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

And if you asked them to rank the economy, housing, healthcare, cost of living, immigration and Israel/Palestine in order of concern, Israel/Palestine would be at the bottom of that list.

I would say people would fully understand the FAI position if it was explained in detail where they stood financially and the rationale behind them having to fulfil the fixtures

And i think most people would support them given they have responsibilities to their staff at a time when cost of living, rent, mortgages, food bills are quite expensive especially given the recent poll where those concerns were very prominent.

I said no such thing. Please stop telling lies about me

The issues facing the FAI would have direct consequences for their staff, already has given the redundancies in recent times so given recent polls put cost of living, immigration, healthcare, housing and the economy way ahead of Israel/Palestine i would deduce from that, that people would be more concerned with those issues and the impact it has on fellow citizens of this country.

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The FAI financial position has a direct impact on its employees, like any business does. You already know that but your trying to twist something to suit your own agenda, which is quite pathetic really.

The FAI may have a bad image with the public but at the end of the day, it employs real people, many on average industrial wages and there would be plenty of support for the FAI staff on human level as they, like the rest of us have to face the same challenges posed by economy, immigration, housing, rents, cost of living etc.

In my own household, those issues are real. Three kids, one about to sit the LC and hopefully college in September, thankfully in Dublin as moving out of Dublin would not be financially viable.

Those same employees in the FAI face the exact same challenges as the rest of society.

And the recent poll, which I shared above, shows that those real life issues are of far greater concern than Israel/Palestine.

So go to UEFA headquarters and protest there. Put pressure on UEFA yourself? If Mary Manning can bring down apartheid by going on strike in Dunnes Stores 40 years ago, maybe you can be the 21st century version by bringing down Israel by getting UEFA to ban them from football.

Will you Go protest outside Intel in Leixlip to close stop importing goods manufactured in their Israeli operation?

Go protest outside Pfizer in Clondalkin for their links to Israel?

Or will you protest outside Croke Park because the GAA are sponsored by Allianz?

Or maybe you will protest outside my place of work because I use devices which are built by an Israeli branch of global medical devices company?

No you wont. You will sit in your ivory tower demanding others do the necessary so long as it doesn't impact you. Others have to boycott/protest Israel while you just cry about it on the Interweb. Ironically you are calling for a boycott of Israel probably using a device or devices which were in part, manufactured in Israel. Virtue signalling is alive and well.

The situation is not critical from the FAI perspective. Its quite simple. UEFA provice the income which pays the bills. They have to fulfil the fixtures. Its quite simple really.

Why?

Also, They cannot do that. It is against UEFA rules.

The home game will be in Dublin and the away game likely to be in Hungary for security reasons.

Am I suppose to put my life on hold because bad sh1t happens in the world?

Have you stopped enjoying your life in the last 31-32 months? Or have you continued to do the same things you enjoy in life ?

And yes I enjoy football matches. Shels with the family, Ireland with my mates. Does that offend you?