“Their game with Dublin at the weekend will be shown as will their Championship games.” “And while it’s unfortunate Louth have not featured to date it is simply impossible to cover all the games.
RTE have also dismissed claims from Fitzpatrick that they are ‘boycotting’ the county’s games.Ī spokesperson for RTE said: “Not every game can be covered. It is believed ‘League Sunday’ presenter Joanne Cantwell’s weekend comment that Ardee is unsuitable for cameras related to the logistics and costs involved in setting up cameras at some venues compared to others, but it has annoyed figures in the club and county. Leading Louth figures including Chairman and local TD Peter Fitzpatrick are up in arms after Louth’s encounter with Cork at Ardee’s Páirc Mhuire last Sunday was the only Division 1 or 2 game not covered by RTE over the weekend. They also point out that television cameras were sent to eight Louth games in last year’s League and Championship, including encounters with Laois and Antrim in Ardee. RTE insist the absence of coverage for the Wee County has “nothing to do with any individual and is purely down to resourcing, financing and logistics.” Louth go to Croke Park on Sunday to face Dublin, knowing that a shock victory would guarantee a third successive promotion and mean Division 1 football next year.
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Gavin Devlin – Harte’s right-hand man in Louth – believes the issue is down to a historic disagreement with Harte, and urged RTE to “see it through a Louth lens.”ĭevlin says he understands why leading figures in the county are annoyed that Louth are the only side in Division 2 not to have received any RTE television coverage this Spring. RTE has denied claims their lack of coverage of high-flying Louth’s Division 2 campaign to date, is related to a long-running dispute with Wee County manager, Mickey Harte.
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