GPA hits out at ‘lamentable’ RTÉ product placement ban

THE GPA has hit back at RTÉ’s decision to forbid GAA players from drinking Club Energise during post-match interviews this season, but the station claims it is bound by law to issue the prohibition.

Controversy arose in recent weeks when it emerged GPA members were being paid €500 for displaying bottles of Club Energise in televised interviews.

Earlier this week an RTÉ spokesperson said station policy “cannot and will not allow product placement ... and this applies to all sports whether it be hurling, football, soccer or rugby”.