Meanwhile, Johnny Sexton has overtaken Katie Taylor to top Ireland’s most admired Irish sports stars list, a position the Bray boxer had held since 2016
Ryan Tubridy is still Ireland’s most admired broadcaster, following his RTE exit amid the payments scandal.
The new survey conducted last month found that Patrick Kielty entered the Top 10 alongside other established Irish broadcast personalities including Today FM’s Ian Dempsey and Newstalk’s Pat Kenny.In music, U2 legend Bono has again topped the chart in the research category regarding most admired Irish music and live entertainment stars; with Sinéad O’Connor, Daniel O’Donnell, Hozier and Dermot Kennedy also in the top five.
Sexton’s newly crowned status as Ireland’s Most Admired Sports Personality sees the Ireland and Leinster rugby icon selected by 22 per cent of Irish adults as their favourite, a level of prominence last achieved by his former teammate Brian O’Driscoll on his retirement from international rugby in 2014.
"Katie Taylor heads into her rematch with Chantelle Cameron at the 3Arena later this month 7 per cent behind Sexton in second place, a significant 10 per cent dip in her result since 2021."
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