Not often RTE get praise on here but they should be applauded for deciding to televise the 5 remaining games in senior camogie this year. The players are long overdue this type of recognition and anyone who cant see the football this Saturday due to it being on Sky will at least have the chance to watch what should be 2 very competitive camogie games. Lets hope its a sign of better things to come.

Soma (UK) - Posts: 2630 - 04/08/2017 12:31:19    2028868

Fair dues -wonder what mediaman thinks of this- and ther was me thinking rte only like rugby and really hate the gaa!!

seen few limerick game this year - tis good quality stuff -only for a very close to offaly we could have been in quarters

a pity they clashing with football quarters though -limerick v wexford camogie game was played same time as mayo v cork in limerick - would have been great idea to put it on the undercard to that game

also it would be nice to have more than 5 mins camogie on the sunday game

janesboro (Limerick) - Posts: 1502 - 04/08/2017 13:15:41    2028895

Stop. These are our National sports, our National broardcaster should have shown these and the U21, the club games, ladies football etc for yeats. As money takes over other sports RTE will try to show more GAA reluctantly because every other has told them to! @#$ off

witnof (Dublin) - Posts: 1604 - 04/08/2017 13:42:00    2028913

What else can they show at this time of year without paying massively for rights? They've probably realised (finally) that TG4 have stolen a march on them with their GAA & LGFA coverage.

keeper7 (Longford) - Posts: 4088 - 04/08/2017 14:06:51    2028926

turkeyplucker (UK) - Posts: 137 - 04/08/2017 14:13:24    2028931

Well given theyre showing the womens rugby world cup live, its only right isn't it??

bumpernut (Antrim) - Posts: 1852 - 04/08/2017 15:47:10    2028985

Ireland is hosting the ladies U18 european basketball championships over the next week, starting today with games in the NSC, National Basketball Arena and Cork. The egg chaser lovers in RTE probably aren't even aware of it.

http://www.fiba.com/europe/u18bwomen/2017/0608/Ireland-Moldova

This is the type of event, when the country is hosting, that RTE should be showcasing.

Joxer (Dublin) - Posts: 4700 - 04/08/2017 16:08:44    2028995

The heads of RTE sport have minimal if any interest in GAA. They will show the camogie as they get it for half nothing and can focus all their energy of the Womens rugby world cup and the build up in Ballsbridge & Donnybrook.
RTE is getting further and further removed from the average Irish person who doesnt live in South Dublin and drive a Mercedes.

hurler32 (Limerick) - Posts: 867 - 04/08/2017 16:31:12    2029006

Joxer (Dublin) - Posts: 4700 - 04/08/2017 17:42:40    2029043

RTE will continue to concentrate on coverage for the top counties and expect more of the same with the Super 8 in 2018. Two minute Sunday Game snippets of the so-called weaker counties will be the norm as they will re-analyse the live games of the weekend instead if giving more Sunday Game highlights coverage to so-called weaker counties. I contacted RTE Player feedback about this, suggesting they show a second highlights show on the Player or put more extended highlights of so-called weaker counties on the Player or on YouTube. They didn't tell me things were going to change but gave me an e-mail to the Sunday Game. Two weeks later they haven't had the courtesy to reply.

GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 7335 - 04/08/2017 18:32:24    2029055