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George Hook (born 19 May 1941)〔()〕 is an Irish broadcaster, journalist and rugby union pundit. He hosts ''The Right Hook'' on the Irish radio station Newstalk. He had a career as a rugby union coach and businessman, before becoming a rugby pundit with Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ). He has also made other TV appearances, such as judging on ''Jigs & Reels'' and coaching on ''Celebrity Bainisteoir''. ==Life== Hook grew up in Cork and attended Presentation Brothers College, a fee-paying school and rugby union stronghold. Subsequently he attended Rathmines College of Commerce. Hook has had a number of jobs, beginning as a temporary clerk for CIÉ, and later becoming a travelling salesman for the Burroughs Corporation (now Unisys). He also ran a catering business for over twenty years. He coached London Irish and Connacht as well as the United States national team in the 1987 Rugby World Cup. ''The Right Hook'', Hook's radio show on Newstalk, is a popular〔("Still in its start-up phase, with George Hook as its biggest draw" ) - The Sunday Business Post reports on Denis O'Brien's radio station.〕 late afternoon to early evening drive-time programme. His wife, "the lovely Ingrid", is regularly subjected to having her intimate details discussed and dissected on air by Hook. Hook appears as a rugby pundit on RTÉ on a regular basis and appeared as a judge on RTÉ celebrity dancing show ''Jigs & Reels''. He has also been parodied in ''The State of Us''. In 2005, he published an autobiography, "Time Added On". The book described his years involved in business and the failure of this career path. In 2009, he visited Haiti where he organised a recruitment drive to get volunteers to go there on a house building week.〔(''The Irish Times'' ), "Irish charity to build houses in Haiti", Thursday, 15 January 2009〕〔Niamh Hennessy, (''Irish Examiner'' ), "Hook urges volunteers to get building in Haiti", Wednesday, 13 January 2010〕〔(Irish Central ) "Irish connections run very deep to Haiti", Tuesday, 12 January 2010 at 11:58 PM〕 The next day a vicious earthquake struck Haiti. After the earthquake Hook was heard to say: "It is a godforsaken place. God has literally forsaken it."〔(''Irish Independent'' ), "Jason O'Brien: Godforsaken Haiti needs help now, more than ever", Thursday 14 January 2010〕 Following the January 2010 earthquake. Hook urged his radio listeners to donate money.〔(''Irish Independent'' ), "George hooks Haiti volunteers", Wednesday 13 January 2010〕 Hook is also the patron of Comber Foundation, an Irish charity working in Romania since 1991, of which his daughter Michelle McGill is a trustee.〔("Comber Foundation website" ), "Comber Foundation", 2010〕 The charity provides homes in the community for adults with disabilities who grew up in institutions and orphanages 〔("Evening Herald" ), "Builders giving up work to build homes for orphans", 2 March 2009〕 Politically, Hook is a longtime supporter of Fine Gael, frequently identifying himself on ''The Right Hook'' as being "an old Blueshirt". In 2010, as part of the Catholic Church's "Year for Priests" celebration, he contributed to a DVD, ''In Praise of Priests'', featuring interviews with various people expressing admiration for their favourite priest. On January 26, 2014, Hook announced that he would retire from Newstalk in 2016 and television punditry after the 2015 Rugby World Cup but RTÉ lost the right for Irish broadcasting to TV3. On February 13, 2015, Hook reverse his decision to retire from television punditry. However, on March 17 the same year, Hook announced that he would retire from television punditry saying he would never watch the RTE rugby panel again. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「George Hook」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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