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I wonder why GAA+ don't bother showing any club games?

Kew (Galway) - Posts: 406 - 21/08/2026 17:56:03    2690808

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Replying To Pope_Benedict:  "I think TV as we knew it and know it, will fade away like the newspapers and the letters in a generation or two. Unlimited content flying into mobile devices these days, very likely RTE are losing viewers. There can't be many stuck viewing TV ads anymore in this day and age."
I don't know if RTE will fade away, because while we can get news and info from lost of sources, not much of it can be trusted as authentic, unbiased and accurate and a lot of people trust RTE still. I do think Ireland needs to have a reality check into how public money is spent annually, like how we are ending up €10 billion further in National debt this decade, despite some of the most lucrative years on record.

The public sector needs a major overhaul, particular the admin sectors and the Unions that protect these non-productive environments, which has seen criminal project management costing the state billions in recent years and those responsible suffer no consequences.

A friend of mine works with a private company on National scale projects and recent dealt with a state owned entity, he said he was shocked that not once during a series of project meetings did anyone from the Public owned body once ask about the estimated cost or mention budgets, it was just a case of "Ah sure whatever it costs it costs".

Commodore (Donegal) - Posts: 1942 - 23/08/2026 20:08:47    2690986

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Replying To Commodore:  "I don't know if RTE will fade away, because while we can get news and info from lost of sources, not much of it can be trusted as authentic, unbiased and accurate and a lot of people trust RTE still. I do think Ireland needs to have a reality check into how public money is spent annually, like how we are ending up €10 billion further in National debt this decade, despite some of the most lucrative years on record.

The public sector needs a major overhaul, particular the admin sectors and the Unions that protect these non-productive environments, which has seen criminal project management costing the state billions in recent years and those responsible suffer no consequences.

A friend of mine works with a private company on National scale projects and recent dealt with a state owned entity, he said he was shocked that not once during a series of project meetings did anyone from the Public owned body once ask about the estimated cost or mention budgets, it was just a case of "Ah sure whatever it costs it costs"."
Im not sure if an unbiased news entity exists today, either on social media or the corporate media. I certainly find the rte very selective in terms of the news they reveal,but if people still trust them then it's not for me to tell them what to think.

Seniorleague (Galway) - Posts: 307 - 23/08/2026 21:10:10    2690996

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Replying To Seniorleague:  "Im not sure if an unbiased news entity exists today, either on social media or the corporate media. I certainly find the rte very selective in terms of the news they reveal,but if people still trust them then it's not for me to tell them what to think."
I get what you mean, especially in the US, where you have FOX/Pro-Republican, while CNN is more pre-Democrat leaning or certainly that is how they are viewed. The UK is similar, with more right leaning GB News vs more centered or left SKY or BBC.

RTE definitely can be selective at times, particularly in how they sometimes report National protests on fuel, on MICA blocks, Immigration protests or anything anti-Government. They often tend to understate the scale of these protests.
However I would still deem them more trustworthy than other international news agencies to report International affairs in a more unbiased basis.

Commodore (Donegal) - Posts: 1942 - 24/08/2026 08:54:30    2691032

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Pretty amazing results here. Maybe explains why the GAA are turning towards streaming

In 2025, among EU countries, the largest shares of internet users with paid subscriptions to a films, series or sports streaming services were in:

Ireland (63.9%)
Denmark ( 61.1%)

Lowest in:
Bulgaria (9.3%)
Slovenia (13.7%)

Ireland is number 1

Kew (Galway) - Posts: 406 - 27/08/2026 16:30:12    2691566

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