Civic reception for the team on Sunday

Honey-ec

I've just been informed by a friend in the know that there's a civic reception in the Mansion House on Sunday, with plans for the team to appear with the trophies on Dawson St.

There's also a massive party for the team in Killiney Castle that evening.

Christ on a bike, my nerves won't be able for tomorrow.

Euro_Kraut

Cool. Although their should be a open top bus parade too through the city if we win the Grand Slam. These days don't come around very often.

I'm sure too that it will be nessary to have some sort of a gig up in Belfast too.

I'm really really nervous too. Just over 24hrs to kick off!

damselnat

Any idea of time?

Euro_Kraut

damselnat wrote: »

Any idea of time?

Celebrations will be taking place form 7pm Saturday until next Tuesday

connundrum

I know that we have to have some sort of plans in place but I just feel like sayin to everyone:

'Ssshhhhh don't jinx it by talking about it!'

Honey-ec

Honey-ec wrote: »

I've just been informed by a friend in the know that there's a civic reception in the Mansion House on Sunday, with plans for the team to appear with the trophies on Dawson St.

There's also a massive party for the team in Killiney Castle that evening.

Christ on a bike, my nerves won't be able for tomorrow.

What trophies?
We could come back with nothing.

sslazio11

Mae Quick Sprinter wrote: »

What trophies?
We could come back with nothing.

I realise this is irrational, but talking about this kind of stuff just feels wrong. This thread never happened!

ALH-06

Mae Quick Sprinter wrote: »

What trophies?
We could come back with nothing.

+1. All this chat is incredibly, ridiculously premature.

Let's just hope they pull out a performance tomorrow and take it from there!

Chucky the tree

Unreal. Having a civic reception organised for a team who could easily come back with nothing is one of the stupidest ideas I've seen in a long time.

Honey-ec

Mae Quick Sprinter wrote: »

What trophies?
We could come back with nothing.

My point exactly! I'll be watching from between my fingers tomorrow, I reckon.

P_1

I'd imagine that they have to have things like this planned and should the unthinkable happen these plans would be quickly and quietly cancelled.

The fact that the OP only knows this from a 'friend in the know' signalls that chickens aren't being counted yet but plans for a very possible event are being quietly put into place.

Euro_Kraut

Chucky the tree wrote: »

Unreal. Having a civic reception organised for a team who could easily come back with nothing is one of the stupidest ideas I've seen in a long time.

Chucky, I'm pretty sure the plans are contingent upon the result tomorrow. These things cannot be easily organised after the game. It is correct the Dublin City Council and the IRFU have put these contingency plans in place in the event of a victory tomorrow. Its similar to having a flood emergency response plan. The same thing takes place when an intercounty team makes to an All Ireland final. 2 Plans are made and depending upon the results one is implemented.

Now possibibly they should keep it under wraps a bit better, but in fairness its not they issued a press release to the media. The OP got wind from a friend and posted up the rumour. No real harm done.

Chucky the tree

Euro_Kraut wrote: »

Chucky, I'm pretty sure the plans are contingent upon the result tomorrow. These things cannot be easily organised after the game. It is correct the Dublin City Council and the IRFU have put these contingency plans in place in the event of a victory tomorrow. Its similar to having a flood emergency response plan. The same thing takes place when an intercounty team makes to an All Ireland final. 2 Plans are made and depending upon the results one is implemented.

Now possibibly they should keep it under wraps a bit better, but in fairness its not they issued a press release to the media. The OP got wind from a friend and posted up the rumour. No real harm done.

Fair point. I'm sure if we manage to lose by 13+ we could have it moved to the bottling section of St. James as well. :pac:

athtrasna

I was at the airport the last time they "nearly won" the championship, a friend is a tv reporter and needed a hand identifying the players. BOD came in on crutches and the other lads came through in dribs and drabs. Only about 40 people there to meet them, mainly kids. Whatever the result tomorrow they deserve more than that.

eeyore2502

Anymore details on this celebration seeing they have just done it!!!!

maquiladora

Any more details on the homecoming at all?

Diabhal Beag

Apparently the party will start whenever Paul O'Connell wants

ellio239

Little Shyte wrote: »

Apparently the party will start whenever Paul O'Connell wants

absolutely! personally i think he should have won man of the match!! stupid question possibly but can anybody go to the civic reception?

killiney castle!!! i'll be there!

wb

JJ

I found details on the reception here:

http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/eyaumhgbeyid

Ireland’s Grand Slam-winning rugby team will be greeted by fans at a homecoming reception to be held outside the Mansion House on Dawson Street, Dublin tomorrow at 4.30pm.

Dublin’s Lord Mayor Eibhlin Byrne was delighted to give the IRFU the opportunity to avail of the venue to pay tribute to our rugby heroes.

The team and management will arrive into Dublin Airport and proceed directly to the Mansion House where they will take to a stage specially-erected for the occasion across Dawson Street.

Entry to the reception will be via Nassau Street only and those wishing to attend are advised to arrive no later than 4pm.

Dawson Street will be closed to traffic tomorrow.

damselnat

before 4pm (:D)



long before:D

crosstownk

Mae Quick Sprinter wrote: »

What trophies?
We could come back with nothing.

You can eat those words now

A great day for Ireland and Irish rugby!!

Bluezar

What a game!!!!
What a result
What a Team!!!!

Heroes all!!!!!!!!!!!!

NickNolte

I'm going to do a Billy No Mates for the homecoming as I can't convince any of my mates to come along. F**king football supporting philistines. Still though, I can't wait.

Sundy

Does anybody else think its a bit of a stupid place to put the stage? Why not merrion square where there is way more room?

Most likely it will be very hard to get near it so im goin to watch it from the comfort of my couch.

banshee_bones

Sundy wrote: »

im goin to watch it from the comfort of my couch.

me too but i would say the atmosphere there would be electric!

Serenity Now!

Chucky the tree wrote: »

Unreal. Having a civic reception organised for a team who could easily come back with nothing is one of the stupidest ideas I've seen in a long time.

Here's a stupid idea: Throw a huge party in Phoenix Park for a team that has been knocked out in the playoff stages of a FIFA World Cup.
Thats stupid.

The person who started this thread has obviously leaked some info about the IRFU preparing for the possible outcome of a win.
An event like that doesn't just happen at the click of a finger.

DJ Hafez

Where's John Hayes? Did I miss him coming out?

Soldie

DJ Hafez wrote: »

Where's John Hayes? Did I miss him coming out?

I was just thinking that. I didn't see him either.

EDIT: I didn't see Flannery either.

Soldie

What the fúck is Tommy Bowe playing at. :pac:

walrusgumble

be a nice touch if bernie dunne was brought out

banshee_bones

Soldie wrote: »

What the fúck is Tommy Bowe playing at. :pac:

I reckon hes still hammered! I know I would be!!

Jam-Fly

Where's John Hayes?

Donncha still langers anyway

Rowley Birkin QC

That was pretty funny, great to see them totally at ease having achieved so much.

Hayes is known for being pretty shy though isn't he?

athtrasna

OMG that was the most painful homecoming I've ever seen. The poor lads looked mortified and I'd be pretty p***ed off if I'd queued in the cold all day for that.

I agree with the previous poster, Dawson St was a ridiculous location. Merrion Square, O'Connell St, Phoenix Park, Donnybrook? All would have made better venues.

Des Cahill was a bumbling idiot,the groupings they brought the lads out in made no sense, there was no reference to the players that weren't there..the interviews were staged with pre-prepared niceties, where was ROG's honesty of yesterday? And as for Bowe :eek:

Our lads deserved better than that!

DJ Hafez

athtrasna wrote: »

Our lads deserved better than that!

+1

It was very short. I know the lads were tired, but the could have at least made a bigger ocassion of it! Wonder will they do anything in the other cities for them?

Chucky the tree

Serenity Now! wrote: »

Here's a stupid idea: Throw a huge party in Phoenix Park for a team that has been knocked out in the playoff stages of a FIFA World Cup.
Thats stupid.

The person who started this thread has obviously leaked some info about the IRFU preparing for the possible outcome of a win.
An event like that doesn't just happen at the click of a finger.

Do you not think the irish rugby lads have shown how difficult it is to make it out of the group stages in a world cup no? Anyway I think next saturday at 5pm or so would of been a good time. You'd get a good crowd for the soccer match out and it would give the players and fans a chance to recover.

kerry4sam

The RTE coverage of the home-coming was just absolutely shameful. And what was Des Cahill(of all people) doing up there? and treating them like schoolkids with his “wave to the crowd lads” and “okay, you stand over there” la-di-da approach ... surely RTE had some rugby pundit they could have put on the stage with the team.

I gotta mention though that Tommy Bowe was simply priceless, I was actually crying laughing listenin/watching the man . Now, he is one man I wouldn't mind kicking off a session with on a night out (singing of course)

df1985

was rubbish alright.an opentop bus parade woulda been the way to do it.guarantee few of the team will be in coppers tonight!

mr. pleasant

my fav moment was when wallace said "i just thought the game lacked a bit of excitement..."

damselnat

did end up being a bit of a damp squid...why no open top bus parade? It was very short, and when it was over it was kind of like, well, that's that....what now? Was near the front, which meant I wasn't near at all really, just slightly less further away than the people beyond Ron Black's.....but still, good on the lads, Tommy Bowe was priceless:Dgood man

JJ

I was with the wif and the daughter and were stood around the north side of St Stephen's Green 'cause there was more room and we had the daughter in a pram. They had a big TV screen there but the sound and the TV weren't in sync which was a little annoying. It was nice to show support for the lads after the big victory and nice to see them bring home the cup but the location wasn't the greatest. A nice parade culminating at the Phoenix Park would've been nice. There's more than enough room there and people could get there by Luas.

Hugh_C

The sound was WAY out of sync - I was down by Watersons and it was at least 5 seconds or more, plus with that Jaysus helicopter hovering above you couldn't hear anything anyway. Bit of a waste of time really. Donnybrook would have been a lot more suitable.

Great result though ....

djeclips

Im currently over in Canada and was so looking forward to seeing the homecoming. What a disaster is all I can say. Terrible location, presenter, the crowd weren't even close. Some funny moments from Wallace and Bowe...but the rest was crap. Not the lads fault. The lay out was just all wrong. What a shame...could have being so much better:mad:

legendal

Hugh_C wrote: »

The sound was WAY out of sync - I was down by Watersons and it was at least 5 seconds or more

I was outside the church about midway through the street - I think the problem was that they took the audio straight from the microphones and the pictures from the same RTÉ feed that we all watch at home. This meant that the audio came instantly but the pictures were subject to the usual satellite delays that come with broadcasting. Easily forseeable problem, and the highlights package that we heard but didn't get to see wasn't exactly a treat either.

But in the interests of positivity, I'm still delighted I went And I'm glad that at least something was organised - if ever something deserved a public homecoming this was it! Fair fecks to O2 as well for the flags, added a great visual dimension.

limericklady87

Agree totally that it could have been done a LOT better but twas still nice to see something. Hopefully they may have something in Limk in a few weeks before the 1/4 final Easter wkend!

Yea wonder where Fla was? My bets up on a bar stool fairly incapacitated given that he usually celebrates pretty well down here..what a legend he is!

ROG seemed VERY reluctant to talk to play it again des...could they not have gotten someone better?
Declan Kidney continues to strike me as such a class act always...so down to earth. Noticed that he was mad to have POC come out and hold up the cup with BOD. He seemed a little reluctant but i spose he didnt want the papers going on with the usual crap of kidney favouring munster players. blah blah blah

Honey-ec

In yer face, doubters!

Just in from an 8-hour rehearsal so haven't seen any footage of it at all.

I'll let you know if I hear anything about any more receptions in Limerick/Cork/elsewhere.

Sundy

limericklady87 wrote: »

Agree totally that it could have been done a LOT better but twas still nice to see something. Hopefully they may have something in Limk in a few weeks before the 1/4 final Easter wkend!

Yea wonder where Fla was? My bets up on a bar stool fairly incapacitated given that he usually celebrates pretty well down here..what a legend he is!

ROG seemed VERY reluctant to talk to play it again des...could they not have gotten someone better?
Declan Kidney continues to strike me as such a class act always...so down to earth. Noticed that he was mad to have POC come out and hold up the cup with BOD. He seemed a little reluctant but i spose he didnt want the papers going on with the usual crap of kidney favouring munster players. blah blah blah

I have a funny feeling ROG didnt want to talk because he was ever so slightly buckled.


As he had every right to be.

kingking85

Yeah the boys were all buckled!! Delighted for them!!

Where was John Hayes?

Serenity Now!

kingking85 wrote: »

Yeah the boys were all buckled!! Delighted for them!!

Where was John Hayes?

The Bull went home as he's about to become a father.

Zzippy

Sundy wrote: »

I have a funny feeling ROG didnt want to talk because he was ever so slightly buckled.


As he had every right to be.

Thats exactly what I thought. And Tommy Bowe was definitely plastered!

RAMAN

Plastered and rightly so. A great game, almost felt like the 90's world cup without the mullets!