Eamon Dunphy
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Eamon Dunphy (born 3 August, 1945 in Dublin) is a radio and TV personality and former professional football player who had played for the Republic of Ireland and Manchester United. His previous clubs include York City, Millwall, Charlton Athletic and Reading and he played 23 times for the Irish national team.
After retiring from football, Dunphy went into broadcasting, regularly appearing to analyse matches on RTÉ's football show, The Premiership. He has also had a prominent radio career, and was the original host of the popular current affairs show The Last Word on Today FM.
In 2002, Dunphy became the first male host of the quiz show The Weakest Link, which aired on TV3, for just one series. In 2003, Dunphy was hired again by TV3 to host their new Friday night chat show, entitled The Dunphy Show. Pitted head-to-head with RTÉ's The Late Late Show, Dunphy's show lost the highly publicised "ratings war", and was cancelled before its original run was to conclude.
He is also author of the book More than a game, and ghostwrote the autobiography of Ireland and Manchester United footballer Roy Keane.
In September 2004, Dunphy took over the Breakfast show slot on the Dublin radio station NewsTalk 106 from David McWilliams.
He has repeatedly been the subject of controversy over his use of drugs, both legal and illegal, which he has admitted. This has resulted in him receiving a 20-year driving ban, starting in 2002, for drink driving. While publicly stating his support for Ireland's workplace smoking ban, he has been photographed smoking at his own workplace since its introduction.