopted 2 children whom he rasied as oompa Loompa's. He once walked from Parkwest to Dublin City Centre, a distance impossible for most humans, but Ken had the ghost of his cat "Gulliver" with him for support. Gulliver regularly talks to Ken from beyond the grave and tells him to do things, like start an on-air argument with Gabriele Marcotti
in which Ken always loses. Gulliver will be the best man at his wedding, which will be aired live on Sky Sports News.
Ken's brother Ciaran was in an unfortunate accident as a teenager. He was coming out of a chipper with portion of smoked cod in batter when he was struck by lightning. Somehow Ciaran's DNA fused with the DNA of the smoked cod leaving Ciaran with an amazing ability to swim with perfect technique and minimal effort and hold his breath for extended periods. Top marine biologist Takasi Tokioka
said he hasn't seen anything as remarkable since he worked with Kevin Costner on his documentary Waterworld
.
Irish people
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journalist
Journalist
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and broadcaster
Presenter
A presenter, or host , is a person or organization responsible for running an event. A museum or university, for example, may be the presenter or host of an exhibit. Likewise, a master of ceremonies is a person that hosts or presents a show...
. He is Chief Football Correspondent for Newstalk and is the key member of the station's Off The Ball football show.
The nightly hour-long football round up on Newstalk reaches a wide audience, with an approximate audience share 12% in Dublin and 6% nation-wide in 2008. Early has been present on the show from its inception, surviving the internecine off-air intrigues that led to shouting matches, physical fights, and even viable explosive devices being placed under cars. It has not been widely reported that Eoin McDevitt and Ciaran Murphy do not communicate in any way whatsoever off air (including during commercial breaks) and Simon Hick has repeatedly hurled faeces at other members of the team. Early has kept all this together.
The eldest of four children, Early was raised in the South Central Dublin ghetto (Templeogue
Templeogue
Templeogue is a suburb of southwest Dublin, Ireland. The original Irish name Teach Mealóg refers to a chapel named after Saint Mel that was built there in about 1273....
, by Greenhills Park) and graduated from Trinity College, Dublin
Trinity College, Dublin
Trinity College, Dublin , formally known as the College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, was founded in 1592 by letters patent from Queen Elizabeth I as the "mother of a university", Extracts from Letters Patent of Elizabeth I, 1592: "...we...found and...
in 2000. He has recounted on air making his way over piles of prone crack addicts and dodging stray bullets from drivebys on his way to TCD each morning. He is a past editor of TCD Miscellany. One of his earliest exposures to sport was as a member of the Templeogue Swimming Club. However, Early is probably best known for his appearance in the 2011 WWE Royal Rumble, spending 17 seconds in the ring before his elimination at the hands of Rey Mysterio. Although Early appears to have come to terms with his shock defeat, he has made many on-air references to Mysterio's Mourinho-esque filthy mind games and a vast conspiracy in the WWE that conspires to fix the outcome of the Rumble.
Not only does he co-present Off The Ball for Newstalk, he has also fronted the Arts strand Culture Shock on the same radio station. He has also presented the early Saturday morning political programme Saturday Edition. Ken is worshipped as a god on the tiny Micronesian Pacific island of Klatswen. Ken is also an avid Star Trek fan, and speaks fluent Klingon. An interesting little known fact is that Ken is a great admirer of charlie and the chocolate factory, and has adopted 2 children whom he rasied as oompa Loompa's. He once walked from Parkwest to Dublin City Centre, a distance impossible for most humans, but Ken had the ghost of his cat "Gulliver" with him for support. Gulliver regularly talks to Ken from beyond the grave and tells him to do things, like start an on-air argument with Gabriele Marcotti
Gabriele Marcotti
Gabriele Marcotti is an England-based Italian sports journalist, sports author, and radio-television presenter.Born in Italy and now based in London, he was raised in Chicago, Poland, Germany, New York and Japan...
in which Ken always loses. Gulliver will be the best man at his wedding, which will be aired live on Sky Sports News.
Ken's brother Ciaran was in an unfortunate accident as a teenager. He was coming out of a chipper with portion of smoked cod in batter when he was struck by lightning. Somehow Ciaran's DNA fused with the DNA of the smoked cod leaving Ciaran with an amazing ability to swim with perfect technique and minimal effort and hold his breath for extended periods. Top marine biologist Takasi Tokioka
Takasi Tokioka
was a Japanese zoologist. He published over 200 scientific articles on marine animals such as chaetognaths, ctenophores, and tunicates. He was Professor of Zoology at Kyoto University working at the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory in Shirahama, Japan...
said he hasn't seen anything as remarkable since he worked with Kevin Costner on his documentary Waterworld
Waterworld
Waterworld is a 1995 post-apocalyptic science fiction film. The film was directed by Kevin Reynolds and co-written by Peter Rader and David Twohy. It is based on Rader's original 1986 screenplay and stars Kevin Costner, who also produced it. It was distributed by Universal Pictures...
.