A public consultation will now take place on these approximately 14 new events, and it will go on until February 20.

These include the Senior Football and Hurling Provincial Championship finals as well as the quarter and semifinals of the GAA All-Ireland Senior Football and Senior Hurling Championships.

To attain equivalency for women's sports, nine women's events will be put up for categorisation.

The Senior Ladies' Provincial Football Championship finals and the quarter- and semifinals of the All-Ireland Senior Ladies' GAA Football Championship are included on the list.

The UEFA European Women's Football Championship qualifying matches for Ireland, both at home and away, as well as the tournament matches are also covered.

Included are Ireland's games in the UEFA Women's Nations League and the qualifying and tournament matches for the Women's FIFA World Cup.

These plans would convert the present “deferred” broadcast categorization for Ireland's men's Six Nations Rugby Championship games to "live" transmission.

If an Irish provincial side was participating, the European Rugby Champions Cup final would be shown live in Ireland.

According to the government, the goal of classifying events as free-to-air is to attempt to strike a balance between the demands of society to connect with culturally significant events and the rights of sports bodies to take advantage of economic opportunities.