Ted Neville

Not terribly.

Ciarán, I think the GAA really is in a very privileged position and followers of the sport are in a privileged position in that there's regular and extensive coverage everywhere.

on all the national media.

And I was just speaking to a researcher, just contrasting the situation at the moment where the largest annual sporting event in Ireland is taking place this weekend and there will be no mention of it or no viewing of it.

What's that?

That's the Northwest 200 motorcycle races.

Because more people go to it than anything else.

How many people go to it?

Typically over the days of qualifying and competition tomorrow, about 120,000.

It used to even be bigger.

You would have to pay.

You can see it probably on BBC Northern Ireland.

You can probably see it on BBC, but you won't even find a mention of it anywhere in the South.

Now,

There's plenty of Irish competitors taking part and they do very well.

Their names would be unknown because they get no recognition, no mention ever.

I'm thinking of the likes of Michael Sweeney from Dublin, Michael Brown from Cork, Liam Chalk, two Chalk brothers from County Limerick, and many others.

These guys go and compete in these events everywhere every year and, you know, there's no coverage in the media.

So, you know, I...

I probably cry crocodile tears a little bit when I hear the GAA, that they don't see their games on national television.