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Team Ireland?

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  • #32
    Ellis Dee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,510 ✭✭✭Ellis Dee


    realies wrote: »
    During a stop-over visit to the Republic of Ireland in 1989, the leader of the USSR, Mikhail Gorbachev, indicated that he assumed Ireland's head of state was Queen Elizabeth II, given that she was the British Queen and his officials said that Ireland was a part of the British Isles.[45]

    :D;):p
    At least Gorby was sober enough to get off the plane, unlike another Russian leader I could mention who was so stepping-on-his-dick drunk that they had to let him get on with snoring it off while half the Irish cabinet waited on the termac.:D

    Anyway, even the revered Gorby didn't always get it right. He was the last man they put in charge of the Soviet Union, and where is it now?:cool:

    I can see why the media use the phrase "Team Ireland". It's kind of snappy and means what it says on the tin.:)


  • #33
    Dravokivich
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Music Moderators, Politics Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 22,424 CMod ✭✭✭✭Dravokivich


    Fuinseog wrote: »
    citytillidie wrote: »
    Team GB is a markering brand it is really Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

    As someone said different sports have different rules.

    Rugby is an all island sport so there is just 1 Ireland team
    Boxing is an all island sport so if you are from Northern Ireland you will go under the Irish flag

    Others sports its a really up to the individual person, like at the last Olympics there were 3 guys from the same rowing club in Coleraine, 2 went for GB and NI while one went to Ireland

    i cannot understand how NI and ROI are united for rugby but not soccer.

    There used to be 1 organisation for both north and south, but then they split. As far as I can remember


  • #34
    woodoo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,219 ✭✭✭woodoo


    cruhoortwunk wrote: »
    When did we become yanks and start calling ourselves Team Ireland?
    The whole mainstream media is using the term.
    Its still just the Irish Olympic team to me.
    Might take longer to say but it doesn't make me sound like a ****ty yank
    Go team USA

    Stop acting like the bull mccabe and move with the times.


  • #35
    saralou2011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 261 ✭✭saralou2011


    markie29 wrote: »
    **** yeah!

    Damm you beat me to it :D


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