GAA President Liam O'Neill was 'shocked' by the grilling he, and Director General Paraic Duffy, received at the hands of RTE in a series of interviews related to the Sky TV deal yesterday.

Speaking to gaa.ie, the Laois native hit out at the general media coverage of the deal and referred specifically to the national broadcaster's confrontational approach.

"An awful lot of the reaction was misinformed because they reacted before the news story. That was a bit unprofessional of some people doing that," O'Neill said.

"Then, when they got the information, they zoned in on one particular part of the deal. And quite frankly, in relation to last night, we are shocked by the treatment we got from RTÉ. Every single one of the interviews was aggressive.

"RTÉ are our partners. They have got 31 of our games. They have radio, we give them access beyond what would be given to broadcasters in other sports and in other countries.

"We didn't expect them to be in our favour - we weren't looking for that. We were looking for balance and I don't think we got balance last night." Tweet

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