TV pundits highlight controversies as Qatar World Cup kicks off

MADRID, SPAIN - 2022/11/19: A man is seen with a pick and chained to a football ball during a protest against the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022. People gathered to protest under the slogan 'No to the world cup of shame' denouncing that in the construction of infrastructures at least 6,500 immigrant workers have died. (Photo by Marcos del Mazo/LightRocket via Getty Images)

As RTÉ’s analysts Liam Brady, Richie Sadlier, and Karen Duggan were still talking, the picture cut away from the studio and began showing some unusual out-of-context graphics.

It was only about 30 seconds in that presenter Peter Collins interjected to say the opening ceremony for the World Cup 2022 in Qatar was just getting under way.