Seán Bán Breathnach

Seán Bán Breathnach (SBB)
Born	Galway
Nationality	Irish
Occupation	Radio presenter
Employer	RTÉ

Seán Bán Breathnach (known as SBB) is an Irish radio and television broadcaster and personality. He broadcasts in the medium of the Irish language, but is well known to English speakers in the country.

Breathnach has presented several television and radio programmes and documentaries for the state broadcasting corporation Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ), the Irish-language broadcasters TG4 and the RTÉ national-regional station RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta. He is perhaps currently best known for his radio sports coverage.

He presented the first Irish language pop music programme on Raidió Éireann in 1969 when he was 19 years old and his first television show, Imeall - a bilingual folk music show - soon followed. In 1975, he had the lead role in Bob Quinn's first feature Irish-language drama, Caoineadh Airt Uí Laoire. He hosted the show SBB ina Shuí with Gráinne Gleoite between 1976 and 1982. This was the highest-rated Irish-language television programme of all times, coming first in TAM ratings in 1979.

Other work in television includes the community based programme Eadrainn Féin (1984–1986) and Scaoil Amach an Bobailín with Cynthia Ní Mhurchú (1990–1993) which attracted a viewership of over 600,000 in 1992.

Since the arrival of TG4, Breathnach has been involved in many programmes, including Cleamhnas (where parents choose partners for their children) and a soccer programme, recounting of the influence of Celts on the modern game. In this series he interviewed Alex Ferguson, Roy Keane, Denis Irwin, Steve Heighway, Jim Beglin, Tom Finney, Norman Whiteside, Paddy Crerand and many others.

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