RTE WILL be televising the mouth-watering clash between All-Ireland champions Clare and beaten finalists Cork in the Munster hurling championship.
The national broadcaster announced its initial plans for the summer ahead on Tuesday.
Coverage will begin on RTE2 with the Ulster SFC tie between Donegal and Derry at Ballybofey at 3pm on April 6.
That will be followed the following weekend by the Division 1A and 2A camogie league finals and the Ulster SFC clash between Tyrone and Cavan.
And a week after that, RTE will be broadcasting a mega-weekend of hurling, with Kilkenny vs Galway in the Leinster SHC on April 19, followed by Clare vs Cork in the Munster SHC on April 20.
On the same day as the latter, RTE will be carrying a Connacht senior football semi-final.
There will also be live coverage of all four provincial football finals as well as the Munster and Leinster hurling finals.
There will also be coverage of the Joe McDonagh Cup and Tailteann Cup finals, plus the All-Ireland semi-finals in football, hurling and camogie.
Additionally, Irish language television commentary will be available on select games from June 7 starting with the Munster hurling final.
This will include the Leinster hurling final, All-Ireland quarter-finals, semi-Ffnals and finals in both football and hurling along with the All-Ireland camogie final and the Tailteann Cup final.
RTE will announce full coverage of the Championship in the coming weeks.
All-Ireland champions Clare have endured a tough start to 2025, with Kilkenny’s win over Limerick at the weekend condemning them to relegation from Division 1A of the hurling league.
Cork, on the other hand, have rebounded since their extra-time defeat to the Banner at Croke Park.
Pat Ryan’s men have won three of their five games in Division 1A, including a 15-point drubbing of Clare.
They will qualify for the league final if they beat Galway this weekend, and Patrick Horgan called for them to end their trophy drought.
The Cork icon has three Munster SHC medals, but their last provincial crown was in 2018, while they lost All-Ireland finals in 2006, 2013, 2021, and 2024.
Their last NHL title was 20 years before that in 1998.
And he said: “We came on quite a bit but I’d say we probably need to win some sort of a trophy as well on top of that.
“Down through the years we’ve put in big performances in big games, but following it up to win silverware is something we haven’t really done and obviously something we want to do.
“People talk about us like we’re in the bracket with the top teams out there, but they all have trophies and we don’t.
“So obviously we have to get to positions they were in or they are in. They have them, we have to try and get there somehow.”
