CLUBS and county boards across Ulster are planning to continue to show match coverage for the rest of the season while the government keeps limited attendance in place.

There was a boost last week as the GAA confirmed that county boards could stream games at the same time as RTÉ and TG4 are broadcasting a county championship fixture

The Armagh County Board is one county who have already led the way when it comes to broadcasting matches. The rest of the county boards have followed suit.

In Antrim, the county board is planning to stream matches live throughout the championship.

In Fermanagh, they have a plan to stream at least one league game every weekend. Upcoming games this weekend are Enniskillen v Irvinestown, St Pat’s v Aghadrumsee and Derrygonnelly v Erne Gaels. Next Friday they will show Ederney v Derrygonnelly. All these will be live and free on their website at fermanagh.gaa.ie/FermanaghGAATV. They also plan to increase that when the championship throws in.

In Cavan, they are looking into the possibility of streaming games, but as of yet they have nothing in place.

The Down County Board has contacted a number of companies who have the potential to stream games. They have nothing in place at the moment, but they expect to have a plan in place in time for championship when it throws in.

Donegal have been blessed in recent years when it comes to TV coverage as they tend to get regular slots on TG4. Last year they had three championship games broadcast on the national channels, two on TG4 and one on RTE. The county board also streamed five on their website. They had two free broadcasts, one for €2 and two for €5.

The county PRO John McEniff said: “With Covid restrictions the number of games streamed by both the county board will probably increase this year – we are timing games to stay outside the broadcast windows – and the clubs will also be streaming for the first time.”

Last weekend there were two club games streamed for free.

Recently, the Roscommon County Board revealed that they planned to stream games this summer, and said they were going to make sure to do so without clashing with national TV.

In Monaghan, they currently have no plans to broadcast matches, though clubs such as Scotstown are broadcasting games themselves.

By Ronan Scott