Mulcahy: 'Shock' in Cork over 2024 GAAGO schedule

Former Cork All-Ireland medal winner Tomás Mulcahy said there was "shock" on Leeside at the announcement that three of their 2024 Munster SHC had been placed behind a paywall and also expressed his misgivings about the condensed inter-county season.

The GAAGO streaming platform unveiled its programme of games for 2024 on Monday, one of the headline takeaways being that three of Cork's four Munster SHC games would be shown on the platform.

Cork's Munster round robin games against Clare, Waterford and Limerick would be screened exclusively on GAAGO, while the potential Cork-Kerry clash in the Munster SFC semi-final - should the former overcome Limerick - would also be broadcast on the platform.

It was the screening of Cork's home Munster SHC game against Tipperary on the platform that generated a storm of controversy last May, with Tánaiste Micheál Martin arguing in the aftermath that all matches should be free-to-air.

Speaking ahead of Saturday's Páirc Uí Chaoimh double header honouring his late team-mate Teddy McCarthy, Mulcahy said the GAAGO arrangement did not sit right with him.

"The initial reaction is one of shock," the three-time All-Ireland winner told RTÉ GAA correspondent Marty Morrissey.

"We're a proud hurling county. The Munster championship campaign has been unbelievable in the last number of years - all in a very compacted couple of weeks.

"Now, you have games that are going to be behind a paywall. Particularly, with Cork having three (games behind a paywall). Which is massive. You'd maybe understand one. Two at most. But three.

"And there's a chance that if the Cork footballers are successful in their preliminary round against Limerick that you then will have Cork-Kerry behind a paywall as well.

"There's something