RTÉ have been refused interviews with Dublin manager Jim Gavin over consecutive Allianz League weekends as a new stand-off between the national broadcaster and the All-Ireland football champions opened up. RTÉ have been refused interviews with Dublin manager Jim Gavin over consecutive Allianz League weekends as a new stand-off between the national broadcaster and the All-Ireland football champions opened up. It's believed that the provision of DVD recordings of recent Dublin games for analysis purposes is at the heart of the current impasse. On the previous weekend, RTÉ had no interviews with either manager as Tyrone's Mickey Harte has not co-operated with the station since 2011. Dublin had previously declined to give RTÉ interviews after last year's 31-point win over Westmeath in the Leinster semi-final.

Source: Irish Independent February 14, 2018 02:26 UTC