HawkEye is set to be reinstated for the All-Ireland hurling final after the GAA confirmed comprehensive testing was undertaken during the week.
The ladies' football semi-finals at HQ and the camogie quarter-finals in Semple Stadium will also have HawkEye running the rule over contentious scores as the GAA confirmed the system had undergone a thorough review.
The score detection technology is installed in Croke Park and Semple Stadium and has been in use since 2013. However, the recent All-Ireland football semi-final between Galway and Derry provoked serious questions around the accuracy of the technology as a glaring error was made.
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During the semi-final, a Shane Walsh point was inexplicably chalked off after the umpires consulted HawkEye.
With just minutes left in a very laboured and low scoring first half, Galway were 0-03 to 0-04 down when Walsh had a free from the 45 to level the game.
Striking from the ground, Walsh looked to have converted the dead ball with no excessive fuss - but the excessive fuss was still to come.
The umpires signalled for HawkEye and the score decision system proceeded to display an imitation graphic of Walsh's free going to the left of the post and wide before producing its dreaded 'Níl' decision - meaning no score.
And that appeared to be that - but as the half-time whistle sounded soon afterwards and the RTE cameras replayed Walsh's attempt, it clearly showed the free splitting the posts.
Commenting at the time, RTÉ commentator Darragh Maloney exclaimed that the attempt had gone straight over the bar as the replay was shown.
"That was a point, it went straight down the middle," he said.
That score was manually awarded by the match officials after the half-time consternation, and the GAA confirmed that HawkEye was experiencing a technical error and would not be in use for the second half.
The technology was not in use for the other football semi-final between Kerry and Dublin the following day, and the jury remained out on when HawkEye would be back in operation again.
But the GAA today announced that the technology was good to go once again following rigorous troubleshooting during the week.
An official statement read: “The GAA can confirm that following comprehensive testing and a full review of Hawkeye’s score detection technology in recent days, the system will be in use for Sunday’s All-Ireland hurling final meeting of Kilkenny and Limerick.
“The system will also be in use tomorrow for the LGFA semi-finals at Croke Park and the Camogie Association’s quarter-finals in Thurles.”
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