TG4 and the Ladies Gaelic Football Association (LGFA) have announced that the TG4 All-Ireland Ladies Football Semi-Finals and Finals will be streamed, worldwide, live on Facebook Live beginning next Saturday afternoon 26th August with Dublin v Kerry (Senior Semi-Final) and Meath v Tipperary (Intermediate Semi-Final) - streaming live from Sempl Stadium, Thurles.

This will be the first time ever that the matches will be available on this platform and in total seven TG4 Championship Ladies Football knock out matches will be streamed live on the TG4 Sports Facebook page:  www.facebook.com/SportTG4

Broadcasting to one of the largest audiences in the world, the live streaming of Ladies Football matches on Facebook Live will give viewers and Gaelic Games fans all over the world the opportunity to see these matches, free to view, on another platform.

The matches will also be broadcast live on the TG4 Player and online on www.tg4.ie as well as the normal linear platforms that TG4 is available on such as Saorview, Freeview, Sky, Virgin Media, eir Vision and Vodafone TV.

The line-up of matches which will be broadcast on Facebook Live and Peil na mBan Beo are as follows:

Saturday 26 August
Live from Semple Stadium, Thurles
4:45pm   Meath v Tipperary, TG4 All Ireland Intermediate Championship Semi Final
6:30pm   Dublin v Kerry, TG4 All Ireland Senior Championship Semi Final

Saturday 2 September
3:00pm    Tyrone v Sligo, TG4 All Ireland Intermediate Championship Semi Final
4:45pm    Mayo v Cork, TG4 All Ireland Senior Championship Semi Final

Sunday 24 September
Live from Croke Park
11:45am   TG4 All Ireland Junior Championship Final
1:45pm     TG4 All Ireland Intermediate Championship Final
4:00pm     TG4 All Ireland Senior Championship Final

The live coverage will be presented by Gráinne McElwain and will be produced by NemetonTV.

TG4's Rónán Ó Coisdealbha said: "TG4 is proud sponsors and broadcasters of Ladies Football since 2001 and we look forward to streaming these matches on Facebook Live. Facebook now has 2 billion active monthly users and streaming Ladies Football matches can help improve engagement beyond the traditional linear experience and could potentially bring larger audiences to this great sport.  The live streaming on Facebook has the potential to attract a larger audience while generating more online visibility for the LGFA and TG4. The four provincial Finals of the TG4 Senior Championship were broadcast on TG4's YouTube site earlier this summer and we have always worked very closely with the LGFA to provide coverage of matches on as many platforms as possible while also ensuring that games of all importance are broadcast including Senior, Intermediaite, Junior, Minor, All-Ireland Club Final and the O'Connor Cup third level colleges final."

Ladies Gaelic Football Association President Marie Hickey said: "We are delighted that the remaining TG4 Championship matches that are scheduled to be broadcast live on TG4 will now also be streamed on Facebook Live. As sports audiences and supporters' habits continue to evolve we believe that by streaming these matches on Facebook will attract a new audience to our game. I would like to thank TG4 for their support and commend them for being ahead of the curve as always.'

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