TG4, the Irish language TV service has announced the launching of a new on-line streaming service that will provide live free to view coverage world-wide containing an attractive fixture list of GAA matches.
The new initiative will see this list of major GAA matches being offered exclusively on line and available all over the world, a welcome addition to the channel’s acclaimed list of televised Gaelic games matches at all levels from club to inter-county.
First up in this new offering to be streamed live online are the Post Primary Senior Hurling Finals from Semple Stadium on Saturday 25th March. In subsequent weeks and months, users of TG4 http://www.tg4.ie will have live, exclusive and free to view access to a list of fixtures, including for the first time, all four Under 21 Provincial Football Finals.
TG4 Sports Editor Rónán Ó Coisdealbha welcomed the new development: “We know from long experience that there is a huge appetite worldwide from followers of Gaelic Games for high-quality coverage of the widest possible selection of the Association’s premier competitions in hurling and football. This initiative is our latest response to that demand we are confident that it will prove very popular and generate favourable comment. Showcasing emerging talent is a core part of TG4’s mission, in sport as in other areas of cultural activity and this Spring will see us prove the truth of the Irish proverb “Mol an óige agus tiocfaidh sí.”
The full list is as follows:
Saturday 25th March: Masita Post Primary Senior Hurling Finals, Two matches live from Semple Stadium
Wednesday 29th March: EirGrid GAA Leinster U21 Football Championship Final
Wednesday 29th March: EirGrid GAA Munster U21 Football Championship Final
Saturday 1st April: Masita Post Primary Senior Football Finals, two matches live from Croke Park
Saturday 1st April: EirGrid GAA Connacht U21 Football Championship Final
Wednesday 5th April: EirGrid GAA Ulster U21 Football Championship Final
In addition to the live Webcast of these matches, TG4 will also TV broadcast deferred extended highlights of the matches on the same night.
