Colm O'Rourke

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The Claire Byrne Show · Should the All Ireland Championships be free to air? · 29 Jun 2026 podcast

So we can't have it everywhere.

There's a sort of idea in this country that when it comes to the GE, I think everything should be for nothing.

And I suppose that's synonymous with a sort of an overall drift in the country that the government should provide everything for everybody without taking personal responsibility.

But I still take the point, quarterfinals,

Should have been on free to air.

And if it meant putting them on free on GA plus, I would certainly would have agreed with that.

But the overall principle of it, I think it's a very good idea, given an opportunity for people to see games that they wouldn't have any alternative other than to listen to the radio.

Yes, and that is certainly a point and it's been raised with me by several older people.

But I think it's something that most older people are able to overcome.

Most of them have children or grandchildren who should be able to help them to tune in.

It is a bit of an issue, but you can't satisfy all the people all the time.

Yes, I agree with you fully on that.

Maybe you'd get Charlotte Burns on the line there, Clare, and discuss that particular thing with him.

Yes, a direct line.

There's nothing in the world that seems to get people exercised in this country is what happens with the GEA.

Yes, but I'm also taken by the fact that when it comes to an All-Ireland final in hurling and football, and you look at the viewing figures afterwards, like there's maybe a million or 1.2 or 1.5.

Yes, but the other side of it, Clare, is that means that there's about 4 million in the country that didn't seem to be a bit bothered by what was happening in the GAA world.

So sometimes we take ourselves too seriously, but...

Again, I think your point is valid.

From quarterfinals on, I think free-to-air would be the solution.

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