Saturday with Matt Cooper: ‘Good luck trying to get us home early from a night out'

The podcaster, broadcaster, author and keen golfer tells Amanda Cassidy about what Saturday looks like for him - and why an air fryer is one of the best investments he's ever made

Matt Cooper talks to us about his new podcast with Ivan Yates and why you'll never find him sitting in on a Saturday night.

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My Saturdays actually start about nine days beforehand. On a Thursday, when I can get on the golf line of my golf club to book my Saturday round. The alarm is even set to remind me to get online and make sure I get a time that suits Aileen and myself to play. That’s usually the key starting point for my weekend, and everything else follows from that. The time I get up on a Saturday morning is usually dictated by the time I get given. I only picked up the game in August 2020. We were on a family holiday during covid during those brief times when you were allowed outside your county and we booked Parknasilla in Co. Kerry and went down with the kids, just for five days. We were looking for things to do and decided to play there. We were all absolutely hopeless, but I looked at Aileen and said, “that’s the best fun I’ve had in ages,” and she said the same.