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The Championship returns on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Northern Ireland
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The Championship is back on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Northern Ireland and this year,
there's more live action for Ulster GAA fans to enjoy, with a new
presenter in the chair, and a top new pundit added to the team.
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Seven of the eight Ulster Senior Football Championship games will
be live on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two Northern Ireland, including the semi-finals
and the final.
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The other match, Tyrone v Down, will be shown in
its entirety later on the same day.
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The action gets underway on Sunday 18 May with the Antrim v
Cavan clash from Casement Park at 3.30pm on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two Northern
Ireland.
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Austin O'Callaghan will present the action from the grounds
throughout the Championship, including trips to Belfast's
Casement Park, Enniskillen's Brewster Park, Ballybofey in Donegal
and Healy Park in Omagh.
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Austin will be joined by regular
analysts Jarlath Burns and Martin McHugh who will be giving their
views on the day's action.
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But a new addition to the team this year is Armagh's All-Ireland
winning coach Joe Kernan who will be offering his expert tactical
analysis on the sideline with pitchside reporter Thomas Kane.
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Mark Sidebottom will be in the commentary box and will be joined
by Enda Gormely for the first game from Casement Park. Throughout
the series, other star GAA names will join him on co-commentary.
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Each programme will also have a round-up of all the action from
the Ulster Minor championship with Denise Watson.
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The series will
have features on the players in the build-up to the games and
will show edited highlights of The Ulster Hurling Final on
Sunday 15 June.
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Sunday Sportsound on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Ulster MW will also have live
coverage of all the games in the Ulster Championship.
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Jerome
Quinn introduces the action starting with the Antrim v Cavan
opening game on 18 May at 3.00pm.
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Owen McConnon will be in the
commentary box with analysis during the season from Adrian
McGuckin and Brian Canavan.
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Listeners can contact the programme
by texting their views on 81771.
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Fans can also keep right up to date with all the latest news,
reports, analysis and reaction on The Championship's own
dedicated online site at bbc.co.uk/ni/sport which also includes
details of the comment board and the text club.
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And from Sunday 25 May, Lynette Fay is back with the popular An
Domhnach MΓ³r (The Big Sunday) at 6.15pm on Radio Ulster.
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Presented by Lynette Fay, Fearghal Mag Uiginn and PΓ³l Mac
Fheidhlimidh, the bilingual gaelic games programme discusses the
best of the day's Championship action, stories and craic.
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Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ NI's Executive Producer of Sport, Shane Glynn, said: "There's
a tremendous buzz about the start of The Championship this year,
with many experts predicting the most open contest in years.
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"Certainly, we're very excited to be bringing fans so much live
action.
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"Our teams of producers, reporters, and pundits have been
gearing up for the challenge and we're confident of delivering
first class and innovative coverage of some of the best local
sporting action.
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"We're delighted to have reached an agreement with the GAA and
RTE to show these games live, and I'd like to pay tribute to Tom
Daly, President of the Ulster Council of the GAA, and Danny
Murphy, Secretary of the Ulster Council, for their hard work and
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Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Northern Ireland Press Office
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