744,000 tune in to football showpiece

ALMOST three quarters of a million people in Ireland tuned in to RTÉ’s coverage of the All-Ireland minor and senior football finals, making it the most watched sports event on Irish television this year.

Tue, 28 Sep, 2004 - 01:00
Colm O’Connor

More than 744,000 tuned into The Sunday Game Live as Tyrone and Kerry captured the MFC and SFC titles respectively.

The figure, which garnered 70% of the audience share, was slightly up on last year's decider.

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