Ireland vs Israel - To play or not to play, that is the question Read OP for Mod Warning

Would it be horrible for FAI employees if some lost their jobs? Absolutely.

Would that alone make it the wrong action to take? No.

So, the FAI run the risk of employees losing their jobs is OK by you, am I reading that right?

Where was this domino effect last November? Maybe because Many of The FA around Europe are every bit as reliant on UEFA money as the FAI. The whole reason the nations league concept was developed was to generate more money from international football.

The FAI CEO already said there will be "serious consequences" for the FAI if they boycott the fixtures

But yeah, let's take a stand and hope others follow and to hell with the consequences.

Thats lovely.

I suspect they would much prefer to not get bombed though.

I am not worried actually, thanks for your concern though. Appreciate it.

Good for you.

Why should I be?

Define a "functioning moral compass" ?

I fully support workers in Ireland who, if anything like me, and I would say most are, have a mortgage/bills to pay, family to provide for etc. We have real life issues at home around housing, cost of living, health care etc. The real life priorities of the People in this country which scores far higher on the poll then Gaza/Israel or Ukraine/Russia.

But some people dont care about them. It does not fit in with their virtue signalling.

People in this country have taken their own lives as a result of mess successive governments have made of the country.

Men are taking their own lives’ – protesters at their wits’ end over rising fuel bills dig in

Demonstrators vow to continue blockades until the Government listen

This is a headine in the Indo today. Do their lives not matter?

They want a boycott for their own moral virtues which puts the livelihood of people at risk however those same people dont have to deal with the consequences of said actions. They are basing it off their own desire to be seen and not based off any sort of reality which the CEO of the FAI pointed out.

And the same people calling for a boycott wouldnt make the same decision about their own lives if the consequences were just as severe.

They will use Israeli products, be it tech devices or insurance from a company who provides services to the Israeli state/military but they want someone else to take a stand. Thats not much of a moral compass if you ask me.

The CEO of the FAI says if the FAI boycott the games there will be "serious consequences"

He added that there was “every potential that there will be greater ramifications for Irish football - reputational, financial, operational.

“The reality is, we're talking solely in the lane of the men's national team here. But if we fail to qualify for Euro ‘28, you know the financial benefit that can bring for the association and the benefit it will bring to the grassroots game and every aspect of what we do.

“So there is a big range of implications that extend beyond what we've included in that letter.

“But we don't even need to go there. From a sporting perspective, it's not within the interest of Irish football not to fulfil these games. We are fulfilling the games.”

The above is a direct quite from the CEO of the FAI

But Yeah i am exaggerating.