RTÉ won’t be showing live game on Sunday

RTÉ have explained the reasons why they won’t be showing a live All-Ireland SFC quarter-final this Sunday.

In what is believed to be a first — at least since the turn of the century, there will be an August Sunday without any live GAA TV coverage from the national broadcasters.

Figures within both Croke Park and TV3 were taken aback by RTÉ’s decision to select the Dublin-Laois over Donegal-Kerry, described as the pick of the four quarter-finals on RTÉ Radio, as their first option.