1. George Hook was born on 19 May 1941 and is an Irish broadcaster, journalist and rugby union pundit.
10 Facts About George Hook
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George Hook formerly hosted The Right Hook and High Noon on the Irish radio station Newstalk.
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George Hook had a career as a rugby union coach and businessman, before becoming a rugby pundit on RTE Television in 1997.
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George Hook attended Presentation Brothers College, a rugby union stronghold.
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George Hook ran a catering business for over twenty years.
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George Hook coached London Irish and Connacht as well as the United States national team in the 1987 Rugby World Cup.
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The Right George Hook, George Hook's radio show on Newstalk, was a popular late afternoon to early evening drive-time programme.
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On 26 January 2014, George Hook announced that he would retire from Newstalk in 2016 and television punditry after the 2015 Rugby World Cup but RTE lost the right for Irish broadcasting to TV3.
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George Hook is the patron of Comber Foundation, an Irish charity working in Romania since 1991, of which his daughter Michelle McGill is a trustee.
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Politically, George Hook is a longtime supporter of Fine Gael, and spoken at party events, he frequently identifying himself on The Right George Hook as being "an old Blueshirt".