GAAGO to keep broadcast rights for 2025 championship as TG4 loses out

First reported by the Irish Examiner, the GAA will continue to show games, including Munster Senior Hurling Championship games and All Ireland football quarterfinals, exclusively on the platform.

It has also reported the GAA will propose to buy RTÉ out of its 50pc share of the streaming service.

In August, the GAA advertised a two-year media rights package for games currently broadcast on GAAGO. TG4 submitted a bid for the rights but the Irish language broadcaster has been unsuccessful.

Contacted this morning, Croke Park declined to comment on the report that the association was proposing to buy out RTÉ of its 50pc share in GAAGO.

A spokesperson merely confirmed that the GAA “has decided to retain the two packages for domestic use. We set up an advisory committee and working group to see how best we can utilise those rights.”

Fans were upset when games in the Munster Hurling Championship were placed behind the GAAGO paywall, including the 2023 Clare v Limerick clash and this…