{"id":321914,"date":"2026-02-28T14:15:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T14:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/321914\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T14:15:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T14:15:10","slug":"if-were-serious-about-promoting-hurling-why-cant-we-watch-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/321914\/","title":{"rendered":"If we\u2019re serious about promoting hurling, why can\u2019t we watch it?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\"> Before Limerick played Tipperary last Saturday, I was pitch-side alongside Damian Lawlor from RT\u00c9. When Damo asked me for my prediction, I briefly spoke about the  <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishexaminer.com\/sport\/gaa\/arid-41797148.html\">mass melee<\/a> between Cork and Tipp two weeks earlier which had the appearance of blood and thunder and skin and hair flying. And then it was like a tea party for the rest of the match.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">My point was that, even though that game was hyped up as a grudge match \u2013 especially from a Cork perspective after last July \u2013 there was little or no intensity in the game. And I\u2019d even say that about the row. So my main argument was that it\u2019s almost impossible for anyone to know who is going to arrive into these games with real intent and intensity.<\/p>\n<p>This is exclusive subscriber content. Already a subscriber? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishexaminer.com\/login\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sign in<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IE Logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/4633150_1_org_IE_logo_modals.png\" width=\"340\" height=\"41\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\tSubscribe to access all of the Irish Examiner.<\/p>\n<p>Annual \u20ac130\u20ac80<\/p>\n<p class=\"best-value\">Best value<\/p>\n<p>Monthly \u20ac12\u20ac6 \/ month<\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Benefits image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/4874751_1_org_Funnel_image.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Before Limerick played Tipperary last Saturday, I was pitch-side alongside Damian Lawlor from RT\u00c9. When Damo asked me&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":321915,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[30883,1965,7026,1964,61,60,14611,112],"class_list":["post-321914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-galway-gaa","tag-hurling","tag-waterford-gaa","tag-cork-gaa","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-kilkenny-gaa","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=321914"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321914\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/321915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=321914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=321914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=321914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}