GAA+, reviewed

GAA+ is the one streaming service in Ireland that nobody can accuse of being foreign. It’s the GAA’s own, it used to be called GAAGO, and it exists because 40 championship games a summer don’t fit on RTÉ. Whether that’s a good thing is a row for the pub. Whether it’s good value is a sum, and the sum is below.

What it is

GAA+ is the GAA’s own streaming service. It started as GAAGO, a joint venture in which RTÉ held half; the GAA took full control and renamed it GAA+ in 2025. It sells passes rather than a monthly subscription for Irish viewers, and it only carries games that aren’t on RTÉ or TG4: users on the island of Ireland can’t watch those games on it.

What you get

The 2026 Season Pass, launched on 24 March 2026, covers 40 exclusive live Championship matches across provincial football, the Tailteann Cup, the All-Ireland football series (including the two quarter-finals on 27 June) and the Munster and Leinster hurling championships. Thirty-plus of those are multi-camera productions rather than a fella on a gantry.

What you don’t get matters as much. RTÉ still shows 35 live Championship games free-to-air, so check the GAA championship guide and Saorview before paying for anything. Club games are not on GAA+ at all; those are on TG4, county streams and Clubber. GAA+’s help pages list TV apps for Roku, Fire TV, Apple TV, Google TV, Samsung and LG, plus Chromecast and AirPlay, so any of the sticks we recommend will do.

The GAA says 83 cent of every euro goes back into the games. Make of that what you will; it’s more than a dodgy box seller reinvests.

What it costs

Prices checked 2026-09-19 on the service's Irish pricing page.

GAA members get 10% off the Season Pass through Foireann. Club and commercial-premises passes exist at higher prices. GAA+ has also sold a mid-season pass, so check the pass page for what’s on sale before you pay full whack in June GAA+ passes (official source, opens in a new tab). We found no monthly option for viewers in Ireland.

The catch

It’s a lump sum for a season that’s mostly over by August, and the games you’d pay for are decided by a fixtures list, not by you. If your county’s big games land on RTÉ, the pass is for other people’s counties. If they land on GAA+, you’re buying it whether you like the model or not. Single matches add up quickly: at seven or more bought one at a time, or ten in three-for-two bundles, the Season Pass is already cheaper.

The small print

When to have it, when to cancel

• March: the pass goes on sale. Wait for the fixture split before buying.
• April to June: provincial championships. This is where the pass earns its keep if your county is in the GAA+ column.
• Late June, early July: the All-Ireland group games and two quarter-finals. Heavy GAA+ territory.
• One game: a single match. Two or three: the three-for-two bundle.
• August onward: the season is over, so don’t buy one in August. GAA+’s mid-season pass page says that pass renews automatically ahead of the next championship, so check auto-renew is off in your account.

Verdict

GAA+ pays us nothing. If your county’s summer runs through the GAA+ fixtures, the Season Pass is fair value per game and cheaper than the diesel. If it doesn’t, buy single matches or the three-for-two and keep the rest. And check RTÉ first, always. The finder does, and it puts the free games at the top.