Northern Ireland 2125?

As things stand here in the Republic, in recent allocations of Irish government sports funding, the GAA has received substantially more than soccer. Possibly deservidedly so if it has more participants, I do not know. From google for example, and I quote " from the €230 million Sports Capital Grant announced in September 2024, the GAA received approximately €97 million, while soccer clubs received over €41 million. This trend of higher funding for Gaelic Games compared to soccer in Ireland is consistent across other funding announcements and analyses of government grants." 

One think for sure as FrancieBrady hinted at, in a UI there would be no funding for a N.I. soccer team as there is no funding now for a Munster soccer team. Just as the Irish government has committed €50 million to the Casement Park redevelopment project, and none to other sports / or clubs up North, so you can bet in a U.I. that any N.I. soccer team, if it was allowed exist, would be well towards the end of the queue for any funding I'd say.

FrancieBrady has defended the decision of Derry councillors not to allow citizens have access to an army careers stand at a jobs fair in Derry, even though the army / UK military is a major state employer and offers many careers, training programmes etc. He says "What happened in Derry council is 'equality' and absolutely democratic. Everyone around that table was 'equal' and voted democratically." So no equality for the minority in Derry or the surrounding areas. If there was a U.I. you can be sure the minority would be voted down in a similar fashion, and would be at the end of the queue for handouts. Even when the Irish government should be trying to woo northerners of all persuasions you would have thought, and with all our American multinational tax windfall money ( 12 billion from Apple alone?) we see them offering €50 million to Casement park and how much to soccer in N.I.?

Then why give the money to the GAA to build it in its present location, because we can see how many soccer games are currently played in GAA parks?

You would nearly tell the unionists you are doing them a favour by putting up Irish language signs for them in their areas, and by not allowing them to have access to a major state employer who proposed having a stand at the jobs fair in Derry.

Obviously under researched again.

The stadium was required to be built as part of a worked out plan so that NI (that included the IFA and GAA working together) could host a world ranking tournament.

Because some Unionists would rather cut off their nose than have anything to do with the GAA/the Irish they resisted, time ran out and the tournament will not now be played in NI.

Tragically sad for all real soccer fans and moderate Unionists willing to work with the GAA, the Irish government etc.

Well the IFA thought that hosting the competition was worth it.

I feel most sorry for the young soccer fans, missing out on the buzz of a major tournament. They'll have to travel to Dublin or the Britain for that now.

Well if there is 'friends' to be found to prove a dodgy point, you are the master at finding them.

Well maybe take the cost of building stadia up with those who set building standards and have specifications for stadia in tournaments.

Infrastructure costs money sadly

What's nonsense?

That fans will dwindle away from poor under-resourced teams?

That's true since the beginning of spectator sport.

Is that as good as Gerry Adams prediction about 25 years ago that we'd have a united Ireland by 2016? lol.

Pressure on the international game is already being felt, so you could be right. Alternately it could all be played via robots and AI.