Setanta regain Premier League rights in Ireland

IRISH soccer supporters can look forward to a feast of football in the upcoming season after Setanta Ireland yesterday revealed they have won the rights to broadcast 33 Premier League games in the Republic of Ireland.

Like last season the channel will show Saturday games in the prime-time 3pm slot which coupled with the 46 matches American broadcaster ESPN will show and the 92 Sky Sports will broadcast means fans will be seeing a lot of the beautiful game next season.

The news is a huge boost to the company in Ireland given Setanta’s well documented financial problems in recent months.