[1][2][3][4] The channel was available on the Virgin Media Ireland cable service.

As part of a major rebrand and refocusing of the Virgin Media brand in Ireland, the TV3 Group confirmed it planned to launch a sports channel in August 2018.

Virgin Media Sport has also done a deal with CAA11, the representatives of UEFA in international football, which gives the broadcaster the rights to all competitive European international football outside of Republic of Ireland team matches, such as UEFA Nations League plus qualifiers for the UEFA European Championship and FIFA World Cup.

[5] On 12 September 2019, Virgin Media Sport HD launched on Sky on channel 422.

Virgin Media Sport Extra 1 – 6 is available on Sky using the red button.