Dubs feature regularly in spring live TV schedule

eir Sport today, announced details of its coverage of the forthcoming Leagues which includes a historic Irish broadcasting first. More games will be featured than ever before, and eir Sport will be the first Irish broadcaster to show three live games simultaneously across its channels. The action gets underway on Saturday, February 4 with eir Sport broadcasting a total of 23 live games, an increase from the 17 which have previously been broadcast.

Dublin’s Ciarán Kilkenny and Monaghan’s Darren Hughes were on hand to help make today’s announcement.

First up it’s an historic triple header of games as Mayo v Monaghan, Laois v Louth and Down v Fermanagh are all on the air live at 7pm.It’s the first time an Irish broadcaster has given viewers the option of watching one of three games at the same time.It’s also the first of five of these triple headers which will be broadcast as part of eir Sports’ coverage of the 2017 Allianz Leagues. To achieve these triple headers, eir Sport is showing different games on eir Sport 1, eir sport 2 HD and a separate game on eir Sport 2 SD.

The second Saturday of Allianz Leagues action sees a total of four matches broadcast live on eir Sport including another live triple header of action featuring both football and hurling at 7pm.In football, All-Ireland champions Dublin take on Tyrone at Croke Park and Kerry are at home against Mayo. In hurling, Cork come up against Clare in the first round of the Allianz Hurling League completing the triple header with all three games throwing in at 7pm. Cork v Clare is preceded by another live hurling match as Dublin face Tipperary at 5pm.

The line-ups from the 2016 All-Ireland finals are repeated when Dublin take on Mayo on March 4 and Tipperary take on Kilkenny on March 11.

In total twenty-two counties will feature across the twenty-three live matches broadcast on eir Sport over the course of the Allianz Leagues.Sixteen of those games will be football matches with seven hurling games to be shown.

TG4 has also unveiled its extensive list of matches for live and free to view Gaelic Games TV coverage for the coming months, a mouth-watering menu of competitions and matches broadcast on the Irish language channel.

In all TG4 will broadcast 42 matches in full between live and deferred action on GAA Beo this Spring with top games from the Allianz Leagues, AIB Club Championships, Independent.ie Sigerson & Fitzgibbon Cup Finals, All-Ireland U21 Football Championship, Lidl Ladies Football League Finals and the Littlewoods Ireland Camogie League Final.

TG4’s weekly live GAA coverage will again be complemented by highlights each Monday evening with action from all the major gaelic games competitions to be seen on GAA 2017 in a new slot at 8:00pm (Beginning on Monday 6 February).

Eir Sport Full List of Fixtures

Date Time Game Satellite Channel

04/0219.00 Mayo v Monaghan (F) eir Sport 2 HD

04/0219.00 Down v Fermanagh (F )eir Sport 2 SD

04/0219.00 Laois v Louth (F) eir Sport 1

11/0217.00 Dublin v Tipperary (H) eir Sport 1

11/0219.00 Cork v Clare (H) eir Sport 2 SD

11/0219.00 Dublin v Tyrone (F) eir Sport 1

11/0219.00 Kerry v Mayo (F) eir Sport 2 HD

18/0219.00 Cork v Dublin (H) eir Sport 2 HD

18/0219.00 Laois v Offaly (H) eir Sport 1

25/0219.00 Mayo v Roscommon (F) eir Sport 2 HD

25/0219.00 Laois v Tipperary (F) eir Sport 1

25/0219.00 Down v Meath (F) eir Sport 2 SD

04/0317.00 Dublin v Waterford (H) eir Sport 2 HD

04/0319.00 Cavan v Donegal (F) eir Sport 2 SD

04/0319.00 Dublin v Mayo (F) eir Sport 2 HD

04/0319.00 yrone v Monaghan (F) eir Sport 1

11/0319.00 Tipperary v Kilkenny (H) eir Sport 2 HD

11/0319.00 Laois v Limerick (H) eir Sport 1

18/0319.00 Kerry v Dublin (F) eir Sport 2 HD

18/0319.00 Donegal v Tyrone (F) eir Sport 2 SD

18/0319.00 Down v Kildare (F)

25/0319.00 Dublin v Roscommon (F) eir Sport 2 HD

25/0319.00 Laois v Longford (F) eir Sport 1

Spring 2017 Gaelic Games schedule on TG4

Saturday 4 February

AIB All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship Semi-Final
St Thomas’ (Galway) v Ballyea (Clare), Live from Semple Stadium, Thurles (5pm)

Sunday 5 February

Allianz Football League – Round 1
Live: Cavan v Dublin, Kingspan Breffni Park, Cavan
Deferred: Donegal v Kerry, O'Donnell Park, Letterkenny

Saturday 11 February

AIB All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship Semi-Finals
Slaughtneil (Derry) v St Vincent's (Dublin), Páirc Esler, Newry (2pm)
Corofin (Galway) v Dr Crokes (Kerry), Gaelic Grounds, Limerick (4pm)

Sunday 12 February

Live: Kilkenny v Waterford, Nowlan Park, Kilkenny (Allianz Hurling League – Round 1)
Deferred: Roscommon v Donegal, Dr.Hyde Park, Roscommon (Allianz Football League – Round 2)

Saturday 18 February

Independent.ie Sigerson Cup Final - Live from the Connacht GAA Centre, Mayo

Sunday 19 February

Allianz Hurling League – Round 2
Live: Waterford v Tipperary, Walsh Park, Waterford
Deferred: Clare v Kilkenny, Cusack Park, Ennis

Saturday 25 February

Independent.ie Fitzgibbon Cup Final, Live from Pearse Stadium, Galway (1:00pm, hosted by NUIG)
AIB All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship Semi-Final - Cuala (Dublin) v Slaughtneil (Derry), Athletic Grounds, Armagh (3pm)

Sunday 26 February

Allianz Football League – Round 3 (Live match and deferred match)

Sunday 5^th March

Allianz Football League – Round 4 and Allianz Hurling League – Round 3 (Live match and deferred match)

Friday 10 March

Gradaim an Uachtaráin (GAA President Awards), Live from Croke Park at 7:30pm

Sunday 12 March

Allianz Hurling League (Round 4) - Live match and deferred match

Live coverage of the O’Connor Cup Final from Elverys McHale Park, Castlebar

Friday 17 March

AIB All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling and Football Championship Finals, Live from Croke Park

Sunday 19 March

Allianz Football League (Round 5) - Live match and deferred match

Sunday 26 March

Allianz Football League (Round 6) and Allianz Hurling League (Round 5) - Live match and deferred match

Sunday 2 April

Allianz Football League (Round 7) and Allianz Hurling League Quarter Finals (Live match and deferred match)

Saturday 8 April

Allianz Football League Finals – Division 3 & 4 Finals

Sunday 9 April

Allianz Football League Finals – Division 1 & 2 Finals

Saturday 15 April

All-Ireland U21 Football Championship Semi Finals

Sunday 16 April

Allianz Hurling League – Semi Finals

Sunday 23 April

Littlewoods Ireland Camogie League Final
Allianz Hurling League Final

Saturday 29 April

All-Ireland U21 Football Final

Sunday 30 April

Lidl Ladies Football Division 3 and 4 League Finals

Sunday 7 May

Lidl Ladies Football Division 1 and 2 League Finals