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Sligo team the same as the one named midweek - David Kelly not listed among the 26 on the match programme.

Yes it's live on www.oceanfm.ie from 8pm.

Bord na Mona Leinster GAA Series Podcast Episode 3 looks ahead to the O'Byrne Cup Semi-finals this weekend - we speak to Kildare selector Niall Carew; Meath's Mark Ward and Wicklow manager Harry Murphy. Wexford goalkeeper Éanna Martin talks about his sides Walsh Cup clash with NUI Galway and Hilary-Murray-Hession on Fingal hurlers Kehoe Cup tie against DCU and there's also team news ahead of this weekends games http://soundcloud.com/bordnamonagaa/bordnamona-leinster-gaa-1

The second Bord na Mona Leinster GAA Series Podcast is now available including interviews with Dublin's Michael Fitzsimons looking ahead to the clash against his Alma Mater UCD, Meath's Seamus Kenny on facing local rivals Louth and Carlow's Daniel St Ledger on his sides O'Byrne Shield encounter against Laois

http://soundcloud.com/bordnamonagaa/bordnamona-leinster-gaa

Derry-Kildare isn't live - the Sunday Game should have highlights on Sunday night though

Commentary on Five FM from Casement Park on Sunday.

All-Ireland qualifier draw available to watch here - http://www.rte.ie/player/#!v=1102362

Galway and Westmeath hurlers tossed to see who would wear their usual jersey on Saturday night meaning that Westmeath showed up in Green.


On the Laois-Dublin thing, they have never changed as far as I am aware at any level or any code of GAA.

A Couple of examples

2003 Leinster SFC Semi-final



2003 All-Ireland MFC Final - Drawn Game


2007 Leinster SFC Final


2010 All-Ireland Ladies SFC Semi-Final


2011 Leinster SFC Quarter-Final

RTÉ Sport Unveils Extensive 2011 GAA Championship Coverage



At a photocall in Croke Park today, (Monday 9 May), RTÉ Sport unveiled their extensive 2011 GAA Championship coverage across RTÉ Television, RTÉ Radio and RTÉ.ie.
This year RTÉ's unrivalled and top quality GAA coverage will be further strengthened by the arrival of a brand new mid-week programme, The Committee Room, to RTÉ Television, and by new signings including Liam Sheedy and Ciaran Whelan to RTÉ's GAA panel. 
Group Head of Sport, Ryle Nugent said: "RTÉ Sport is very proud of our 85-year-long tradition of broadcasting Gaelic Games. We always endeavour to provide extensive coverage of our national games while constantly innovating our output to ensure that GAA fans can enjoy the best quality sporting action available. This year sees new and exciting signings to our renowned panel which we hope will continue to engage debate and analysis of what will no doubt be another thrilling GAA season". 
RTÉ Television will broadcast a comprehensive package of 31 live games across this summer's GAA Championships including both the All-Ireland Football and Hurling Championship finals, all of the semi-finals, and four of this year's quarter-finals. The Munster football and hurling finals will be broadcast live on RTÉ Two as well as the Leinster Senior Football Final. There will also be live coverage of the eagerly-awaited clash of All Ireland Hurling Champions Tipperary against Cork on May 29th.

For GAA fans summer officially kicks off on Sunday 15th May as Michael Lyster presents live coverage of the Ulster Senior Football Championship clash between newly-crowned Division Two Champions Donegal and Antrim.

Joining RTÉ's hugely experienced expert panel this year will be 2010 All Ireland Senior Hurling winning Tipperary manager, Liam Sheedy and former Dublin legend and All Star winner, Ciaran Whelan.

Now in its 33rd year, Ireland's premier GAA television programme, The Sunday Game will return also on Sunday, May 15th with the first of three very special live audience shows this series. With presenter Des Cahill in the chair, The Sunday Game will feature highlights of over 90 matches this season.

Along with extensive coverage of the 2011 GAA championships, RTÉ Sport is also pleased to announce a brand new GAA midweek television programme The Committee Room. As every GAA member knows, the committee room of any club or county is where it all happens. Hosted by Marty Morrissey, the television series will feature a mix of interviews, issue-based discussion and interactivity beginning Wednesday 25 May on RTÉ Two.
RTÉ Radio will once again bring Gaelic Games fans the very best championship action in hurling and football from May through to September. Preparations for the season come as RTÉ Radio 1's Saturday Sport debuts in the Top 20 most-listened-to radio programmes in the country. Saturday Sport is the only sports programme to feature in the National Top 20.



RTÉ Radio 1's Saturday Sport and Sunday Sport will have full commentary of the top match every Saturday and Sunday as well as coverage from every other match. RTÉ Radio's team of commentators will include Ger Canning, Marty Morrissey, Darragh Maloney, Brian Carthy and Pauric Lodge, with additional analysis from the regular panel of leading former players and managers. New voices will also be heard on commentary and analysis this season including that of Seamus McEnaney who joins Marty Morrissey for commentary on this Sunday's Ulster Championship opener.



In addition to all the live action, Brian Carthy's magazine programme The Championship will return on Friday nights in June, while popular reaction programme Take Your Point will also be back on Sunday evenings.



Sport @ Seven will once again become an hour-long Sport @ Seven Extra from the first week in June, with Darragh Maloney and Pat Spillane holding the fort on Monday evenings to further reflect on and debate all the talking points on the road to the September finals. RTÉ Radio News Bulletins throughout the day will also have the breaking news on team selections, injuries, suspensions and all the other issues that matter to the fans who follow the Championship.

GAA fans in Ireland and around the world can follow all the action on RTÉ's online GAA section RTÉ.ie/gaa which will once again be the hub for fans to watch or listen to the games live, and to get the latest news, views, interviews and on-demand content.
RTÉ Television's 31 live GAA Championship matches will also be streamed simultaneously live on rte.ie/gaa. Live commentaries and extensive match updates from RTÉ Radio 1 and RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta will be available worldwide. GAA fans in Ireland will also be able to catch up on any matches they missed with full-match replays available on-demand.

All of RTÉ's dedicated GAA programming from RTÉ Television, RTÉ Radio, RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta and RTÉ News will be available live and on-demand on RTÉ.ie/gaa. RTÉ Television's GAA output will also be available on RTÉ Player within the island of Ireland for seven days after broadcast. RTÉ Radio's Take Your Point and The Championship are some of the other GAA programmes which fans can access live and on-demand.

RTÉ.ie's GAA section will once again feature analysis from RTÉ's panel of GAA experts, as well as live text match-trackers, picture galleries, interactive features, news, previews and match reports. GAA fans on the move can follow the action via the RTÉ GAA app on iPhone, the RTÉ News Now app on iPhone and Android and via the RTÉ mobile site (m.rte.ie/sport/gaa).

TV Viewing Figures
The 2010 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final attracted the highest ever viewership for an All Ireland Hurling Final peaking at 1.236 million** viewers. An average audience of over one million* people watched the nail-biting hurling final on RTÉ Two on Sunday afternoon when Tipperary battled to secure their first title in nine years and prevent Kilkenny from taking five in a row. 69%*** of those watching television at the time looked at The Sunday Game Live's coverage.
The 2010 All Ireland Senior Football Championship Final attracted the highest television audience for the event in the last five years. The epic encounter attracted a peak audience of over a million viewers (1.064 million**) on RTÉ Two Television in the final minutes of the match, when Cork beat Down to take home the Sam Maguire for the first time in 20 years. An average of 900,000* viewers tuned in to The Sunday Game Live from throw-in to final whistle, as the Rebels defeated the Mourne Men by a single point accounting for two thirds of people who were watching television at the time.
Source: Nielsen TV Audience Measurement

* average number of viewers, Live + VOSDAL

** One-minute peak viewership, Live + VOSDAL

*** % Share of viewers looking at television at the time, Live + VOSDAL


Biogs


LIAM SHEEDY guided Tipperary to their first All Ireland senior hurling title in 10 years with victory over Kilkenny last September. He stepped down from his position as inter-county manager in October 2010. He is a former Tipperary hurler.
CIARAN WHELAN is a former Dublin footballer. During an illustrious career he won 6 Leinster senior football titles and has twice been awarded an All Star.  He's also captained Dublin.  He retired from inter-county football in 2009.


RTÉ TELEVISION LIVE GAA CHAMPIONSHIP FOOTBALL & HURLING FIXTURES 2011



15 May

Donegal v Antrim

Football

3.30pm

22 May

Laois v Longford

Kildare v Wicklow

Football

Football

2.00pm

4.00pm

29 May

Dublin v Offaly

Tipperary v Cork

Hurling

Hurling

2.00pm

4.00pm

  4 June

Limerick v Kerry / Tipperary

Football

6.45pm

  5 June

Kildare / Wicklow v Meath

Football

2.00pm

11 June

Antrim / Laois / Wexford v Kilkenny

Hurling

7.00pm

12 June

Sligo / Leitrim v Roscommon

Limerick v Waterford

Football

Hurling

2.00pm

4.00pm

18 June

Carlow / Westmeath / Galway v Dublin / Offaly

Hurling

7.00pm

19 June

Derry / Fermanagh v Armaght / Down

Football

2.00pm

25 June

All Ireland Qualifier

Football

7.00pm

26 June

London / Mayo v Galway

Kildare / Wicklow / Meath v Laois / Longford / Dublin

Football

Football

2.00pm

4.00pm

  3 July

Munster Senior Championship Final

Football

2.00pm

10 July

Lenister Senior Football Championship Final

Munster Senior Hurling Championship Final

Football

Hurling

2.00pm

4.00pm

16 July

All Ireland Qualifier

Football

7.00pm

23 July

All Ireland Qualifier

Football

7.00pm

24 July

All Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Quarter Finals

Hurling



30/31 July

All Ireland Senior Football Championship Quarter Finals

Football



7 Aug

All Ireland Minor Hurling championship Semi-Final

All Ireland Senior Hurling championship Semi-Final

Hurling

Hurling



14 Aug

All Ireland Minor Hurling championship Semi-Final

All Ireland Senior Hurling championship Semi-Final

Hurling

Hurling



21 Aug

All Ireland Minor Football Championship Semi-Final

All Ireland Senior Football Championship Semi-Final

Football



28 Aug

All Ireland Minor Football Championship Semi-Final

All Ireland Senior Football Championship Semi-Final

Football



  5 Sept

All Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final

Hurling



18 Sept

All Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

Football




*  RTÉ Television will also broadcast full deferred coverage of Armagh v Down on 28th May at 10.30pm on RTÉ Two

I reckon we will get the full hurling one next Wednesday at the hurling launch, but I know RTE are announcing their coverage on Monday next so the jigsaw will come together fairly quickly!

Here is the TV schedule for the GAA Football Championship which has just been released

*All games are broadcast by RTÉ unless otherwise stated.*

15 Bealtaine
Ulster GAA Football Senior Championship
Dún na nGall    v    Aontroim         Mac Cumhaill Park, Ballybofey

22 Bealtaine
Leinster GAA Football Senior Championship
Cill Dara    v    Cill Mhantáin         O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
Laois       v    An Longfort         O'Moore Park, Portlaoise

28 Bealtaine
Ulster GAA Football Senior Championship
Ard Mhacha    v    An Dún            Athletic Grounds, Armagh

4 Meitheamh
Munster GAA Football Senior Championship Semi Final
Luimneach   v    Ciarraí/Tiobraid Árann      Páirc na nGael, Limerick

5 Meitheamh
Leinster GAA Football Senior Championship
Cill Dara/Cill Mhantáín v An Mhí         Páirc an Chrócaigh
Laois/An Longfort v    Áth Cliath         Páirc an Chrócaigh (TV3)

12 Meitheamh
Connacht GAA Football Senior Championship Semi Final
Sligeach/Liatroim v    Nua Eabhrac/Ros Comáin   
Markievicz Park, Sligo/Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada, Carrick-on-Shannon

19 Meitheamh
Ulster GAA Football Senior Championship Semi Final
Doire/Fear Manach   v   Ard Mhacha/An Dún

26 Meitheamh
Leinster GAA Football Senior Championship Semi Final
Cill Dara/Cill Mhantáín/An Mhí v Laois/An Longfort/Áth Cliath   Páirc an Chrócaigh
Connacht GAA Football Senior Championship Semi Final
Maigh Eo/Londain    v    Gaillimh      McHale Park, Castlebar

3 Iúil
Munster GAA Football Senior Championship Final

10 Iúil
Leinster GAA Football Senior Championship Final   Páirc an Chrócaigh

17 Iúil
Ulster GAA Football Senior Championship Final    (TV3)
Connacht GAA Football Senior Championship Final   (TV3)

*Please note that from the 23rd of July until the 31st of July, the All Ireland Qualifier Round 4 and All Ireland Quarter Finals will take place. It has to be confirmed what broadcaster will be covering these games.*

21 Lúnasa
GAA Football All Ireland Senior Championship Semi Final

28 Lúnasa
GAA Football All Ireland Senior Championship Semi Final

18 Meán Fómhair
GAA Football All Ireland Senior Championship Final

www.shannonside.ie will have live commentary with Willie Hegarty, and I'm guessing that Donal Shine's father will be doing the analysis.

TG4 are showing highlights of the game on their GAA 2011 programme on Monday night so that will be available on www.tg4.tv live or on the TG4 Web Player afterwards

Cavan U21 Football Final v Galway: Alan O'Mara; Mark Leddy, Oisin Minagh, Darragh Tighe, Kevin Meehan, Damien Barkey, Michael Brady; Gearoid Mc Kiernan, Fergal Flanagan; Niall Smith, Niall Murray, Barry Reilly; Jack Brady, Niall Mcdermott, Packie Leddy.

No five-year hurling championship withdrawal for Cavan

Cavan will not withdraw from senior hurling competitions for the next five years, but is withdrawing this year, Cavan GAA chairman Tom Reilly has said.

Today's Irish Examiner reported that the Breffni County would not take part in competitions for the next five years to concentrate on underage development.

The report came in the wake of Cavan's withdrawal from the Lory Meagher Cup at the weekend, where they were unable to get 15 players to field against Fermanagh.

With just 60 active hurlers in Cavan, playing resources are hugely restricted.

This morning, Tom Reilly told Des Cahill on RTE Radio 1's Morning Ireland: "We made a decision to withdraw from hurling competition this year.

"We are putting five-year plan in place. We are following the line that Christy Cooney mentioned in his address at Congress. The proposals under Liam O'Neill are at management level at Croke Park at the moment.

"They are looking at county participation when the club structure is very weak within counties and maybe counties haven't got the necessary players to play.

"That is where we are going. We are going to follow the proposals that the incoming president has put to the management in Croke Park.

"We are going to develop hurling at underage and we are also going to develop a club structure where it will be more club competition based and counties will have to prove that they are capable of taking part in the National League.

"The President did mention that at Congress and that is what we will be doing. We aren't withdrawing from senior hurling as such, and we will definitely be looking (ahead). Our plans when competition had finished this year was to look at everything."

Reilly outlined the events which led to Cavan's withdrawal from the Lory Meagher Cup.

"The manager told me that he was very concerned last week going to Enniskillen because he had seven players injured and with seven players injured in Cavan that is just too much," he said.

"Twelve players didn't come in to the hurling panel at all. We have only two clubs in the county so to compete at national league level you are only talking about 60 players.

"We actually only have one registered fully affiliated hurling club (in) Mullahoran. We have tried to make up combinations of clubs for hurling competition every year.

"From now on we have set up a structure at underage which is working at a regional basis with a number of clubs together and it is starting to work.

"People are working very hard on the ground at the moment. Together with Croke Park we are going to come to a solution."

Read more: http://www.breakingnews.ie/sport/gaa/ojaucwqlkfql/#ixzz1Ke3fab42