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The way the kitchens in the Med close after lunch and might not reopen for dinner again until 8 or 9pm is an annoyance as well.

Did the Germans put the towels on the seats, too?

Sorry, couldn’t resist.

Nothing sadder than an Irish person talking about "their" club in a pub and their club is English. With the recent League of Ireland boom why even go down this path? They hate the English national team though, up the 'ra!

No doubt talking about day-trippers and tourists from Norway and Singapore but if you are Irish then it's ok, you are a real fan.

I stopped in a pub in Athlone for a quiet pint and observed a local Chelsea fan talking about being a headhunter, a notorious hooligan gang known for Unionist beliefs and anti-Irish hatred. Oh wow, you are a chap from Athlone and the Londeners view you as a tourist.

Another time I was in a pub on Navan Road in Dublin and there was a funeral afters on. One guy left as he was offended due to the slagging he received as United lost at the weekend. Emm, he was a Dub, not a 5th generation Mancunian 😏

No wonder the Brits colonised us with ease

From a new poster who obviously has a stupid, anti teacher bias.

People laugh at Linfield - who Shels knocked out this week.

But if Linfield had got through, they wouldn't be looking for another ground to play their home games. Unlike Shels - which is pathetic stuff.

So because Linfield happen to play at the "national stadium" we should be impressed? Maybe if Lansdowne Road was a dilapidated kip all the the Dublin sides would be allowed to play there.

Following on from the claims made by Eileen Gleeson here -

https://archive.ph/JgHVU

I wondered how much in public funds the FAI had received since they found themselves in a financial black hole a few years ago -

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/dec/12/fai-in-meltdown-debts-and-dysfunction-put-irish-football-in-peril

It turns out ‘quite a lot’ is the answer to that question -

https://www.gov.ie/en/department-of-culture-communications-and-sport/press-releases/new-memorandum-of-understanding-with-the-fai-approved-by-government/

I don’t think it’s particularly controversial, but the only argument I can think of for continuing to provide public funding to the FAI is to promote the sport of football in Ireland. Continuing to fund the sport is a good idea, continuing to fund an absolute shambles of an organisation though, that one definitely requires a much more substantial explanation to justify itself.

Announced in 2015 or 2016 that Shels would move to an upgraded Dalymount and share with Bohs… an announcement with much fanfare but nothing came of it. Definitely not happening now as last year Shels were given a 250 year lease on Tolka.

Usually I find the people who scoff at Irish supporters of English teams actually don't have a clue about football themselves, usually aren't into sports at all, and definitely don't practice what they preach in whatever hobby they are interested in themselves.

we already give money to a multitude of ‘foreign sports’ from our state funds… basketball is one beneficiary..

I think a big part of it is in local communities that the government has to be seen to be looking after the GAA. It’s a ‘cummunity’ thing don’t ya know.

GAA is as much cultural as sporting so it should be getting funding from more places than the other sports that are played in the country.

Fact is people in Ireland could cease having an interest in every other sport in the world and it would not impact them as a sport one bit, Ireland is the only country the GAA has, it should have a special status for government funding and be like Irish dancing, trad music, Irish language etc

Also in a lot of areas it is more of a community thig than the other sports, there have been probably 5 different incarnations of the local soccer club in my village in the last 25 -30 years, the GAA club has been in continuous existence since 1889.

I agree with Graham Lenihen's views on trans activists.

I say fair play to him for sticking to his convictions.