RTÉ announce Euro 2024 punditry lineup, coverage details

James Cox

James McClean, Shay Given and Didi Hamann are among the pundits confirmed by RTÉ for their Euro 2024 coverage, with all 51 games at the tournament in Germany to be broadcast live.

The tournament kicks-off tomorrow, Friday, June 14th, as hosts Germany face Scotland in Munich and all 51 games will be free-to-air on RTÉ.

Forty-five games will be live on RTÉ2 and RTÉ Player, plus six final group games on RTÉ Player and RTÉ News channel.

Peter Collins, Joanne Cantwell, Tony O'Donoghue and Jacqui Hurley will present all the action.

The punditry lineup will include Shay Given, Ray Houghton, Ronnie Whelan and Kevin Doyle, Didi Hamann, Stephanie Roche, Stephen Kelly, Lisa Fallon and Richie Sadlier.

Former Republic of Ireland international James McClean will be making his punditry debut with the national broadcaster.

All live matches will have RTÉ commentary from a team including Darragh Maloney, Des Curran, George Hamilton, Adrian Eames, John Kenny and Cathal Mullaney with co-commentators Ray Houghton, Ronnie Whelan, Stephen Kelly and Kenny Cunningham.

Some of the main contenders include hosts Germany, England, 2020 winners Italy, France, Spain and Portugal.

Kylian Mbappe, Cristiano Ronaldo, Jude Bellingham, Virgil van Dijk, Harry Kane and Bruno Fernandes are expected to be some of the stars of the tournament.

The final group games kick off at the same time and will be shown simultaneously on either RTÉ2 or RTÉ News Channel and RTÉ Player.