98FM sports broadcaster Johnny Lyons has died

RichardCeann

The 98FM sports presenter Johnny Lyons has been found dead at his home in Dublin.
Mr Lyons, who presented the Now That’s What I Call Sport show at the station, had been off work with a broken ankle and was due to return next week.
It is understood colleagues had had difficulty contacting him, which led to concerns. His body was discovered following a subsequent visit to his apartment in Dublin city centre on Wednesday evening.



While the cause of death is not known at this stage, foul play is not believed to be suspected.
Friends and colleagues of the broadcaster, who was aged in his 40s, have been coming to terms with the news.

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A sad day for Irish radio. Loved his sport and always seemed to enjoy himself on air. Ar dheis dé go raibh a anam.

Fiery mutant

Never liked his show or style of presenting. But he did know his stuff. RIP.

buswankers

RichardCeann wrote: »

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/98fm-presenter-johnny-lyons-found-dead-in-apartment-1.2322289

A sad day for Irish radio. Loved his sport and always seemed to enjoy himself on air. Ar dheis dé go raibh a anam.

I heard this on 98fm earlier this evening, got goosebumps as I always associate him with the sports news & can't believe I won't ever hear him again. V v tragic as it must have been sudden. R.I.P Johnny Lyons.

I never heard of this guy until one day about 12 years ago I was in a garage paying for fuel and his radio station was on in the background. He was talking about what sport was on tv that evening. When he got to TG4 he said "you know the deal, folks; turn off the volume."

I was impressed by his ability to take an entirely unnecessary detour just to portray himself as narrow-minded and obnoxious.

seamus

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I was impressed by his ability to take an entirely unnecessary detour just to portray himself as narrow-minded and obnoxious.

To be fair to him, that's a persona that sport presenters usually have to imitate in order to appeal to their primary demographic; the laddish always-up-for-a-joke, slightly backwards and sexist persona.

Paul Collins on Today FM comes across as an obnoxious cock too, but people who like sports seem to love him.

Daith

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I never heard of this guy until one day about 12 years ago I was in a garage paying for fuel and his radio station was on in the background. He was talking about what sport was on tv that evening. When he got to TG4 he said "you know the deal, folks; turn off the volume."

I was impressed by his ability to take an entirely unnecessary detour just to portray himself as narrow-minded and obnoxious.

TBh a lot of people if they don't speak Irish and were watching a match on TG4 would turn down the volume.

The fact that he was saying what most of his listeners would be thinking made him popular.

the_monkey

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I never heard of this guy until one day about 12 years ago I was in a garage paying for fuel and his radio station was on in the background. He was talking about what sport was on tv that evening. When he got to TG4 he said "you know the deal, folks; turn off the volume."

I was impressed by his ability to take an entirely unnecessary detour just to portray himself as narrow-minded and obnoxious.

Yeah narrow minded and obxoxious, sure to an audience that 99.99% don't understand nor give a sh'it about a dead language ... :rolleyes:

suicide_circus

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I never heard of this guy until one day about 12 years ago I was in a garage paying for fuel and his radio station was on in the background. He was talking about what sport was on tv that evening. When he got to TG4 he said "you know the deal, folks; turn off the volume."

I was impressed by his ability to take an entirely unnecessary detour just to portray himself as narrow-minded and obnoxious.

Never miss a chance to kick a man when he's dead.

runningbuddy

I liked his style of presenting....will miss his voice of a morning...I know he was out of action...didn't realise he was ill...RIP Johnny

cuilleog

It astonishes me that some people decide to come on a thread about a man who has just died to put the boot in. Well done, brave keyboard warriors. You never would have had the balls to say it to the man when he was alive

RichardCeann

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I was impressed by his ability to take an entirely unnecessary detour just to portray himself as narrow-minded and obnoxious.

Touché.

Little CuChulainn

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I never heard of this guy until one day about 12 years ago I was in a garage paying for fuel and his radio station was on in the background. He was talking about what sport was on tv that evening. When he got to TG4 he said "you know the deal, folks; turn off the volume."

I was impressed by his ability to take an entirely unnecessary detour just to portray himself as narrow-minded and obnoxious.

OMG! He made a joke about the Irish language not being popular? Has his body been displayed in front of the tavern yet?

Generic Dreadhead

cuilleog wrote: »

It astonishes me that some people decide to come on a thread about a man who has just died to put the boot in. Well done, brave keyboard warriors. You never would have had the balls to say it to the man when he was alive

Was it worth signing up for that?

cuilleog

Yes

s8n

was his cause of death ever reported ?