Justin McCarthy Sr. and Justin McCarthy Jr. are Cork Persons of the Month in honour of their contribution to sports and media. Cork Hurling Icon Justin McCarthy and his son RTE Broadcaster Justin are the June Cork Persons of the Month.
Justin Sr., from Rochestown, had a playing career that spanned nearly 30 years, including a 10-year stint with the Cork Senior Hurling team.
He won one All-Ireland Senior Hurling title and three Munster Senior Hurling Championships.
Following his playing career, McCarthy held a variety of coaching and managerial posts across the country
His son, Justin McCarthy is a broadcaster and journalist, best known for presenting This Week on RTÉ Radio One, Ireland’s longest-running radio news programme.
Justin was a former news reporter in the early years of RedFM before making the transition to national radio where he became Political Correspondent for TodayFM before moving to RTE in 2013. He acted as a member of RTÉ political staff for two years before moving to his current role as presenter of This Week in September 2018.
He holds five PPI and IMRO radio awards for news reporting and broadcasting
Justin Sr.’s and Justin Jr.’s names will now go forward alongside the other monthly winners for possible selection as Cork Persons of the Year at the annual Gala Awards Lunch, to be held in January, 2025.
