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Is Kerry v Donegal on gaa plus ? Kerry will hammer them so it's probably the correct call ?

Kew (Galway) - Posts: 313 - 09/05/2026 09:23:57    2671746

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I have to say I find it slightly amusing that we have some well known ex inter County players with their knickers in a twist about GAA+

The same kind of boys who travel far and wide to coach teams all on a strictly voluntary basis of course.

Lockjaw (Donegal) - Posts: 10337 - 09/05/2026 12:28:12    2671763

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Replying To Lockjaw:  "I have to say I find it slightly amusing that we have some well known ex inter County players with their knickers in a twist about GAA+

The same kind of boys who travel far and wide to coach teams all on a strictly voluntary basis of course."
Lockjaw, I think a lot of those comments are clickbait. They'll find some perceived grievance to raise their 'profile'. 40 years ago there were just 3 intercounty hurling and 3 intercounty football matches live on national television. Time and technology lets us watch loads of live club and intercounty games, some underage games too. But what some will, to get a reaction, is focus on what's not available, or it's the wrong time, or there isn't enough time in between games to have the shpuds. Plus they give the impression that all the tech to stream games is free, the crew work for free ,every game should be free to air and they have magic cameras that prevent rain getting onto the lens.

GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 8565 - 09/05/2026 18:53:54    2671839

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Think everyone knows that all matches can't be shown but it's the choice of matches.none of the Munster hurling next week are free to air..Waterford will have played 4 matches ,1 was free to air..killkenny/Offaly not covered by anyone..
The repeat of all Ireland and league football final behind paywall,cork/Meath the same..
I've said before why not use the news channel,it has been used for soccer..I actually saw the women's champions league semi final on RTÉ last week but don't think many people even knew it was being broadcast..
I'd really love if tg4 got a chance to cover championship cos their coverage of league,underage games and college games is top class

CTGAA10 (Limerick) - Posts: 2687 - 09/05/2026 23:16:17    2671898

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Replying To GreenandRed:  "Lockjaw, I think a lot of those comments are clickbait. They'll find some perceived grievance to raise their 'profile'. 40 years ago there were just 3 intercounty hurling and 3 intercounty football matches live on national television. Time and technology lets us watch loads of live club and intercounty games, some underage games too. But what some will, to get a reaction, is focus on what's not available, or it's the wrong time, or there isn't enough time in between games to have the shpuds. Plus they give the impression that all the tech to stream games is free, the crew work for free ,every game should be free to air and they have magic cameras that prevent rain getting onto the lens."
Exactly. We whinge and moan all day about stuff in general. Yet come the next general election it'll be another FF/FG coalition. The priest who loves saying another mass in Father Ted springs to mind.

Back to the GAA+ "issue". I would bet that a sizable amount of people will be watching the Kerry Donegal game no bother, and without a subscription fee. Funny how we can play fast and loose with morals when it suits.

Lockjaw (Donegal) - Posts: 10337 - 10/05/2026 07:32:52    2671919

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Replying To CTGAA10:  "Think everyone knows that all matches can't be shown but it's the choice of matches.none of the Munster hurling next week are free to air..Waterford will have played 4 matches ,1 was free to air..killkenny/Offaly not covered by anyone..
The repeat of all Ireland and league football final behind paywall,cork/Meath the same..
I've said before why not use the news channel,it has been used for soccer..I actually saw the women's champions league semi final on RTÉ last week but don't think many people even knew it was being broadcast..
I'd really love if tg4 got a chance to cover championship cos their coverage of league,underage games and college games is top class"
I've watched very little MHC in the past 2 years. There's just too much stuff on all at once. I don't know how patrons catch 10-15% of whats on together these weekends. I can remember the 1990 and 1991 Munster Finals, and I couldn't tell you what happened in the great Munster Championship 2or3 years ago. The latter end of these allireland Championships are more digestible alright, when we're back to 2or3 games per weekend.

Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 4721 - 10/05/2026 11:51:34    2671959

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Replying To CTGAA10:  "Think everyone knows that all matches can't be shown but it's the choice of matches.none of the Munster hurling next week are free to air..Waterford will have played 4 matches ,1 was free to air..killkenny/Offaly not covered by anyone..
The repeat of all Ireland and league football final behind paywall,cork/Meath the same..
I've said before why not use the news channel,it has been used for soccer..I actually saw the women's champions league semi final on RTÉ last week but don't think many people even knew it was being broadcast..
I'd really love if tg4 got a chance to cover championship cos their coverage of league,underage games and college games is top class"
For the time, effort and good TG4 have done for GAA over the years they deserve more.

Saynothing (Tyrone) - Posts: 2671 - 10/05/2026 12:08:32    2671970

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Replying To Saynothing:  "For the time, effort and good TG4 have done for GAA over the years they deserve more."
TG4 could have all the games they wanted if they were willing to pay for it. You hardly expect the GAA to give their product away for nothing do you?

Square_B (Leitrim) - Posts: 2045 - 10/05/2026 16:25:30    2672015

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Replying To Square_B:  "TG4 could have all the games they wanted if they were willing to pay for it. You hardly expect the GAA to give their product away for nothing do you?"
That's exactly it. People talk all the time about how TG4 should be "given" championship games. If they want them, they can bid for the rights to show them, same as any other broadcaster can.

Pikeman96 (Wexford) - Posts: 3650 - 10/05/2026 18:01:27    2672042

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Replying To Pikeman96:  "That's exactly it. People talk all the time about how TG4 should be "given" championship games. If they want them, they can bid for the rights to show them, same as any other broadcaster can."
I disagree. TG4 should be given games for free or at a much lower cost than others. Either you want to keep the Irish Language alive or you don't. TG4 can't outbid RTE, Sky, BBC, etc due to appealing to a very narrow demographic. We are losing enough of what makes Ireland IRELAND so no need to sell off more.

SouthGalway (Galway) - Posts: 268 - 14/05/2026 23:04:12    2673072

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Since the GAA created the split season it is impossible to show all the games, what used to be an intercounty season that went from Nov through to Sept is now Jan to July. I do not like Gaa +, but we have 3 platforms RTE/TG4/Virgin(TV3).
TG4/Virgin I have no doubt would pay money to each show a game on Sat and Sun . On a sat and sun you could have a game at 2/4/6pm that's 6 games on TV over the weekend. But the GAA, choses greed over the fans(putting Donegal and Kerry behind a paywall)proves that rather than having it free to air . They will tell you it all goes back into the game, but not until alot of vested interests have taken their cut.

The push to free up GAA staduims to host none GAA events in Aug/Sept is here. the next message you will hear is the stadium is empty so we should put on a soccer match etc.

The Grab All Association is really living up to is secondary name.

ulsterrules (Donegal) - Posts: 285 - 19/05/2026 10:56:07    2674073

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GAA should be selling more packages rather than games, senior football/hurling packages, Tailteann cup and other hurling competitions should be separate package(s) also.

martyW (Westmeath) - Posts: 347 - 19/05/2026 11:33:46    2674087

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Replying To SouthGalway:  "I disagree. TG4 should be given games for free or at a much lower cost than others. Either you want to keep the Irish Language alive or you don't. TG4 can't outbid RTE, Sky, BBC, etc due to appealing to a very narrow demographic. We are losing enough of what makes Ireland IRELAND so no need to sell off more."
Great in theory, but the reality is that broadcasting rights to sporting events are an economic commodity and market forces apply.

Suppose you have a business selling something called gamoodles. You sell a package of 40 gamoodles to Customer 1 for €1,000. You sell another package of 40 gamoodles to Customer 2 for just €400 because Customer 2 is smaller, doesn't have as much money, and you like them and want to do them a favour.

Customer 1 learns about the lower price for Customer 2. Customer 1 won't be long about insisting that they get the lower price too.

Pikeman96 (Wexford) - Posts: 3650 - 19/05/2026 11:55:25    2674096

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Replying To ulsterrules:  "Since the GAA created the split season it is impossible to show all the games, what used to be an intercounty season that went from Nov through to Sept is now Jan to July. I do not like Gaa +, but we have 3 platforms RTE/TG4/Virgin(TV3).
TG4/Virgin I have no doubt would pay money to each show a game on Sat and Sun . On a sat and sun you could have a game at 2/4/6pm that's 6 games on TV over the weekend. But the GAA, choses greed over the fans(putting Donegal and Kerry behind a paywall)proves that rather than having it free to air . They will tell you it all goes back into the game, but not until alot of vested interests have taken their cut.

The push to free up GAA staduims to host none GAA events in Aug/Sept is here. the next message you will hear is the stadium is empty so we should put on a soccer match etc.

The Grab All Association is really living up to is secondary name."
Rubbish. Virgin Media were approached when the packages of matches were last announced. They said they were not interested in showing the games. I paid €79 for GAA+. I get access to all 40 games shown live. I can rewatch them as many times as I like. There's a weekly highlights programme and I can watch GAA+ on a number of different devices. I was at my club's league game last Saturday evening and I could watch Tipp v Clare on my phone. That is great value for money. There are over 200 GAA games broadcast free to ait every year. There were 5 broadcast last Wednesday evening. No other sporting organisation in this country broadcasts that amount of content free to air. Your post is ill informed nonsense.

Greengrass (Louth) - Posts: 6199 - 19/05/2026 13:00:15    2674120

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Replying To Greengrass:  "Rubbish. Virgin Media were approached when the packages of matches were last announced. They said they were not interested in showing the games. I paid €79 for GAA+. I get access to all 40 games shown live. I can rewatch them as many times as I like. There's a weekly highlights programme and I can watch GAA+ on a number of different devices. I was at my club's league game last Saturday evening and I could watch Tipp v Clare on my phone. That is great value for money. There are over 200 GAA games broadcast free to ait every year. There were 5 broadcast last Wednesday evening. No other sporting organisation in this country broadcasts that amount of content free to air. Your post is ill informed nonsense."
I agree fully with the sentiment of your post, but just to point out that what Virgin Media actually said the last time was that they'd consider showing games only if they'd be supplied with a "ready to air" feed - i.e. somebody else would send out cameras and crew, and all they (Virgin Media) would have to do would be to push a button put that feed onto TV screens.

The only real way of achieving that would have been to use the same cameras and crew as were available to what was still GAA GO at the time, and as RTE was still a partner in GAA GO, that was never going to be a runner.

And before anybody asks - no, I don't know why Virgin Media seem to have no problem in sending cameras and crew to League of Ireland soccer matches, but were unwilling to do the same for GAA.

Pikeman96 (Wexford) - Posts: 3650 - 19/05/2026 13:37:17    2674134

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Replying To Pikeman96:  "I agree fully with the sentiment of your post, but just to point out that what Virgin Media actually said the last time was that they'd consider showing games only if they'd be supplied with a "ready to air" feed - i.e. somebody else would send out cameras and crew, and all they (Virgin Media) would have to do would be to push a button put that feed onto TV screens.

The only real way of achieving that would have been to use the same cameras and crew as were available to what was still GAA GO at the time, and as RTE was still a partner in GAA GO, that was never going to be a runner.

And before anybody asks - no, I don't know why Virgin Media seem to have no problem in sending cameras and crew to League of Ireland soccer matches, but were unwilling to do the same for GAA."
Thanks very much Pikeman. I appreciate the post.

Greengrass (Louth) - Posts: 6199 - 19/05/2026 13:54:23    2674142

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Replying To Pikeman96:  "I agree fully with the sentiment of your post, but just to point out that what Virgin Media actually said the last time was that they'd consider showing games only if they'd be supplied with a "ready to air" feed - i.e. somebody else would send out cameras and crew, and all they (Virgin Media) would have to do would be to push a button put that feed onto TV screens.

The only real way of achieving that would have been to use the same cameras and crew as were available to what was still GAA GO at the time, and as RTE was still a partner in GAA GO, that was never going to be a runner.

And before anybody asks - no, I don't know why Virgin Media seem to have no problem in sending cameras and crew to League of Ireland soccer matches, but were unwilling to do the same for GAA."
only guessing but I presume it is because there are regular matches on in the same venue for LOI where as gaa games are much more dispersed and often in different venues. so they probably save a bit on set up costs with the LOI and can also plan ahead a bit better.

Mayonman (Galway) - Posts: 1954 - 19/05/2026 14:06:17    2674145

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Replying To Mayonman:  "only guessing but I presume it is because there are regular matches on in the same venue for LOI where as gaa games are much more dispersed and often in different venues. so they probably save a bit on set up costs with the LOI and can also plan ahead a bit better."
Did a bit of Googling, and it's actually simpler than that. Story in The Examiner from January of last year (and a few other sources online too) tell how they actually use the LOITV feeds for their TV broadcasts:
https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/soccer/arid-41555728.html

So basically, the same deal as they wanted with the GAA: "if somebody else gives us the pictures, we'll show them all right".

Pikeman96 (Wexford) - Posts: 3650 - 19/05/2026 14:52:59    2674157

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Replying To Pikeman96:  "I agree fully with the sentiment of your post, but just to point out that what Virgin Media actually said the last time was that they'd consider showing games only if they'd be supplied with a "ready to air" feed - i.e. somebody else would send out cameras and crew, and all they (Virgin Media) would have to do would be to push a button put that feed onto TV screens.

The only real way of achieving that would have been to use the same cameras and crew as were available to what was still GAA GO at the time, and as RTE was still a partner in GAA GO, that was never going to be a runner.

And before anybody asks - no, I don't know why Virgin Media seem to have no problem in sending cameras and crew to League of Ireland soccer matches, but were unwilling to do the same for GAA."
In some cases they use a third party production company who supply cameras and technical equipment and staff. GAAGO and RTE used the same company for Leitrim v Galway and Mayo v Roscommon the next day.

GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 8565 - 19/05/2026 15:38:58    2674174

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RTÉ sent 41 different people to cover the World Cup play off game..is there anyway of finding out the cost involved?
There is a World Cup coming up and every game will be available free to air..even on last day of group games when matches start at same time,RTÉ will cover them all..
I've mentioned the news channel before,it has been used so why not use this if matches clash,like next Sunday with 3 matches on at 2 in Leinster and 2 matches at 4 in Munster..
Watching some of RTÉ coverage at moment,it looks like everything being done on the cheap..Colm cooper watched the Munster final from Hyde park on the day of Connacht final,he was an analyst but watched it like I did..
For me even though I don't know what is being said most of the time,the coverage on tg4 is better..

CTGAA10 (Limerick) - Posts: 2687 - 19/05/2026 17:01:21    2674197

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