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'''Noel Andrews''' (7 January 1932&nbsp;– 8 January 2011) was an Irish radio and television commentator and [[disc jockey]] for [[RTÉ]]. His career spanned over four decades, in which he was mostbest known as the regular RTÉ presenter for the 14 editions of the [[Olympics]] between 1972 and 1996. He was the younger brother of television presenter [[Eamonn Andrews]].<ref name="independent1">{{cite web|author=Updated&nbsp;4 December 2012 04:54 AM |url=http://www.independent.ie/regionals/wicklowpeople/news/boxing-commentator-noel-andrews-is-laid-to-rest-27859023.html |title=Boxing commentator Noel Andrews is laid to rest |publisher=Independent.ie |date=2012-12-04 |accessdate=2014-05-29}}</ref>

Andrews was born in [[Dublin]], Ireland.<ref name="independent1"/> He had been passionate about boxing since his early youth, and in 1950 at the age of 18 he was hired by RTÉ as a sports reporter, where he covered boxing matches. At the time he was the youngest reporter ever given a permanent job by a broadcasting service. After several years working as a reporter, Andrews subsequently became a radio disc jokeyjockey on [[RTÉ Radio 1|Radio Éireann]].<ref name="independent1"/>

Whilst working on Radio 1, he became a household name he later became hosts of the ''Showband CircutCircuit'', where he introduced many of Ireland's big music names including [[Butch Moore]], [[Dana Rosemary Scallon|Dana]] and [[Muriel Day]]. However he still was keen to commentate on Boxing matches, which he maintained in the sixties and seventies.

In 1972, Andrews began his long serving associatesassociation with the [[Olympic Games]],. Andrew'sHe made his debut at the [[1972 Summer Olympics]], he served as the main presenter with fellow sports presenter [[Brendan O'Reilly]]. During the 1972 Olympics both Andrews and O'Reilly spent several hours broadcasting to Ireland over the [[Munich massacre]]. Andrew'sAndrews also gained publicity commentating on [[Barry McGuigan]]'s world title victory over [[Eusebio Pedroza]] in 1985 and [[Michael Carruth]]'s gold medal win at the Barcelona Olympics in 1992.

After O'Reilly retired in 1994, Andrews continued to present the Olympic 8 coverage, the last time he presented the Summer Olympics for RTÉ was at the [[1996 Summer Olympics]] in [[Atlanta]]. A Yearyear later he retired from broadcasting.<ref name="independent1"/>

In 1960, Andrews married Joan, fromwith whom he had six children. In 1970 he bought The Avoca Inn, a hotel in [[Avoca, County Wicklow]].<ref name = independent/> Joan died in 1981, and in 1985 he married Agnes (née Stack.), Togethermanager Andrewsof andthe hisnearby wife[[Arklow]] ran the ''AvocaBay Hotel''.<ref inname [[Avoca,= Countyindependent/> Wicklow]]The , theytwo later sold the hotelAvoca Inn in 1990 and wentmoved to live [[Annagassan]], [[County Louth]].<ref name = independent>{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/regionals/wicklowpeople/news/boxing-commentator-noel-andrews-is-laid-to-rest-27859023.html |title=Boxing commentator Noel Andrews is laid to rest |publisher=Independent.ie |date=2012-12-04 |accessdate=20142022-0604-0127}}</ref> After a long illness Andrews died on 8 January 2011, the day after his 79th birthday.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rte.ie/sport/boxing/2011/0108/andrewsn.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120909201315/http://www.rte.ie/sport/boxing/2011/0108/andrewsn.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-09-09 |title=Death of boxing commentator Noel Andrews - RTÉ Sport |publisher=Rte.ie |date=2011-01-09 |accessdate=2014-05-29 }}{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

after=[[Mike Murphy (broadcasterpresenter)|Mike Murphy]]

[[Category:PeopleTelevision personalities from Dublin (city)]]