Culture That Made Me: Matt Cooper on UCC, Lou Grant and Succession 

The Cork-born broadcaster also includes Bill O'Herlihy, Succession, and Gabriel Byrne in his selections 

Matt Cooper's latest book is Who Really Owns Ireland?. 

Matt Cooper, 57, grew up on the Lee Road, Cork, and went to secondary school at the North Monastery and later University College Cork. In 1996, he was made editor of the Sunday Tribune newspaper, aged 30, becoming Ireland’s youngest editor of a national newspaper. In 2003, he began presenting the drivetime radio show The Last Word on Today FM. He makes documentaries and anchors TV shows. He’s authored several books, including Who Really Owns Ireland? which is published by Gill Books.

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