Emmet Malone  Emmet Malone is the Football correspondent for the daily broadsheet newspaper, the "Irish Times". Malone attended University College Dublin and Dublin City University. He began his career as a freelance before joining the Irish Times staff in 1996. In 2001, he was appointed as the paper's Football Correspondent. He covers all major football competitions for the paper. In addition, he appears regularly on radio (RTÉ Radio and Newstalk) and television ("Monday Night Soccer") as a contributor.