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Should Ireland ever host the Olympics?

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  • #32
    BattleCorp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,867 ✭✭✭✭BattleCorp


    Niemoj wrote: »
    Hold it in County Carlow.

    Twill be lovely.


    Carlow does have a running track so it's ahead of Croke Park at this stage.

    There's the "Horsepool" in the river Slaney. They could do the diving there. Somebody would have to "bate" back the thistles first though.

    Then there is the triathlon. They could swim in the river, then do the bike bit, and then run on the bits of road that aren't good enough for the bikes.

    There's plenty of chippers so that's the infrastructure sorted. No bother feeding a few athletes. And there's a couple of chineses and indianeses for those foreign folk

    It's sorted, Carlow it is so.


  • #33
    Niemoj
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,104 ✭✭✭Niemoj


    BattleCorp wrote: »
    Carlow does have a running track so it's ahead of Croke Park at this stage.

    There's the "Horsepool" in the river Slaney. They could do the diving there. Somebody would have to "bate" back the thistles first though.

    Then there is the triathlon. They could swim in the river, then do the bike bit, and then run on the bits of road that aren't good enough for the bikes.

    There's plenty of chippers so that's the infrastructure sorted. No bother feeding a few athletes. And there's a couple of chineses and indianeses for those foreign folk

    It's sorted, Carlow it is so.

    Carlow! Carlow! Carlow! Carlow!


  • #34
    fullstop
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    the_monkey wrote: »
    We've allready hosted the special olympics ... so don't see why not ..

    LOL, ah you're gas :pac: Sure it's practically the same thing, just with the word 'Special'.


  • #35
    biko
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    BoJack Horseman wrote: »
    Prohibitively expensive for what the IOC want from candidates.

    Your looking at approx €20bn.... but probably more.
    And that's just the bribes.


  • #36
    the_monkey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,557 ✭✭✭the_monkey


    fullstop wrote: »
    LOL, ah you're gas :pac: Sure it's practically the same thing, just with the word 'Special'.


    Well, I'm hooked on this Carlow idea now tbh...


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  • #37
    libelula
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    I'd much rather they chuck a billion aT sport in general. Athletics, swimming, rounders, the lot.


  • #38
    VinLieger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,610 ✭✭✭✭VinLieger


    Cus all the olympics in recent memory haven't operated at an utterly disgraceful loss of money....


  • #39
    Duckworth_Luas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,746 ✭✭✭Duckworth_Luas


    The Garth Brooks debacle proved Dublin incapable of hosting any major event.

    Another vote for Carlow, who successfully hosted the 1967 Leinster Fleadh Ceoil.


  • #40
    smash
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    A mini special Olympics takes place outside Copers every Friday and Saturday night


  • #41
    Irishguy16
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 76 ✭✭Irishguy16


    Oh god, we wouldn't even come close to winning the bidding rights. We don't have enough stadiums, hotels, infrastructure, and so on, nor are we that passionate about sports to begin with. We can't really organize anything properly as a nation, usually we just crumble and put the blame on one another!


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  • #42
    libelula
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    smash wrote: »
    A mini special Olympics takes place outside Copers every Friday and Saturday night

    Ever win any medals?


  • #43
    valoren
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    libelula wrote: »
    Ever win any medals?

    For the Snatch :pac:


  • #44
    rossie1977
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,537 ✭✭✭✭rossie1977


    we could have hosted the olympics, world cup, superbowl and wrestlemania and still have change left over with the money we pumped into anglo irish


  • #45
    smash
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,808 ✭✭✭✭smash


    libelula wrote: »
    Ever win any medals?
    A couple, but sure it's the taking part that counts!


  • #46
    KungPao
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    There is the same chance of us hosting the Olympics or World Cup, or anything of that stature as there is of a tunnel being constructed linking Ireland and the UK - which you hear people suggest while keeping a straight face.

    Our specialty is hosting the odd Europa League final or Special Olympics. Something "big" buuuut not really.


  • #47
    DEFTLEFTHAND
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    iDave wrote: »
    We can call it the O'Lympics.









    I'll get my coat.

    That wasn't too bad actually, you can stay where you are.


  • #48
    Samaris
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,544 ✭✭✭Samaris


    All of the No.

    Besides, I reckon the IMF would throttle us for even suggesting it!


  • #49
    mikeym
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    Lets do what the Greeks did back in the day and host the Olympics.

    Our friends in Germany might loan us a couple Euro.


  • #50
    the_monkey
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    KungPao wrote: »
    There is the same chance of us hosting the Olympics or World Cup, or anything of that stature as there is of a tunnel being constructed linking Ireland and the UK - which you hear people suggest while keeping a straight face.

    Our specialty is hosting the odd Europa League final or Special Olympics. Something "big" buuuut not really.


    In fairness we could have a UCL final in Croker ...


  • #51
    DEFTLEFTHAND
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,499 ✭✭✭✭DEFTLEFTHAND


    Even taking the Greeks as an eg, look up pictures of the absolute state they let their 2004 Olympic venues turn into, such a bloody waste of money they let them all go to pot, the T&F stadium is now a homeless run shantytown.

    This is only 11 years ago but some of the surviving sites from the Ancient Games 2,000+ years ago look to be in a better condition.


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  • #52
    osarusan
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    I've posted about this before, but some years ago, there was a big meeting/convention somewhere for candidates interested in hosting the olympics, the purpose of which was to go into detail regarding exactly what hosting the olympics would entail in terms of infrastructure, stadium, and other related aspects.

    Somebody was speaking on Irish radio after the meeting about it, and was asked whether Ireland would have a realistic chance of holding the olympics. His response was that he didn't think Ireland would be able to host even the convention he'd just attended.


  • #53
    El Weirdo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,651 ✭✭✭✭El Weirdo


    the_monkey wrote: »
    In fairness we could have a UCL final in Croker ...

    No we couldn't. Not unless the Hill was fitted with permanent seating, at least.


  • #54
    ch750536
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,736 ✭✭✭ch750536


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmJSrVNKnr0


  • #55
    kumate_champ07
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    we're good with the necessary brown envelopes, but have nothing to put into them at the moment


  • #56
    Public_Enema
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    rosie16 wrote: »
    As tommy tiernan said we should host the 'drugs olympics'

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDRzS2qLDhk

    Or maybe just the Gobshyte Olympics, given the amount of gobshytes Irish taxpayers have to clean up after.


  • #57
    cml387
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    Bear in mind that what it cost to bail out the banks would have paid for four Olympic games.


  • #58
    Anesthetize
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    Athlone does well to host the Community Games so I don't see why it can't host the Olympics. Same sort of thing sure.


  • #59
    Buona Fortuna
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,507 ✭✭✭Buona Fortuna


    How about we give a try with the Commonwealth Games.

    Its a lot smaller and sure they'd let us back in.

    If we do a good job then maybe we'll get the big one.


















    I'll get my coat.


  • #60
    PTH2009
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,132 ✭✭✭✭PTH2009


    we did host the special olympics in 2003. I passed through a village this year where it still had its 'Special olympics host country sign up'


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  • #61
    Niemoj
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    Anymore for Carlow?

    C'mon Baile Ceatharlach, we can do this!


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