The national broadcaster has announced its schedule of GAA coverage for the upcoming football and hurling championship season. It is planned that over 40 live games will be transmitted along with deferred coverage of a number of games. The first live games are on Sunday the 15 May with Fermanagh taking on Armagh in the Ulster SFC and Limerick clashing with Tipperary in the Munster SHC. Michael Lyster will once more present the live programme while Pat Spillane will preside over the highlights package. The full schedule is: May 15 Armagh v Fermanagh USFC, Tipperary v Limerick MSHC May 22 Cork v Waterford MSHC May 29 May Offaly/Louth v Laois LSFC, Wicklow/Kildare v Westmeath LSFC June 5 Clare v Limerick/Tipperary MSHC, Dublin/Longford v Meath LSFC June 12 Sligo/Leitrim v New York/Galway CSFC, Kilkenny v Offaly LSHC, Donegal v Armagh/Fermanagh USFC (deferred) June 18 All-Ireland Qualifier(s) June 19 Offaly/Louth/Laois v Wicklow/Kildare/Westmeath LSFC, Kerry/Tipperary v Limerick MSFC, Mayo v Roscommon (deferred) CSFC June 26 Armagh/Fermanagh/Donegal v Monaghan/Derry USFC, Munster Senior Hurling Final July 2 All-Ireland Qualifier(s) July 3 Leinster Senior Hurling Final July 9 All-Ireland Qualifier(s) July 10 Connacht Senior Football Final, Munster Senior Football Final July 16 All-Ireland Qualifier(s) July 17 Ulster Senior Football Final, Leinster Senior Football Final July 24 All-Ireland Hurling Quarter-Finals July 30 All-Ireland Qualifier(s) July 31 All-Ireland Hurling Quarter-Finals August 6 All-Ireland Qualifier(s) August 7 All-Ireland Football Quarter-Finals August 13 All-Ireland Football Quarter-Finals August 14 All-Ireland Hurling Semi-Final August 21 All-Ireland Hurling Semi-Final August 28 All-Ireland Football Semi-Final September 4 All-Ireland Football Semi-Final September 11 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Final, All-Ireland Senior Hurling Final September 18 All-Ireland Camogie Final September 25 All-Ireland Minor Football Final, All-Ireland Senior Football Final Tweet

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