Sports fans to have say on department website

SOCCER fans outraged over plans to keep Irish international games off free-to-air television have got a chance to make their feelings known to the Government.

Communications Minister Dermot Ahern has invited fans to use his department’s website, www.dcmnr.gov.ie, to express their views on the televising of sport in the country. The Government has already drawn up a list of important sports events which it wants to keep on terrestrial TV.

These include the All-Ireland finals and semi-finals, Irish soccer internationals, Ireland’s games in rugby’s Six Nations championship, the World Cup and key horse racing fixtures.