Speakers Matt Cooper

Radio and TV Broadcaster, Newspaper Columnist, Best-Selling author and Podcaster.  Matt presents and edits the daily news, current affairs and sports programme 'The Last Word' on Today FM.

He previously presented 'The Tonight Show' on Virgin Media  One.  He writes a weekly newspaper column for the Irish Daily Mail that is published each Wednesday and the Last Post column on the back page of the Business Post each Sunday.

In 2024, Matt launched his podcast 'Path to Power' alongside former colleague Ivan Yates.  2024 was the year of elections in Ireland, the UK, US and the European Union. In 'Path to Power', they bring their individual points of view to a lively weekly discussion that sets the agenda and examines all the issues.   The podcast has topped the charts each week since its release on both Apple and Spotify.  Matt and Ivan took to the stage in the 3Olympia Theatre and the Cork Podcast Festival in September 2024 for live shows. 

In October 2023, Matt released his book 'Who Really Owns Ireland?' in which he examines the key players behind the scenes of Irish property ownership.

Matt has a long-standing interest in business, going back to his time as Business Editor of the Irish Independent.  He has written two major business biographies both of which were short-listed for Irish Non-Fiction Book of the Year.  'The Maximalist, the story of Tony O'Reilly' and 'Michael O'Leary, turbulent times for the man who made Ryanair'.  The latter was Financial Times book of the month in September 2018.  He was also author of the number one bestseller 'Who Really Runs Ireland' and 'How Ireland Really Went Bust' both of which were short-listed for Irish Non-Fiction Book of the Year.