Neil Loughran

Neil Loughran

Sports journalist

Neil has worked as a sports reporter at The Irish News since 2008, with particular expertise in GAA and boxing coverage. He has reported from the Paris 2024 Olympics and the Rio 2016 Olympics plus commonwealth games. Neil is the co-author of The Little Book of Gaelic Football alongside colleague Andy Watters. He is also a recipient of the GAA’s MacNamee award and a previous Regional Press Awards sports journalist of the year.