Premier Division Live on TV, Football today

Tomorrow friday, 16/05/2025
19:45
  • Premier Division
St. Patricks St. Patricks Cork City Cork City
19:45
  • Premier Division
Bohemians Bohemians Shelbourne Shelbourne
19:45
  • Premier Division
Waterford Waterford Shamrock Rovers Shamrock Rovers
  • LOITV
19:45
  • Premier Division
Drogheda Drogheda Derry City Derry City
  • LOITV
19:45
  • Premier Division
Galway Galway Sligo Rovers Sligo Rovers
  • LOITV
Monday, 19/05/2025
19:45
  • Premier Division
Shelbourne Shelbourne Drogheda Drogheda
  • LOITV
  • Virgin Media Two
20:00
  • Premier Division
Shamrock Rovers Shamrock Rovers St. Patricks St. Patricks
  • LOITV
Friday, 23/05/2025
19:45
  • Premier Division
St. Patricks St. Patricks Waterford Waterford
  • LOITV
19:45
  • Premier Division
Derry City Derry City Shamrock Rovers Shamrock Rovers
  • LOITV
19:45
  • Premier Division
Shelbourne Shelbourne Sligo Rovers Sligo Rovers
  • LOITV
19:45
  • Premier Division
Drogheda Drogheda Bohemians Bohemians
  • LOITV
19:45
  • Premier Division
Galway Galway Cork City Cork City
  • LOITV

STATISTICAL DATA OF PREMIER DIVISION ON TELEVISION IN REPUBLIC OF IRELAND

As of today 15/05/2025, and since this website started collecting statistical data on when and where Football matches from the Premier Division competition in Republic of Ireland are televised, which began on 28/07/2019, we can provide the following data:

853

TV BROADCASTS
85 Free games
9.96%
768 Paid games
90.04%
Most Repeated Match
Shamrock Rovers - Derry City
11
LAST FREE GAME
Shamrock Rovers - Drogheda
09/05/2025 Premier Division por LOITV, Virgin Media Two
LAST PAY-PER-VIEW MATCH
Sligo Rovers - Bohemians
10/05/2025 Premier Division por LOITV
RANKING BY CHANNELS
LOITV
845 (99.06%)
RTÉ2
50 (5.86%)
Virgin Media Two
32 (3.75%)
RTÉ2 +1
24 (2.81%)
LAOLA1.tv
5 (0.59%)
TOTAL
8
TV CHANNELS
DAYS
5
WITHOUT FREE GAME
AVERAGE
1.1
CHANNELS PER MATCH
4 Canales de pago
50%
4 Canales en abierto
50%
TOTAL
8
CANALES
TOTAL
15
Total equipos
Ranking of Teams by Number of Matches
Shamrock Rovers
173 (20.28%)
St. Patricks
170 (19.93%)
Bohemians
169 (19.81%)
Sligo Rovers
168 (19.7%)
Derry City
167 (19.58%)
Ranking of Teams by Number of Matches on Free-to-Air TV
Shamrock Rovers
41 (4.81%)
Shelbourne
27 (3.17%)
Bohemians
22 (2.58%)
St. Patricks
21 (2.46%)
Derry City
20 (2.34%)
Ranking of Teams by Number of Home Matches
Sligo Rovers
87 (10.2%)
Shamrock Rovers
86 (10.08%)
Bohemians
83 (9.73%)
Derry City
83 (9.73%)
St. Patricks
83 (9.73%)
Ranking of Teams by Number of Away Matches
Shamrock Rovers
87 (10.2%)
St. Patricks
87 (10.2%)
Bohemians
86 (10.08%)
Derry City
84 (9.85%)
Sligo Rovers
81 (9.5%)
NUMBER OF GAMES BY DAY OF THE WEEK
MONDAY
131
15.36%
TUESDAY
16
1.88%
WEDNESDAY
4
0.47%
THURSDAY
17
1.99%
FRIDAY
540
63.31%
SATURDAY
103
12.08%
SUNDAY
42
4.92%
NUMBER OF GAMES BY MONTH
JANUARY
-
- %
FEBRUARY
49
5.74%
MARCH
98
11.49%
APRIL
144
16.88%
MAY
128
15.01%
JUNE
64
7.5%
JULY
47
5.51%
AUGUST
86
10.08%
SEPTEMBER
98
11.49%
OCTOBER
97
11.37%
NOVEMBER
42
4.92%
DECEMBER
-
- %
NUMBER OF MATCHES PER YEAR
2025
76
8.91%
2024
179
20.98%
2023
181
21.22%
2022
179
20.98%
2021
158
18.52%
2020
75
8.79%
2019
5
0.59%
RANKING BY TIMES
19:45
614 (71.98%)
20:00
65 (7.62%)
17:00
49 (5.74%)
17:45
32 (3.75%)
18:00
30 (3.52%)
RANKING BY TIME SLOT
Evening
704 (82.53%)
Afternoon
149 (17.47%)
Morning
0 (0%)
Night
0 (0%)

Now, there are 12 Premier Division live televised matches and 2 TV channels will broadcast each and every one of them. The next match you will be able to enjoy is St. Patricks - Cork City and it will be played next Friday 16 May 2025 at 20:45 televised by LOITV.

The Premier Division is the highest division in the league system of the Republic of Ireland. It was founded in 1985, on the occasion of the reorganization of the main soccer competitions in the country. Starting in 2003, it began to develop during the spring and summer months rather than during the winter.

Ireland's top 10 teams are part of the first category. Each club faces its rivals twice, once in their stadium and another playing as a visitor, until completing the 18 established days. In case there is equality of points between two competitors, the criteria to break the tie are the difference in goals and the number of goals scored. The one with the highest score is crowned champion and gets a place in the qualifying rounds for access to the Champions League. The second and third classified enter the qualifying phase for the Europa Conference League. The last two go down in division. The penultimate player has to defend his place in a playoff for permanence.

Since its inception, nine teams have known what it's like to be crowned Premier Division champions. Dundalk, Shelbourne and Shamrock Rovers have done it more than five times. Between 2014 and 2019, the Lilywhites established a true dominance by conquering five of the six leagues played in that period of time.

The first edition of the competition was played in the 1985-86 season. It was attended by the four most important teams of the old League of Ireland (Bohemians, Shamrock Rovers, Shelbourne and Dundak) and another eight until reaching the figure of 12 participants. Shamrock Rovers were the first champions after scoring 33 points from 22 games. Galway United and Waterford United were the other two clubs to represent the Republic of Ireland in Europe the following year.

The 2020 Premier Division was disrupted for quite some time by COVID-19. The tournament kicked off on February 14, just a month before the outbreak of the pandemic in Europe. It was not until July 31 when it could be resumed. Shamrock Rovers was proclaimed the winner by signing 15 wins, three draws and 48 points at the end of 18 games. Bohemians, Dundalk and Sligo Rovers qualified for the qualifying rounds of the first Europa Conference League. Cork City dropped to finish last. Shelbourne fell in the playoff for maintaining the category and also fell to the second division.