{"id":496325,"date":"2026-06-12T16:35:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T16:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/496325\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T16:35:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T16:35:09","slug":"sold-out-cork-v-donegal-this-weekend-should-be-on-tv-says-kerry-senator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/496325\/","title":{"rendered":"Sold-out Cork v Donegal this weekend should be on TV, says Kerry senator\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"contextmenu internal_Body1st\">&#8220;The public cannot endure another summer of not being able to see their teams on free-to-air TV competing in the GAA championship, a Fine Gael senator has said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">Kerry-based Senator Mike Kennelly said the GAA and all involved must sit down over the coming months and work out a solution.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">Referring to the Kildare v Kerry game this weekend, he added: \u201cDonegal against Cork won\u2019t be televised either, with the sold-out match to be played in Ballybofey. A lot of Cork supporters will miss out if they can\u2019t make the long journey to Donegal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">\u201cWe need to see a long-term plan to address this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cThe GAA is an inclusive, volunteer-led and community-based organisation, and we need to ensure that these volunteers and members can watch their county play,\u201d Senator Kennelly said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\n            \u201cMany people have paid their GAA+ subscription for the year but now won\u2019t even get to see their county play some of their biggest matches. That\u2019s a farce.\n        <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cI\u2019m not in agreement with GAA matches on subscription models but we should be looking at ways of increasing access to watch these games for the remainder of the championship if no other solution is available.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cClubber streams club matches from right across the country. If fans can have access to their local club games online they should be able to watch all county games that are not on RT\u00c9 or GAA+.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cWe have the technology to broadcast these games, let\u2019s use it as a short term solution for the remainder of the year. After this weekend, there is still a third round of football qualifiers to come.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cThe current set up is just not good enough, we need to see a clear plan from the GAA on how they\u2019ll ensure fans can watch all county games next year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cI\u2019m cognisant that contracts exist with broadcasters, but viable solutions need to be found.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cI know of several organisations, including supporter clubs, who are contacting GAA HQ over this farce. It can\u2019t continue,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#8220;The public cannot endure another summer of not being able to see their teams on free-to-air TV competing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":496326,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[79,61,60,112],"class_list":["post-496325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-cork-news","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496325","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=496325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496325\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/496326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=496325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=496325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=496325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}