Matt Cooper is an Irish journalist and Radio presenter.He was educated at the North Monastery school and University College Cork. He is a former editor of the Sunday Tribune, appointed in September 1996, as well as a former business editor of the Irish Independent. Then aged 30, he was the youngest person in Ireland to be appointed an editor of a national newspaper.
He was awarded Business Journalist of the Year in 1992 and 1999 and also National Journalist of the Year in 1993 and 2001. He is a graduate of Dublin City University. Currently, Cooper presents the news review show The Last Word on Today FM from 16:30 to 19:00 every weekday. He writes a weekly column for the Irish Examiner and one for the Irish Sunday Times.
In 2009 he released a book called "Who really runs Ireland" which looks at Irish businessmen and politicians and their relationships.