RTE lash timing of Galway game

RTE chiefs have hit out at the timing of Sunday's qualifier game between Galway and Tipperary which has thrown a spanner in the works for live TV coverage.

The national broadcaster wanted to screen the game live but claim the GAA have made it almost impossible by starting the game at 3.30 which clashes with their coverage of the Ulster football final.

But a GAA source hit back: "Any agreement on this is very loose. It is worth pointing out that by this stage RTE were supposed to have covered twenty-one games but have covered twenty-four and a half. They're not doing too badly."