Sports broadcasting contracts in the Republic of Ireland
# Sports broadcasting contracts in the Republic of Ireland

Sports broadcasting rights in the Republic of Ireland include:

Viewers in the Republic of Ireland can watch sports on Irish free-to-air channels RTÉ One, RTÉ Two, Virgin Media One, Virgin Media Two, Virgin Media Three, TG4, and on pay-TV networks such as Virgin Media More, Sky Sports, BT Sport, Premier Sports, FreeSports and Eurosport. They can also access Northern Ireland's version of British networks such as BBC One, BBC Two, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5 and S4C on satellite and cable.

## Gaelic Games

Broadcasting Contracts for Gaelic Games (Television) :

| Event | Broadcaster | Broadcast Details |
| - | - | - |
| All-Ireland Senior Football Championship | RTÉ | Live: Up to 31 games exclusively, including all Provincial Finals & two All-Ireland Quarter-Finals. All-Ireland Semi-Finals & All-Ireland Final shown on a simulcast basis with Sky. Highlights: Sunday night programme |
| All-Ireland Senior Football Championship | Sky Sports | Live: Up to 14 games exclusively, including two All-Ireland Quarter-Finals. All-Ireland Semi-Finals & All-Ireland Final shown on a simulcast basis with RTÉ. Highlights: Midweek programme |
| All-Ireland Senior Football Championship | BBC Sport | Live: Ulster SFC games shown on a simulcast basis with RTÉ Deferred: Ulster SFC games not shown on RTÉ. |
| All-Ireland Senior Football Championship | TG4 | Highlights: Monday night programme |
| All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship | RTÉ | Live: Up to 31 games exclusively, including both Provincial Finals & both All-Ireland Quarter-Finals. All-Ireland Semi-Finals & All-Ireland Final shown on a simulcast basis with Sky Sports. Highlights: Sunday night programme |
| All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship | Sky Sports | Live: Up to 14 games exclusively. All-Ireland Semi-Finals & All-Ireland Final shown on a simulcast basis with RTÉ. Highlights: Midweek programme |
| All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship | TG4 | Highlights: Monday night programme |
| All-Ireland Minor Football Championship | TG4 | Live: All-Ireland Semi-Finals & Final exclusively |
| All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship | TG4 | Live: All-Ireland Semi-Finals & Final exclusively |
| International Rules | RTÉ | Live: in 2017 |
| Allianz Football League | TG4 | Live: Up to three games on Sunday afternoons. (Two live and one deferred) Highlights: Monday night programme |
| Allianz Football League | RTÉ | Highlights: Sunday evenings |
| Allianz Hurling League | TG4 | Live: Up to three games on Sunday afternoons. (One live and one deferred) Highlights: Monday night programme |
| Allianz Hurling League | RTÉ | Highlights: Sunday evenings |
| All-Ireland Club Senior Football Championship | TG4 | Live: Sunday afternoon games |
| All-Ireland Club Senior Hurling Championship | TG4 | Live: Sunday afternoon games |
| All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship | TG4 | Live |
| All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship | RTÉ | Live |
| All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship | TG4 | Live |
| All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship | TG4 | Live |
| All-Ireland Intermediate and Junior Club Championships | | |

* Gaelic Senior Hardball Singles: Spórt TG4 Highlights show
* Gaelic Senior Softball Singles: Spórt TG4 Highlights show

## Association football

* FIFA World Cup
   * Finals tournament live on RTÉ until 2022, plus all Ireland qualifiers & UEFA Nations League Matches
   * 2022 Qualifiers
      * UEFA
         * Virgin Media More (Selected European Qualifiers & Nations League (exclude the Republic of Ireland team) on Virgin Media Two, Virgin Media Three & Virgin Media More with highlights of all other matches (include the Republic of Ireland team))
      * AFC
         * Youtube
         * MyCujoo
      * CAF
         * Youtube
      * CONMEBOL
         * Premier Sports selected matches live
      * CONCACAF
         * LiveScore 70 matches live
* FIFA Club World Cup: TBA 2023
* FIFA Women's World Cup: RTÉ: 23 Matches live in English on RTÉ 2 and RTÉ, TG4: 29 matches live in Irish.
* FIFA Boy's and Girl's Youth Championships (U-17 and U-20): RTÉ Sport and FIFA+ until 2026.
* UEFA European Football Championship: RTÉ: 30 of the games, TG4 to show 22 Matches
* UEFA Nations League: Virgin Media & RTE Sport (selected matches (include both knock out matches (semi final and final) and exclude the Republic of Ireland team) with highlights of all other matches (include the Republic of Ireland team)) (All matches)) on RTE Sport live until 2024.
* UEFA Euro qualifying: RTÉ: Republic of Ireland matches only; Virgin Media More (Selected matches (exclude the Republic of Ireland team) with highlights of all other matches (include the Republic of Ireland team)); and Premier Sports (All matches) until 2024
* European Under-21 Championship: UEFA TV (2023
* European Under-19 Championship: RTÉ
* European Women's Under-19 Championship: RTÉ
* European Under-17 Championship: RTÉ: live in English and TG4 live in Irish.
* European Women's Under-17 Championship: RTÉ: live in English and TG4 live in Irish.
* Republic of Ireland Men's internationals: RTÉ: live until 2024 (All Nations League, qualifying, and friendly games) live until 2022; and Virgin Media More (highlights of all fixtures) until 2022. RTÉ Radio 1 Live
* Republic of Ireland Women's internationals: RTÉ
* Republic of Ireland U21 internationals:
* Copa América: Premier Sports All 26 matches live in 2019
* CONCACAF Gold Cup: Premier Sports All 31 matches live in 2019
* UEFA Champions League: RTÉ (1 Match on Tuesday Nights & Final), Virgin Media More (1 game on Wednesday Night and highlights on Virgin Media Television; exclusive coverage of all other matches on Livescore App and BT Sport (other matches)
* UEFA Europa League: BT Sport (other matches) and Virgin Media More (2 Matches per round on Virgin Media Two with all other games on Virgin Media More), 2018–2021.
* UEFA Europa Conference League: BT Sport (other matches) and Virgin Media More (selected matches on Virgin Media Two with all other games on Virgin Media More), 2018–2021.
* UEFA Super Cup: Virgin Media More, BT Sport, RTÉ Radio 1 Live
* UEFA Youth League: BT Sport, 2018–2021.
* UEFA Women's Champions League: RTÉ & DAZN.
* CONMEBOL Libertadores: LiveScore
* CONMEBOL Sudamericana: LiveScore
* CONMEBOL Recopa: LiveScore
* CONCACAF Champions League: YouTube
* CAF Women's Champions League: YouTube (full coverage)
* CAF Super Cup: YouTube (as of 2021)
* League of Ireland: RTÉ: Highlights and Matches Live
* FAI Cup: RTÉ show 1 Second Round Match Live, 1 Third Round Match Live, 1 Quarter-Finals Match Live, 2 Semi-finals Matches Live, Final Live,
* Premier League: Sky Sports (2019–22) 128 Live Matches, BT Sport (2019–22) 52 Live Matches, and Premier Sports (2019–22) 50 Live Matches (including Saturday 3pm games) BBC – Match of the Day Highlights.
* FA Cup: BBC Sport & ITV Sport selected matches that aired and not aired live by BBC or ITV on Premier Sports
* Scottish Professional Football League: Sky Sports
* Scottish Cup: Viaplay Sports
* Scottish League Cup: Viaplay Sports
* Scottish Challenge Cup: BBC Alba
* Irish Premiership: Live matches & Highlights on BBC NI & Sky Sports
* County Antrim Shield: Final on BBC NI
* Irish Cup: Live matches on BBC NI
* Irish League Cup: Sky Sports Live & Highlights on BBC NI
* Vanarama National League: BT Sport
* Serie A: Premier Sports, FreeSports, and LiveScore
* Coppa Italia: BT Sport
* Supercoppa Italiana: BT Sport
* La Liga: Premier Sports (via LaLiga TV) and FreeSports
* Segunda División: YouTube (regular season) and Premier Sports (play-offs, via LaLiga TV)
* Danish Superliga: OneFootball
* Eliteserien: Eurosport
* English Football League: Sky Sports, QUEST Highlights every weekend
* FAI Junior Cup: Highlights, TG4 2014 and 2016 highlights
* FAI Women's Cup: RTÉ Sport Live Final from the Aviva Stadium
* FAI International Football Awards: RTÉ
* Major League Soccer: Sky Sports (up to two matches per week) and FreeSports (most matches that not aired by Sky Sports) until 2022
* Ligue 1: BT Sport until 2024
* Trophée des Champions: BT Sport until 2024
* Coupe de France: BT Sport (final only in 2019-20)
* Bundesliga: Sky Sports until 2025
* DFB-Pokal: Premier Sports (semi finals and a final)
* Eredivisie: Premier Sports and LiveScore
* Liga NOS: Premier Sports, FreeSports, and LiveScore
* Taça de Portugal: FreeSports (final only)
* Ekstraklasa (until 2020-21): FreeSports (two matches per week) and Ekstraklasa TV (all matches)
* Russian Premier League: YouTube
* A-League: BT Sport
* Chinese Super League: Premier Sports, FreeSports, and LiveScore
* J-League: FreeSports (four J1 matches per week until 2022) & YouTube (league cup and up to two J2 matches per week live, plus highlights of all three leagues and a league cup matches)
* K-League: YouTube (one match per week live via COPA90)
* FFA Cup: BT Sport

### Futsal

* FIFA Futsal World Cup: RTÉ Sport
* UEFA Futsal Championship: RTÉ Sport until 2022
* UEFA Futsal Champions League: BT Sport until 2021

## Rugby Union

Broadcasting Contracts for Rugby Union (Television) :

| Event | Broadcaster | Broadcast Details |
| - | - | - |
| Rugby World Cup | To be announced |
| Six Nations Championship | RTE Sport & Virgin Media More | Live: All fifteen games on both One & RTE2 until 2025. |
| Ireland Autumn Internationals | Virgin Media More |
| England Autumn internationals | Amazon Prime | Live: until 2022 |
| Scotland Autumn Internationals | Amazon Prime | Live: until 2022 |
| Wales Autumn Internationals | Amazon Prime | Live: until 2022 |
| The Rugby Championship and SANZAAR test | Sky Sports | Live: until 2025 |
| United Rugby Championship | RTE | Live: |
| United Rugby Championship | TG4 | Live: |
| United Rugby Championship | BBC NI | Live: |
| Ulster Bank All-Ireland League | RTÉ | Live: Final |
| English Premiership | BT Sport | Live: up to 80 matches per season until 2020-21 |
| English Premiership | ITV Sport | Live: up to 7 matches per season including final and highlights of all other matches |
| Heineken Champions Cup | BT Sport | Live: All matches until 2022. |
| Heineken Champions Cup | RTE Sport | Live: up to u matches live (including one quarter-final, one semi-final and a final); plus highlights of all other matches until 2024 |
| European Rugby Challenge Cup | BT Sport | Live: All matches until 2022. |
| European Rugby Challenge Cup | TG4 | Highlights: (Irish Teams highlights) |
| Women's Rugby World Cup |
| Women's Rugby World Cup | RTÉ | Live: |
| Women's Six Nations Championship | RTÉ & Virgin Media More | Live: all Ireland matches on RTE2 or Virgin Media One, other matches on RTÉ Player, Virgin Media More & Virgin Media Two |
| Six Nations Under 20s Championship | RTÉ & Virgin Media One | Live: all Ireland matches on RTE2 or Virgin Media One, other matches on RTÉ Player, Virgin Media More & Virgin Media Two|- | Rugby World Cup Sevens |
| World Rugby Sevens Series | Sky Sports | Live: |
| World Rugby Sevens Series | RTÉ | Highlights: |
| World Rugby Under 20 Championship |
| Schools Rugby | FreeSports | |

## Golf

* U.S. Masters: Sky Sports
* U.S. Open (golf): Sky Sports
* The Open: Sky Sports
* Irish Open: RTÉ Sport & Sky Sports
* Ryder Cup: Sky Sports
* Pga Tour: Sky Sports
* European Tour: Sky Sports

## Boxing

* Irish National Amateur Boxing Championships: Spórt TG4 since 2015, previously on RTÉ Sport
* Frank Warren Promotions: Live on BT Sport
* Matchroom Sport: Live on DAZN
* PBC: Live on Box Nation and FITE TV
* Cyclone Promotions: Live on Channel 5
* European Amateur Boxing Championships: TG4
* World Amateur Boxing Championships: RTÉ Sport 2009 & 2011, Spórt TG4 2013, RTÉ Sport 2015 - also on BoxNation
* Dream Boxing: DAZN: October 2022 to October 2025, all fights

## Kickboxing

* King of Kings: DAZN: October 2022 to October 2025, all fights

## Mixed Martial Arts

Broadcasting Contracts for Mixed Martial Arts (Television) :

| Event | Broadcaster | Broadcast Details |
| - | - | - |
| Bellator | Channel 5 | Live: Coverage of European Fights | Virgin Media More | Live: Coverage of European Fights |
| Cage Warriors | BT Sport | Live: | |
| Bushido MMA | DAZN | October 2022 to October 2025, all fights | |
| UFC | BT Sport | Live: All Events | Virgin Media More | Deferred: |

## Tennis

* Australian Open: Eurosport
* US Open: Eurosport
* Wimbledon:
* French Open:
* ATP: Amazon Prime Video including Cup and Finals, through 2022
* WTA: Amazon Prime Video including Finals, through 2023
* Davis Cup: Eurosport All matches from finals, through 2020

## Olympics

* Summer Olympics: RTÉ Sport & Eurosport
* Summer Paralympics: RTÉ Sport Live & Highlights
* Commonwealth Games: Live on BBC in 2014 Commonwealth Games
* Olympic Winter Games: Highlights RTÉ News Now 2014, never live on Irish television; Live on Eurosport 2018 & 2022, prev 1988-2010

## Athletics

* European Athletics Championships: RTÉ Sport 2018
* European Athletics Indoor Championships: RTÉ Sport
* IAAF World Championships: No current broadcaster. RTÉ Sport live 1983–1997, highlights 1999 & 2007. No World Championships covered since.
* IAAF World Indoor Championships: No current broadcaster.
* Irish National Indoor Championships: RTÉ Sport
* Irish National Track & Field Championships: RTÉ Sport
* Irish Schools Track & Field Championships: No current broadcaster.
* Irish Schools Cross-Country Championships: No current broadcaster.
* World Cross Country Championships: RTÉ Sport Live up to 2002, returned to cover 2013 live only
* European Cross Country Championships: RTÉ Sport Live
* European Athletics Team Championships: No current broadcaster. Setanta Sports Live 2013 & 2015, Irish TV Live 2014
* AIT Indoor International Grand Prix: TG4
* Antrim International Cross Country:
* Cork City Sports:TG4 live.
* Morton Games: No current broadcaster.
* Mary Peters International: No current broadcaster.
* Rock'n'Roll Dublin Half-Marathon: No current broadcaster.
* Women's Mini-Marathon: No current broadcaster.
* Dublin Marathon: No current broadcaster.
* Great Ireland Run: RTÉ Sport Live 2002–2014, no longer on TV

## Cricket

* IPL Cricket: Sky Sports
* Irish Cricket Team: BT Sport & Premier Sports
* Cricket World Cup: Sky Sports

## Horse Racing

* Irish Grand National: RTÉ Sport
* Galway Races: RTÉ Sport
* Leopardstown Festival:RTÉ Sport
* Punchestown: RTÉ Sport
* Irish Derby: RTÉ Sport
* Fairyhouse: RTÉ Sport
* Cheltenham Festival: Virgin Media More
* Epsom Derby: Virgin Media More
* Aintree Hurdle: Virgin Media More
* Aintree Grand National: Virgin Media More
* Dubai World Cup: ITV Sport

## Motor Sport

Broadcasting Contracts for Motor Racing (Television) :

| Event | Broadcaster | Details |
| - | - | - |
| Formula One | Sky Sports | Live: Coverage of all Practice, Qualifying & Races. Sky Sports to show every F1 race exclusively live from 2019 until 2029. |
| Formula One | Channel 4 | Live: British Grand Prix only until 2023. |
| Formula One | Channel 4 | Highlights: All races until the end of the 2023 season. |
| MotoGP | BT Sport | Live: Coverage of all Practice, Qualifying & Races across MotoGP, Moto2 & Moto3 classes until the end of the 2021 season. |
| MotoGP | QUEST | Highlights: Monday night programme. |
| Formula E | Virgin Media More | Live: Coverage of all thirteen races in 2018–19 season on Virgin Media More plus highlights on three Virgin Media Television channels. |
| Formula E | BT Sport | Live: Complete coverage of all races, all practices, and all qualifying sessions, plus highlights. |
| Formula E | Eurosport | Live: Coverage of all races and selected qualifying sessions until 2020. Deferred: Coverage of selected qualifying sessions. |
| DTM | BT Sport | Live: |

* GP2:
* NASCAR: Premier Sports
* Motorsport Ireland: Spórt TG4
* World Rally Championship: BT Sport, Motors TV

## Snooker

Broadcasting Contracts for Snooker (Television) :

| Event | Broadcaster | Details |
| - | - | - |
| Triple Crown events |||
| World Snooker Championship | BBC | Live: until 2024 |
| World Snooker Championship | Eurosport | Live: until 2026 |
| Masters | BBC | Live: until 2024 |
| Masters | Eurosport | Live: until 2026 |
| UK Championship | BBC | Live: until 2023 |
| UK Championship | Eurosport | Live: until 2025 |
| Other Events |||
| Home Nations Series (English Open, Welsh Open, Scottish Open & Northern Ireland Open) | Eurosport | Live: All afternoon & evening sessions. |
| Home Nations Series (English Open, Welsh Open, Scottish Open & Northern Ireland Open) | QUEST BBC Wales | Live: All afternoons sessions and both sessions of finals. Highlights: All evening sessions. |
| Champion of Champions | ITV4 | Live: |
| World Grand Prix | ITV4 | Live: |
| Players Championship | ITV4 | Live: |
| World Snooker Shoot-Out | ITV4 | Live: |
| Other Snooker events | Eurosport | Live: Eighteen other events each season until 2026. |

1: ^ with the exception of the Welsh Open which is broadcast free-to-air on BBC Wales.

## Cycling

* Tour de France: Spórt TG4
* Vuelta a España: Spórt TG4
* Rás Tailteann: RTÉ Sport
* International Junior Tour of Ireland: TG4 highlights

## Sailing

* Volvo Ocean Race: TG4

## Greyhound Racing

* BoyleSports Irish Greyhound Derby 2016 Spórt TG4
* Racing from Curreheen Park and Limerick Greyhound Stadium: Spórt TG4

## Hockey

Broadcasting Contracts for Hockey (Television) :

| Event | Broadcaster | Details |
| - | - | - |
| Men's Hockey World Cup | BT Sport | All matches live in 2018 |
| Women's Hockey World Cup | BT Sport | All matches live in 2018 |
| Men's Hockey Pro League | BT Sport | All matches live until 2021 |
| Women's Hockey Pro League | BT Sport | All matches live until 2021 |
| Irish Hockey League | | |
| Irish Senior Cup | | |

## Basketball

Broadcasting Contracts for Basketball (Television) :

| Event | Broadcaster | Details |
| - | - | - |
| Super League | TG4 | Live: Coverage of Men's and Women's National Cup Finals. |
| Super League | TG4 | Highlights: Weekly highlights show broadcast both on television and online through the channel's website and Facebook live platform. |
| National Basketball Association | Sky Sports | Live: over 170 games per season, including every game of the NBA Finals as well as the Western Conference and Eastern Conference finals until 2022. |
| EuroLeague | Eurosport | |
| EuroCup | Eurosport | |

## Australian Rules

Broadcasting Contracts for Australian Rules (Television) :

| Event | Broadcaster | Details |
| - | - | - |
| Australian Football League | BT Sport | Live: up to five games per week, including the Toyota AFL Grand Final, plus a weekly highlights programme. |
| International Rules Series | RTÉ | Live: in 2017 |

## Show Jumping

Broadcasting Contracts for Show Jumping (Television) :

| Event | Broadcaster | Details |
| - | - | - |
| Dublin Horse Show | RTÉ | Live: |
