1.1m tune in for Bari drama

A MASSIVE 1.136 million viewers were recorded at 9.45pm, the final minute of Ireland-Italy on Wednesday night, the highest peak audience recorded so far in Ireland’s 2010 World Cup qualifier games.

The audience peaked at over 1.1 million viewers for the final three minutes of the match (9.43pm – 1,108,000 9.44pm – 1,109,000 9.45pm – 1,136,000).

The previous highest minute-peak audience recorded in Ireland’s 2010 World Cup games was during Ireland v Georgia on February 11 this year: a peak of 1,077,000 viewers recorded during that match at 9.40pm, the final minute before full time.