DES CAHILL shared a sweet snap of his family holiday as they savour sunnier climes abroad.
He didn’t disclose the location but judging from the palm trees in the background it’s safe to say they’ve gone further afield than Ireland – in spite of the pleasant past few days.
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The RTE veteran captioned it: “Family swim time.”
He is of course afforded more flexibility to take spring and summer holidays ever since he quit as host of The Sunday Game in 2022.
At the time he aired his grievances with how the national broadcaster’s flagship GAA programme had become too stretched with so many games crammed in.
He may well have gotten out at the right time.
2023 and so far in 2024 has already seen regular complaints from fans about how little coverage is given to certain match-ups.
In fairness to show-runners an impossible task was made all the more difficult by the introduction of the split season.
Its knock-on effect has been that the inter-county calendar is squeezed more tightly than ever.
Take this weekend for example.
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Fans have accused the GAA of ‘shooting itself in the foot’ regarding the slate of televised Championship action.
The weekend’s three best fixtures across both codes will all be throwing in at 2 pm on Sunday.
And while Galway against Kilkenny and Donegal versus Tyrone will be available on free-to-air, the clash of Cork and Clare will be restricted to GAAGO subscribers.
This broadcast decision was made months ago to much consternation from Rebel fans in particular.
That was owing to their three opening Munster Championship outings being put behind the paywall streaming service.
The move now creates an added air of frustration in the wake of Clare’s collapse against Limerick and Cork being upset at the redeveloped Walsh Park.
All of a sudden, the loser will be in a real hole come Sunday evening.
Meanwhile Kilkenny and Galway won’t carry as much jeopardy since both giants are virtual certs to get out of Leinster.
One miffed fan tweeted: “Shooting ourselves in the foot here.
“Three huge games on at the same time at Sunday at 2 pm.
“Surely one could be played Saturday evening and then have games at 1pm, 3pm and 5pm on Sunday.”
Similarly, John Lacey chimed in with: “Second weekend in a row and no big hurling game on a Saturday evening.
“Instead we have vital big games clashing at same time on following day.”
