TV Wrap - ITV can't hit the right note as the shameful staging of Cheltenham is laid bare
ITV tried to cover the festival like it was any other year…but this year is far from normal.
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ITV tried to cover the festival like it was any other year…but this year is far from normal.
From Eamon Dunphy’s shame to John Aldridge’s embarrassment, via an oddly bad John Giles prediction.
The biggest game in Europe was in an empty stadium, other events were cancelled and Roy Keane bantered with Micah Richards. Thank heavens for France.
The Jack Charlton Years are remembered in a new, two-part documentary on RTÉ.
Slaughtneil are chasing four-in-a-row, with that one available to watch on RTÉ News Now and RTÉ Player.
While the Irish public rushed to blame the U2 frontman, the pundits worryingly found plenty of different issues on the pitch.
Dundalk, Shamrock Rovers, Bohemians, Sligo Rovers, Shelbourne and St Patrick’s Athletic all picked by eirSport in March.
Mattie took some flak for his comments on another stellar outing for Virgin Media’s rugby panel.
Elsewhere, Dylan Hartley impresses as Matt Williams sticks the boot into Eddie Jones.
The Dubliner took less than a minute to finish off Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone on Saturday night.
Elsewhere, Joe Brolly has made a surprise return to television punditry.
The national broadcaster will again show some league clashes live.
Drum roll please, as we celebrate the best in television analysis, entertainment…and eejitry.
A mouthwatering triple-header kicks eir’s football and hurling league coverage off, as they feature 16 counties.
The British Prime Minister also bewilderingly claimed that a World Cup co-hosted in Ireland would be ‘bringing football home.’
In League with Gaddafi is on RTÉ One tonight at 9.35pm.
The band got back together for Irish fans as Amazon assembled English pundits in a kind of Tekken menu.
Starting this midweek, the games will be available on Premier Sports – here are the details.
‘Sunday Best: 40 Years of The Sunday Game’ will be aired on RTÉ One this Wednesday.
Elsewhere, Arsene Wenger turned up alongside Richard Keys and Andy Gray.
The service is being shuttered by RTÉ, so we remember its heyday.
Ian Wright was among those to criticise the Arsenal captain, and called for the player to apologise.
Fifa have released some interesting data in the wake of this summer’s history-making tournament.
On the weekend of 26/27 October, the Cork football and Kilkenny hurling finals will also receive TV billing.
Seb Coe told Gabby Logan to ‘go back to Match of the Day’, but the Beeb’s coverage wasn’t nearly as harsh as it ought to have been.
Jamie Heaslip and Brent Pope were reaching for the positives after a stuttering World Cup win.
Ryan McHugh, Neil McManus and Podge Collins are involved in big games for their respective sides.
There has been some highly-watchable tension between the ex-Irish star and Eddie O’Sullivan.
It’s time to watch too much rugby. so here are all the details you’ll need.
There were also record numbers for the ladies football finals on TG4.
The two broadcasters have learned from each other and now there’s little difference in their approach.
‘It’s going to be mad and intense but it’s presenting a World Cup. It’s a bit of a dream.’
The Irish legend has caused ructions with comments about Jon Walters and Alex Ferguson at an Off The Ball event with Gary Neville.
There was much disagreement over Johnny Cooper’s red card, while Pat Spillane talked about ‘unknown unknowns.’
The show is written by Cardboard Gangsters writer Mark O’Connor.
The national broadcaster enters the club market alongside TG4 this Autumn.
The broadcaster screened weekly matches for the final months of the last campaign.
The Tyrone boss dismisses the common refrain that all big games should be free-to-air.
The streaming service has — in partnership with Starbucks — released a new six-part series of films called This is Football.
‘The last remnants of British culture on these islands’ got the blame for criticism of the sweeper system in hurling.