Coverage of women’s sport

Women’s sport is as good to watch as men’s.

But RTÉ often seem to show it in a patronizing way, often give the impression they are doing it to be ‘right on’ rather than for its actual merit.

Showing camogie matches between hurling games is a good example. At the time RTÉ put them on they are just in the way. If they were interested they could have a separate programme, which I have no doubt people would be keen to watch. Anyone I know who likes hurling also enjoys camogie if they watch it.

The Women’s World Cup shows how it should be done, just treat the women’s games as important events in their own right, not something to be tacked onto the male version.
Got a bit of a pain in the hole last night when there was literally a news story that a lot of people were tuning in to the Women’s World Cup. Like, of course they are, wouldn’t be much point in broadcasting it otherwise. It’s a major sporting event, the gender is irrelevant, it’s only PC gobshoites who want to make gender the story.