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Irish Gaelic games streaming service From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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GAA+ is an Irish IPTV service owned and operated by the Gaelic Athletic Association. It is a subscription-based sports channel aimed at an international market and at the Irish diaspora around the world. It features over 100 live and on demand Gaelic games over the year, a library of award-winning GAA documentaries as well as an archive of classic games from year to year. Launched as GAAGO in 2014, it was jointly owned by RTÉ and the GAA until its rebranding to GAA+ in 2025.[2]
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GAAGO
In 2014, the GAA announced that it was to set up a new IPTV service for an international market as part of their broadcast rights deal. The service was co-owned by RTÉ and was run by RTÉ Digital.[3]
In 2020 GAAGO launched a similar streaming services for Irish Soccer called Watch LOI as the service provider for the Football Association of Ireland.[4]
After the GAA's broadcasting contract with Sky Sports expired in October 2022 and they did not seek contracts with producers on free-to-air channels such as Virgin Media Sport, it became the only place to watch certain games of the 2023 Munster Senior Hurling Championship.[5] This was criticised by some including Tánaiste Micheál Martin.[6]
After suspicion the service was operating beyond its clearance given by the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission in 2017, the commission opened an inquiry in May 2023 into the service's adherence to competition law.[7] RTÉ told the Irish Examiner that they believed that "CCPC approval was not needed".[8]
On 12 July 2023, senior GAA officials appeared before the Oireachtas Sport and Media Committee to defend the controversial GAAGO coverage of All-Ireland championships, saying broadcasting every championship match on TV was "not realistic" and not in the GAA's "interest".[9][10]
GAA+
It was reported in December 2024 that the GAA were considering purchasing RTÉ's share of GAAGO. In February 2025, the GAA completed their takeover of the streaming platform, rebranding as GAA+.[11]
On 31 March 2025, GAA+ was launched, with forty live matches to be exclusively shown for the 2025 season.[12]
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Programming
- GAA
Allianz Leagues games- GAA Championship Coverage
Presenters, pundits and commentators
The 2023 championship season was presented by Gráinne McElwain, alongside pundits Michael Murphy, Marc Ó Sé, Paddy Andrews, Séamus Hickey, Tommy Walsh, John O'Dwyer, and Eoin Cadogan,[13] while match commentary was provided by Dave McIntyre and Mike Finnerty.[14]
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