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Post by southward on Mar 12, 2021 13:50:18 GMT
www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-40242254.htmlGreat, increased poaching by the Aussies - all we need. "It is being reported in Australia that the change comes with the blessing of the GAA, following discussions between the two organisations." - this is bullsh*t, surely? If not, Croke Park have some explaining to do.
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Post by Annascaultilidie on Mar 12, 2021 16:15:53 GMT
www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-40242254.htmlGreat, increased poaching by the Aussies - all we need. "It is being reported in Australia that the change comes with the blessing of the GAA, following discussions between the two organisations." - this is bullsh*t, surely? If not, Croke Park have some explaining to do. I don't see how the GAA has any say in the matter to be honest.
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Post by sullyschoice on Mar 18, 2021 22:52:16 GMT
I see Eir are pulling out of sports broadcasting.
Who will take over the Allianz League rights I wonder.
If you gave me an Eir subscription and all their services fir free I would politely decline. They are the worst company I have ever had dealings with. Good riddance
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Post by Ballyfireside on Mar 19, 2021 10:03:09 GMT
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Post by veteran on Mar 22, 2021 15:35:08 GMT
No sign of resumption of GAA activity, camogie , or ladies football. Not elite sports don’t you know. Were categorised as such up fo Christmas but now have lost that status for some reason which is known only to our betters.
In the meantime back at the asylum , League of Ireland soccer has been deemed an elite sport. Imagine that , domestic soccer deemed an elite sport which has spend most of its uncertain existence on life support.
I am not finished yet. Did anybody here know that there is an entity known as women’s League of Ireland . Me neither and I know everything. Wait for it . It has been deemed an elite sport! It resumes activity next weekend.
I have asked this question before , at the very least I have hinted at it. What is going on?
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Post by anriochtabu on Mar 23, 2021 11:15:26 GMT
No sign of resumption of GAA activity, camogie , or ladies football. Not elite sports don’t you know. Were categorised as such up fo Christmas but now have lost that status for some reason which is known only to our betters. In the meantime back at the asylum , League of Ireland soccer has been deemed an elite sport. Imagine that , domestic soccer deemed an elite sport which has spend most of its uncertain existence on life support. I am not finished yet. Did anybody here know that there is an entity known as women’s League of Ireland . Me neither and I know everything. Wait for it . It has been deemed an elite sport! It resumes activity next weekend. I have asked this question before , at the very least I have hinted at it. What is going on? Not much to say on this only I feel compelled to comment that if the League of Ireland is deemed elite then there is no reason in the world that the Womens League of Ireland (Womens National League to give it the correct title) should not also be considered so.
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Post by Galway breeze on Mar 23, 2021 14:04:29 GMT
I can understand the frustration here when League of Ireland is allowed to go ahead and Gaelic Games are not. Sports which pays out to players via wage, grants or sponsorship is deemed professional and therefore elite. If the Gaelic Athletic Association wishes to enter the elite status they should start paying players.
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Post by buck02 on Mar 23, 2021 15:13:48 GMT
No sign of resumption of GAA activity, camogie , or ladies football. Not elite sports don’t you know. Were categorised as such up fo Christmas but now have lost that status for some reason which is known only to our betters. In the meantime back at the asylum , League of Ireland soccer has been deemed an elite sport. Imagine that , domestic soccer deemed an elite sport which has spend most of its uncertain existence on life support. I am not finished yet. Did anybody here know that there is an entity known as women’s League of Ireland . Me neither and I know everything. Wait for it . It has been deemed an elite sport! It resumes activity next weekend. I have asked this question before , at the very least I have hinted at it. What is going on? Not much to say on this only I feel compelled to comment that if the League of Ireland is deemed elite then there is no reason in the world that the Womens League of Ireland (Womens National League to give it the correct title) should not also be considered so. Was waiting for a comment like this. At least when supporters are allowed back in grounds, the Women's National Soccer League won't have to worry about limiting the numbers to 200.
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Post by veteran on Mar 23, 2021 16:59:13 GMT
In the context of sport, I thought professional meant sport was your full time occupation. Am I being led to believe that domestic soccer is a full time occupation , both male and female. I was under the impression that , in the case of the male game, only a handful of clubs had all professionals on their books , with the remainder having a few professionals and the rest of the players being amateur. The latter group , if lucky, might get a little stipend per match but more often , as we have seen on several occasions with threats of strikes, would have to sing for their supper. So. this is what passes for “professional” in this country, and therefore elite. Presumably, the women, due to the huge crowds they attract , would get perhaps their mileage allowance , and are therefore elite. Yes, I get the drift now. I mean I get the charade.
I repeat my question. What is going on?
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Post by tpo on Mar 23, 2021 18:56:10 GMT
My take. The Cork Senior Football manager was suspended for 12 weeks. Michael Martin wont let County Gaa players back training until the suspension has expired. It makes more sense than having LOI (Male & Female) deemed as elite sport
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Post by ballhopper34 on Mar 23, 2021 21:26:57 GMT
My take: The GAA blew it last year on several levels, like celebrations by County Champions in various locations, a complete failure to have distancing at championship games and failure to protect the players during training (a carload of our U20's last year were ineligible instead of just one if he was going to training by himself).
The GAA did not take ownership of these events and deliver consequences to the offenders. So, just like a bold child, privileges were withdrawn until you show you can behave in the expected manner. The suspension of people for a time when no games are being played shows how GAA discipline is not really working.
GAA upper management hardly deserve to be in charge of the country's leading sporting group. That is clear to all.
I wonder if Kerry GAA has a plan in Kerry for hosting games under various scenarios - like zero spectators, 100 spectators (for lower clubs), 200 spectators, and all the way up to 5,000 in Fitzgerald Stadium? Such forward planning would be ideally in place already...if government say 25% capacity allowed, is every club ready with numbers to comply along with traffic and crowd management on the day, as well as team/mentors/officials rules for the day?
Including crowd exiting the ground as well - this could be more complicated as everyone will try to leave at the same time and this is the time for greatest probability of virus transfer. Plus rules while people are in the immediate vicinity of the pitch, both before and after games.
Then plug in 50% capacity rules on the day, and away we go. The facilitation of games must be high on the list right now so games can resume and no breaking of the rules should be tolerated.
I'm sure the County Board can help get such match day plans up and running in a general way and each club to modify accordingly...for example Fitzgerald Stadium might place markers 2m apart from the car park at the top of High St all the way to the Stadium and have a steward watching over those walking up. Stewarding inside with proper directions over the tannoy for each section on departure sequencing will also be expected at a minimum.
Clubs should also share their game day plans with the local Gardai well in advance and include any modifications (or have Gardai input in the planning stage would be preferred). Garadi will advise after games as well - and may well cancel the crowds allowed at any location that does not provide a safe environment for players, mentors, officials and the crowd.
If the GAA show the government that we are ready to resume in a controlled manner befitting our status as the leading sporting association in the country, we just might get an earlier start.
Anyone aware of any plans being developed, or already in place?
Fail to plan, plan to fail.
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Post by anriochtabu on Mar 23, 2021 21:31:27 GMT
Not much to say on this only I feel compelled to comment that if the League of Ireland is deemed elite then there is no reason in the world that the Womens League of Ireland (Womens National League to give it the correct title) should not also be considered so. Was waiting for a comment like this. At least when supporters are allowed back in grounds, the Women's National Soccer League won't have to worry about limiting the numbers to 200. I find the tone towards the ladies quite derogatory to be honest. Not saying I agree that either are deserving of elite status but I don’t think it’s too much to ask for people to be respectful. It wouldn’t sit easy with me if for example GAA was to return but ladies football or camogie were not.
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Post by veteran on Mar 23, 2021 22:46:19 GMT
Usually when people introduce terms like misogyny, homophobia, racism, in my experience, it is calculated to close debate. In my two recent posts I wondered why domestic soccer, both male and female, especially the latter for obvious reasons, are deemed elite sports. To ease the conscience of those who feel the need to proclaim their superior respect for women I will pose the question in a Ladybird fashion. Why is ladies soccer and not ladies football/camogie regarded as an elite sport? Do better than pretend it is professional. By the way, I do hope I have removed the perceived element of disrespect for the lady folk. I can be as woke as the next man.
Ballhopper , says that the GAA fraternity soiled their copybook last year with their celebrations etc and that this is the reason their elite status was withdrawn . That maybe the case. But the authorities did not state/clarify that. If they had I would not have asked the question a lot of people are asking. As far as I recall no reason was advanced for withdrawing the elite status enjoyed up to Christmas. If it was withdrawn for the reasons Ballhopper suggests then the authorities have an obligation to tell us that rather singing dumb or speaking out through both corners of the mouth.
What is going on?
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Post by john4 on Mar 23, 2021 23:14:17 GMT
My take on what is going on is this.
When the country went into lockdown almost 12 months ago, the only sports played when restrictions were lifted were gaelic games of all codes and got 6 good uninterrupted months out of it. The Senior Gaa championships in hurling and football coincided with the rugby pro 14 and domestic soccer. The championship naturally stole all the media's attention as the Gaa championships are by far the most popular sports in the country.
I think that the irfu and fai put pressure on the government to allow rugby and soccer to own the stage during the most recent lockdown with the aim of generating interest in the sports particularly amongst the younger population. I think the government conceded to this request and I'm not so sure the Gaa had any major issues with this. We'll have the summer long all going well.
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Post by anriochtabu on Mar 24, 2021 7:41:24 GMT
Usually when people introduce terms like misogyny, homophobia, racism, in my experience, it is calculated to close debate. In my two recent posts I wondered why domestic soccer, both male and female, especially the latter for obvious reasons, are deemed elite sports. Your eyesight must be failing you if you think you saw these terms being used. I'm not trying to close any debate so you can scratch that off your list. I am unable to answer why domestic soccer is deemed an elite sport. Allianz League is far less likely to have people gathering to celebrate 2 points won in Aughrim or Dr Cullen Park so one would be forgiven for thinking there is something untoward going on in the background. FAI were successful in decoupling the National Leagues from the club scene. It seems the GAA were unable or unwilling to do so. There were comments attributed to the president back around December time I think where they appeared in no great rush to get back up and running. Maybe they took their eye off the situation and then found it difficult to get back in. It seems now that things will kick off from Easter (for Senior Intercounty and more importantly the Juvenile age groups) and hopefully we will all have something to look forward to as the evenings get longer.
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Post by dc84 on Mar 24, 2021 14:03:02 GMT
In the context of sport, I thought professional meant sport was your full time occupation. Am I being led to believe that domestic soccer is a full time occupation , both male and female. I was under the impression that , in the case of the male game, only a handful of clubs had all professionals on their books , with the remainder having a few professionals and the rest of the players being amateur. The latter group , if lucky, might get a little stipend per match but more often , as we have seen on several occasions with threats of strikes, would have to sing for their supper. So. this is what passes for “professional” in this country, and therefore elite. Presumably, the women, due to the huge crowds they attract , would get perhaps their mileage allowance , and are therefore elite. Yes, I get the drift now. I mean I get the charade. I repeat my question. What is going on? I think it's more to do with the folding of LOI clubs than anything else as they in the most cases are companies as opposed to clubs in the gaa sense of the word.
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Post by Aodhan on Mar 24, 2021 22:31:58 GMT
My take: The GAA blew it last year on several levels, like celebrations by County Champions in various locations, a complete failure to have distancing at championship games and failure to protect the players during training (a carload of our U20's last year were ineligible instead of just one if he was going to training by himself). The GAA did not take ownership of these events and deliver consequences to the offenders. So, just like a bold child, privileges were withdrawn until you show you can behave in the expected manner. The suspension of people for a time when no games are being played shows how GAA discipline is not really working. GAA upper management hardly deserve to be in charge of the country's leading sporting group. That is clear to all. I wonder if Kerry GAA has a plan in Kerry for hosting games under various scenarios - like zero spectators, 100 spectators (for lower clubs), 200 spectators, and all the way up to 5,000 in Fitzgerald Stadium? Such forward planning would be ideally in place already...if government say 25% capacity allowed, is every club ready with numbers to comply along with traffic and crowd management on the day, as well as team/mentors/officials rules for the day? Including crowd exiting the ground as well - this could be more complicated as everyone will try to leave at the same time and this is the time for greatest probability of virus transfer. Plus rules while people are in the immediate vicinity of the pitch, both before and after games. Then plug in 50% capacity rules on the day, and away we go. The facilitation of games must be high on the list right now so games can resume and no breaking of the rules should be tolerated. I'm sure the County Board can help get such match day plans up and running in a general way and each club to modify accordingly...for example Fitzgerald Stadium might place markers 2m apart from the car park at the top of High St all the way to the Stadium and have a steward watching over those walking up. Stewarding inside with proper directions over the tannoy for each section on departure sequencing will also be expected at a minimum. Clubs should also share their game day plans with the local Gardai well in advance and include any modifications (or have Gardai input in the planning stage would be preferred). Garadi will advise after games as well - and may well cancel the crowds allowed at any location that does not provide a safe environment for players, mentors, officials and the crowd. If the GAA show the government that we are ready to resume in a controlled manner befitting our status as the leading sporting association in the country, we just might get an earlier start. Anyone aware of any plans being developed, or already in place? Fail to plan, plan to fail. Ballhopper, you omitted a number of extremely important issues which are essential in getting our games back on and staying on. Double wearing of masks at all times and as recommended by the CDC for this year's Super Bowl no cheering allowed. Clap, stomp your feet, or bring (or provide) hand-held noisemakers instead. No singing either, certainly not in German, as a multi-million dollar study has confirmed it to be the biggest super spreader of all. NY Post:Singing in German Increases Risk of COVID-19 Spread Study
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Post by kerryexile on Mar 25, 2021 0:42:22 GMT
The LOI is considered elite because it gave us Stephen Kenny.
On a more serious note at the time the decision was made to put it in the category of elite sports media outlets reported that it was because the LOI provided employment and also people had got work permits and arrived in the country to play so the least hassle and cost was to allow them proceed so they gave them the tag "elite". Governments function by putting things in different pigeon holes, sometimes putting something in 2 different pigeon holes - Northern Ireland is part of the UK that left the EU but mysteriously is still kind of part of the EU. It has nothing to do with a deep analysis of soccer and football and then deciding they were of different standards. There has been a big drive in recent years to grant parity of esteem to women's sports so no politician would dream of giving a different category to the women's league.
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Post by veteran on Mar 25, 2021 9:01:23 GMT
Kerryexile, you are probably on to something. In other words a charade , as I suspected. Nobody does charades better than our hucksters.
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Post by veteran on Mar 25, 2021 10:08:38 GMT
Aodhan, I am intrigued by your list of rules for people attending the Super Bowl. However, I am amazed at a glaring omission from the list of strictures. Why are people not instructed to stop breathing? This would have a dual benefit. No doubt it would help to stop the spread of the pestilence but it would also reduce the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and thereby minimise that other great existential threat, global warming, which we are told is about to befall us.
Funny how often the obvious and cheapest solutions to a problem can be overlooked while staring you in the face.
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Post by mandad on Mar 26, 2021 11:59:43 GMT
There is an important place in this world for both optimists and pessimists. Everyone knows the proverbial question: Is the glass of water half-full or half-empty? The optimist would state that it’s half full and probably predict that it will soon be full again. The pessimist would state that it’s half-empty and is in danger of soon becoming empty. Which one is right?
Some people are dispositional pessimists whose knee-jerk reaction is to see the negative in everything. Think for a moment about this supposedly impotent culture, in which everything is pointless because you can’t change anything and the only winning strategy is to keep your head down and roll with the punches. The ‘powers’ that control everything exploit them oppressively, never operate in their favour and are in some way out to ‘get them’. Life is thus seen as a burden to be endured, with a pointless purpose. Reads like the Fatalists’ Manifesto.
A worrisome component of pessimism is that it makes stressful situations feel worse than they actually are. On the other hand, more optimistic thinking can help significantly when coping with challenging events. The best consolation in misfortune or affliction of any kind will be the thought of other people who are in a still worse plight than you.
Pessimists are usually right and optimists are usually wrong but all the great changes have been accomplished by optimists. Stay safe everyone, and dare I say, ‘optimistic’.
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Post by veteran on Mar 26, 2021 15:22:32 GMT
Oh indeed, change be be achieved but never in the history of humanity has change been accomplished by lemmings. Lemmings are never perturbed by questions which are not answered and, crucially, are never moved to anger by answers which cannot be questioned.
A thought for the day. Is there more to life than avoiding death?
P.S. The GAA were told on the 24/12/ 2020 that intercounty activity would retain their elite status in 2021. Six days later this determination was rescinded. A question the lemming would never ask. What is going on?
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Post by Ballyfireside on Mar 26, 2021 16:00:51 GMT
Just when I was becoming pessimistic about the forum some amazing stuff appears and from the usual twin suspects.
Still this half full/empty stuff is nonsense - the glass is always full, be it porter or oxygen. The optimist in me hopes the barman will displace the oxygen some day soon while the pessimist within has me couch bound.
Re Vets question 'is there more to life than avoiding death?', well quoting from Highways of Boyways, there are worse things in life than death and which can be a relief, still while there's life there's hope I suppose.
The simple fact is that we are stuck in a low gear for a while yet and yip it is hard - I'm on the Internet a lot and that helps but there are times when you do boil over. I really fear for those who don't/can't access it - TV is ok, reading a good book is ok and walking my dog is a joy, but there is only so much of all that one can do.
Still I am onside with MOM here - people are getting paid to stay at home whereas there was a time when people had to leave, often knowing they would never return. Ah I know we don't need reminding but it is true and maybe we need to reflect on that a bit.
I often wonder if the human race is doing such a good job? This was all expected, predicted, and we did nothing, we didn't even take precautions, nobody is in charge - will we learn from it? - I don't think so, once we are all vaxed up all will be forgotten and the rat race will recommence.
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Post by rollingstone on Mar 27, 2021 8:39:33 GMT
Oh indeed, change be be achieved but never in the history of humanity has change been accomplished by lemmings. Lemmings are never perturbed by questions which are not answered and, crucially, are never moved to anger by answers which cannot be questioned. A thought for the day. Is there more to life than avoiding death? P.S. The GAA were told on the 24/12/ 2020 that intercounty activity would retain their elite status in 2021. Six days later this determination was rescinded. A question the lemming would never ask. What is going on? The end of my post from 17 July 2020 regarding the impact of covid on GAA on this very thread: "My predictions (OPINION) for the rest of the year and 2021, which I believe will impact on the GAA and wider society generally are broadly: restrictions will continue and the enjoyment of living life as you ordinarily would will be removed until a vaccine is deemed “ready” sometime in 2021. I anticipate that there will be further moving of the goal posts by the government which will result in disruption to the autumn intercounty schedule; the government and compliant media will hype a second wave as we move from summer into autumn and then winter, this can only logically result in more impact on the GAA; matches will be postponed on the basis of suspected and/or confirmed cases in the playing population even though no one under 45 has died and practically all (except for the odd exception as noted by one poster) recover without issue; numbers will increase again as they inevitably do for ALL illnesses in the darker/colder months but we will all forget that this was ever the case; there will potentially be more lockdowns as the winter approaches and even Christmas may be effected; in the new year when a vaccine is “ready”, people will be queuing up for it around the corner, not because they particularly want to take it, but because they can no longer take the life we are being forced into living. Maybe then we will be allowed to get back on with our lives with some semblance of normality. Until then I fear that the club and county scene will be erratic and subject to all manner of interruptions and restrictions. I hope I am proved very wrong." Unfortunately I wasn't proved wrong and unfortunately it is very much worse than I had even feared. I saw a post on Facebook last night by Red FM stating the total numbers of positive cases in Cork in the week between 18-24 March 2021 was 118 or 16.8 CASES per day. And our ladies can't get back playing or our clubs? In that very same week in my cousin's town in Cork a 26 year old man killed himself with another suicide attempt, his second in the past year. Were those lads GAA men whose main outlet was the club and the interaction he got with his friends out of it? Or the soccer club? Or any other club? I just checked here and see that the death rate per 1,000 in Ireland last year was 6.75, 6.69 in 2019, 6.63 in 2018 and 6.53 in 2016 so continuing a trend of very small increases each year. But go back to 2000-2005 and the rate was at least the same or more in each of those 5 years and as high as 8.21 in 2000. Does that put things into a bit of perspective? Get the clubs and especially the kids back without anymore delay, whatever your opinions (and you know mine) we just cannot continue to “exist” like this as that is all we’re doing, this isn’t living.
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Post by john4 on Mar 27, 2021 9:38:58 GMT
Given that it was reported in the media this morning that we will have vaccinated 749,980 of the most medically vulnerable in the country plus 20 well connected teachers, there should be no reason whatsoever not to lift restrictions from next week and see the resumption of children in our playing fields.
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Post by veteran on Mar 27, 2021 10:05:22 GMT
As always, Rollingstone can be relied on to do his homework and not depend on the legacy media who , by and large, are no more than the propaganda wing of government/medical scientists.
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Post by buck02 on Mar 27, 2021 19:14:26 GMT
Oh indeed, change be be achieved but never in the history of humanity has change been accomplished by lemmings. Lemmings are never perturbed by questions which are not answered and, crucially, are never moved to anger by answers which cannot be questioned. A thought for the day. Is there more to life than avoiding death? P.S. The GAA were told on the 24/12/ 2020 that intercounty activity would retain their elite status in 2021. Six days later this determination was rescinded. A question the lemming would never ask. What is going on? Veteran my take on it is that the GAA realise that to operate an intercounty season this year they will again need massive financial help from the state as there will be no gate receipts. They were therefore between a rock and a hard place and had no choice but to fall into line and accept that they wouldn't go back to training when the quoted numbers were where they were. I can only assume the the League of Ireland and the Women's League of Ireland are so well run that they are self sufficient and they didn't have to rely on the same level of state funding and they were allowed to get back to action. And by the way I just heard that I missed a classic match today where Bohs beat Treaty United 6-2 in the league today. The boys on Off the Ball were very excited about it.
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Post by Ballyfireside on Mar 30, 2021 14:45:31 GMT
Oh indeed, change be be achieved but never in the history of humanity has change been accomplished by lemmings. Lemmings are never perturbed by questions which are not answered and, crucially, are never moved to anger by answers which cannot be questioned. A thought for the day. Is there more to life than avoiding death? P.S. The GAA were told on the 24/12/ 2020 that intercounty activity would retain their elite status in 2021. Six days later this determination was rescinded. A question the lemming would never ask. What is going on? The end of my post from 17 July 2020 regarding the impact of covid on GAA on this very thread: "My predictions (OPINION) for the rest of the year and 2021, which I believe will impact on the GAA and wider society generally are broadly: restrictions will continue and the enjoyment of living life as you ordinarily would will be removed until a vaccine is deemed “ready” sometime in 2021. I anticipate that there will be further moving of the goal posts by the government which will result in disruption to the autumn intercounty schedule; the government and compliant media will hype a second wave as we move from summer into autumn and then winter, this can only logically result in more impact on the GAA; matches will be postponed on the basis of suspected and/or confirmed cases in the playing population even though no one under 45 has died and practically all (except for the odd exception as noted by one poster) recover without issue; numbers will increase again as they inevitably do for ALL illnesses in the darker/colder months but we will all forget that this was ever the case; there will potentially be more lockdowns as the winter approaches and even Christmas may be effected; in the new year when a vaccine is “ready”, people will be queuing up for it around the corner, not because they particularly want to take it, but because they can no longer take the life we are being forced into living. Maybe then we will be allowed to get back on with our lives with some semblance of normality. Until then I fear that the club and county scene will be erratic and subject to all manner of interruptions and restrictions. I hope I am proved very wrong." Unfortunately I wasn't proved wrong and unfortunately it is very much worse than I had even feared. I saw a post on Facebook last night by Red FM stating the total numbers of positive cases in Cork in the week between 18-24 March 2021 was 118 or 16.8 CASES per day. And our ladies can't get back playing or our clubs? In that very same week in my cousin's town in Cork a 26 year old man killed himself with another suicide attempt, his second in the past year. Were those lads GAA men whose main outlet was the club and the interaction he got with his friends out of it? Or the soccer club? Or any other club? I just checked here and see that the death rate per 1,000 in Ireland last year was 6.75, 6.69 in 2019, 6.63 in 2018 and 6.53 in 2016 so continuing a trend of very small increases each year. But go back to 2000-2005 and the rate was at least the same or more in each of those 5 years and as high as 8.21 in 2000. Does that put things into a bit of perspective? Get the clubs and especially the kids back without anymore delay, whatever your opinions (and you know mine) we just cannot continue to “exist” like this as that is all we’re doing, this isn’t living. I agree your reasoning and we could also quote a coroner who some years ago stated that there was more loss of life from self-harm in rural Ireland than drink driving, but allowing people to drink when intoxicated is hardly the solution. Do you know anyone personally who got Covid? I do and I can tell you I am happy to sit tight and I feel fortunate, so far so good, nobody likes a game more than I do and the games last fall gave people a massive emotional release. I recall Paidí O'6 playing a game of handball with the local priest and maybe that is one solution, though it would only benefit more active souls. Rural depopulation is a big issue though one can also be isolated in a crowd. It is just the way society is going - we are all on the Internet and which is good but the human race will become very unwise if we start to depend on it6 to form opinions, etc and that will creep up on us even if we recognise it as a threat. Fact being stranger than fiction, etc I have had experiences that many mightn't believe, and it has made me more forensic on issues but I don't believe this is a 'plandemic' though one cannot be 100% sure. I was disappointed we didn't get to hear Veteran out on a previous thread but there was a reason for that and we could have PM'd on it. We are at a stage where a small number of people have a big saw in things - Google, Facebook, etc, controlled by a handful of people - they can determine election results, etc, may have got Brexit over the line and which may even have been an unintended consequence on the part of the social media giants. Einstein did predict this way back when he said he dreaded the day computers would over power man, they are not smarter as they do what people tell them but they can then tell everybody and shadow the truth. We will become what I call Computer Programmed, I even have a poem on it, the ailment is formally known as a symptom of the Flynn effect and where people know more about less, we lose our creativity, it is being educated out of us, the thinking is being done for us and so we do what someone else wants us to do, like voting for something that isn't best for us. Maybe Ballythefireside will save the world from itself - watch this space! On a more positive note my own ailment is that I don't hear enough from the likes of Mandad and Veteran, the two wise men of the Forum. Mandad is my Sheakespear, a class of his own, that is the talent we should be tapping into and then a lot of the aforementioned social issues would be solved. Hey folks, stay safe, the longer evenings are now a help and sure you'd never know, Sam might come home, I mean he must be getting tired of urban living and which must be so boring now that the streets are empty, he'd be so happy in the land of wild beauty? Ballythefireside quote of the day - Telling the right person tells the parish, and then there's telling the wrong person
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Post by tpo on Mar 30, 2021 18:40:08 GMT
when does Ronan McCarthy's suspension end?
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