‘We weren’t even asked’ – Shane O’Donnell talks about how his image was used without consultation to promote GAAGO

Speaking to the BBC’s GAA Social podcast, the Banner star outlined how he was unhappy that his image was used by the pay-per-view streaming service given that it’s a venture he “personally didn’t agree with”.

GAAGO is a partnership between RTÉ and the GAA which has generated much criticism, given that it puts championship games behind a paywall.

“I’m working with the GPA at the moment on this – name, image, likeness has been mentioned,” O’Donnell told Thomas Niblock.

“It really is having a bit more control over your image. My understanding is I don’t.

“I’ll give you an example. GAAGO obviously last year, not a particularly popular initiative, and one that I personally didn’t agree with.

“I didn’t think it should have been selling [games]. I think they should just be swallowing the cost of promoting the game and paying to televise these games. I don’t think that’s something [major] out of their budget.

“The bottom line is, I don’t agree with it and then I see…