Michael Lyster was born on 11 April 1954 and is an Irish radio and television broadcaster who worked for RTE.
22 Facts About Michael Lyster
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Michael Lyster mainly covered sporting events, such as Gaelic games and Olympic Games.
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Michael Lyster is best known for presenting The Sunday Game Live, which he hosted from 1984 to 2018.
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The son of a member of the Garda Siochana, Lyster was born in Dungarvan, County Waterford.
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When he was four years-old his father was transferred to Barnaderg, County Galway, where Michael Lyster spent his formative years.
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Michael Lyster was educated at St Jarlath's College in nearby Tuam.
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Michael Lyster began his journalistic career as a junior reporter with The Tuam Herald where he wrote a music column.
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Michael Lyster spent seven years with that newspaper before moving to television and radio.
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In 1980, Michael Lyster joined RTE as a sports bulletin broadcaster with Radio 2 as his career progressed he began presenting programmes and covering high-profile sporting events.
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In 1984 Michael Lyster took over as presenter of The Sunday Game, a post he held for 34 years.
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In 1988, Michael Lyster won a Jacob's Award for his work on The Sunday Game.
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Since then Michael Lyster has covered a number of sports for RTE across all codes and has been an ever-present feature on RTE's coverage of Olympic Games.
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Michael Lyster remains mostly associated with Gaelic games and has been one of the main presenters of the All-Star and the RTE Sports Person of the Year awards shows.
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In 2007, Michael Lyster took part in Celebrity Jigs 'n' Reels.
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Michael Lyster has been married to his wife Anne since 1985 and together they have two boys and two girls.
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Michael Lyster has been interested in rally driving which he has enjoyed since the early 1990s.
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Michael Lyster has partook in many main events including the Cork International Rally where he finished third in 1992, the Circuit of Ireland Rally and the Killarney Rally of the Lakes.
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Michael Lyster's co-driver is Irish Independent sports writer Vincent Hogan.
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On 5 June 2015 at 11:32pm Michael Lyster had a major heart attack and was rushed to hospital.
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Michael Lyster had been playing golf in Galway with friend Vincent Hogan who drove him back to Dublin afterwards.
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Michael Lyster left his mobile phone in Vincent's car who he rang from his house phone asking him to return to the house with the mobile.
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Michael Lyster later disclosed that he had suffered from a heart condition for a number of years prior to the attack.