Sky deal heralds whole new era

Don’t tell us that you didn’t see it coming. The Sky kites have been floating high for quite some time now, going back to Liam O’Neill’s first weekend in office in April 2012.

Although he did not specifically mention the Rupert Murdoch-owned corporation, O’Neill spoke of the possibility of the GAA establishing a digital television station if the cutbacks at RTÉ continued to reduce Gaelic games’ presence on the national airwaves. “Other sporting bodies have done so successfully,” he said.

O’Neill was in no uncertain terms stating the GAA were in the process of upping their game and expected prospective suitors to do otherwise.