{"id":193441,"date":"2025-12-15T19:59:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T19:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/193441\/"},"modified":"2025-12-15T19:59:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T19:59:09","slug":"rte-sport-manager-of-the-year-nominees-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/193441\/","title":{"rendered":"RT\u00c9 Sport Manager of the Year nominees revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ahead of the RT\u00c9 Sport Awards, the six nominees for the RT\u00c9 Sport Manager of the Year award have been named, with Aidan O&#8217;Brien, Cathal Murray, Jack O&#8217;Connor, Liam Cahill, Stephen Bradley and Willie Mullins all in the running to lift the prestigious accolade.<\/p>\n<p>Joanne Cantwell, Darragh Maloney and David Gillick will present the awards ceremony from Studio 4 in RT\u00c9 on Saturday, 20 December, with the action broadcast live on RT\u00c9 One and RT\u00c9 Player from 8.05pm.<\/p>\n<p>The awards being handed out on the night in front of an audience of Irish sports stars include the RT\u00c9 Sport Sportsperson of the Year, the RT\u00c9 Sport Team of the Year, the RT\u00c9 Sport Manager of the Year and the RT\u00c9 Sport Young Sportsperson of the Year.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/00203a18-614.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Aidan O&#8217;Brien &#8211; Horse Racing<\/p>\n<p>Crowned champion Flat trainer in both Ireland and Britain, O&#8217;Brien became the outright most successful trainer in the history of the Breeders&#8217; Cup, achieving his 21st victory with Gstaad in the Juvenile Turf at Del Mar.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Galway camogie manager Cathal Murray\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/0022fd06-614.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Cathal Murray \u2013 Camogie<\/p>\n<p>Murray guided the Galway team to victory in the All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship and was named the PwC Camogie Manager of the Year.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Kerry manager Jack O'Connor\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/002311d3-614.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Jack O\u2019Connor &#8211; Gaelic Football<\/p>\n<p>O&#8217;Connor led Kerry as they won league, Munster and All-Ireland honours in a landmark year for football by securing their 39th All-Ireland title, winning his fifth Sam Maguire as manager.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"26 August 2018; Tipperary manager Liam Cahill celebrates on his arrival back into the winning dressing room after the Bord Gais Energy GAA Hurling All-Ireland U21 Championship Final match between Cork and Tipperary at the Gaelic Grounds in Limerick. Photo by Piaras \u00d3 M\u00eddheach\/Sportsfile\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/0022e5f6-614.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Liam Cahill \u2013 Hurling<\/p>\n<p>Cahill managed Tipperary to unexpected Liam MacCarthy glory having been under a lot of pressure from the year before.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"9 November 2025; Shamrock Rovers manager Stephen Bradley after the 2025 Sports Direct Men's FAI Cup Final match between Shamrock Rovers and Cork City at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin. Photo by Stephen McCarthy\/Sportsfile\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/00237402-614.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Stephen Bradley \u2013 Soccer<\/p>\n<p>Key achievements include winning the League of Ireland Premier Division and the FAI Cup, securing the club&#8217;s first domestic double since 1987. Bradley and Rovers also earned a spot in the UEFA Conference League group stage for the third time in four seasons.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/00223bd3-614.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Willie Mullins \u2013 Horse Racing<\/p>\n<p>Crowned champion National Hunt trainer in both Ireland and Britain, Mullins registered a record-equalling 10 winners at the Cheltenham Festival, a third Grand National victory, and his first win at the Breeders&#8217; Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the RT\u00c9 Sport Awards on Saturday from 8.05pm on RT\u00c9 One and RT\u00c9 Player. Follow a live blog on the RT\u00c9 News App and on rte.ie\/sport.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ahead of the RT\u00c9 Sport Awards, the six nominees for the RT\u00c9 Sport Manager of the Year award&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":193442,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[61,60,112],"class_list":["post-193441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=193441"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193441\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/193442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=193441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=193441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}