Warm tributes after death of WLR FM sports editor Kevin Casey

Tributes have been paid to Kevin Casey, the sports editor of Waterford radio station WLR FM, who passed away on Tuesday at the age of 40. The award-winning presenter died after a short illness.

A Kerry native, Mr Casey won a GAA MacNamee award and a PPI radio award for his interview with Waterford hurler Maurice Shanahan on the topic of depression. Mr Casey had previously received the MacNamee award in 2010 for his programme celebrating the jubilee of Waterford’s All-Ireland hurling win over Kilkenny in 1959.

RTÉ sports presenter Jacqui Hurley yesterday extended her sympathies to Mr Casey’s family, describing the broadcaster as a “lovely man”, while Irish Examiner Gaelic games correspondent John Fogarty said Mr Casey was an “excellent journalist and a gentleman”.