The Ripple Effect: How Mayo's 75-Year Curse Broke the Internet, Record Books, and a Castlebar Pub

Mayo's 75-year All-Ireland wait didn't just end on Sunday — it detonated. Over 1.1 million viewers peaked on RTÉ's terrestrial broadcast alone, with an additional 566,000 streams on RTÉ Player pushing the total audience past 1.6 million. But the real jaw-dropper isn't the TV numbers. Eir recorded a 36% surge in data usage across its network — bigger than the **30% spike during the World...