Jim Carney is an Irish poet, journalist, and former presenter, best known for The Sunday Game.
[1] Carney was later appointed as a journalist and broadcaster with Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ), becoming the first presenter of the now landmark Gaelic games show The Sunday Game in 1979.
Preferring to be behind the camera, Carney moved into commentary after two seasons and remained a commentator and reporter for The Sunday Game until 2010, also working on the channel's live All-Ireland Hurling and Football Finals coverage as a reporter and interviewer, plus taking extra duties when regular-season live coverage was introduced in 1995.
[3] In 1971, he published his first book, a collection of poems titled Echoes from a Darkened Alley.
Carney played a key role in the management team for his club Milltown when they won their second and last Galway Senior Football Championship in 1981.