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There are a lot of issues facing rural Ireland at the moment. Not being allowed to get into a car after a few pints is not one of them. There are advantages and disadvantages in living anywhere. One of the disadvantages of living outside of a town or village in rural Ireland is that in order to go to the pub and have a few pints you must be a little bit more organised now and make sure you have transport home from someone who is sober. MesAmis (Dublin) - Posts: 13707 - 17/12/2018 12:31:07 2154481 Link
Replying To yew_tree: "Has anyone ever been killed by a hungover driver? The amount of morning checkpoints is unbelievable lately. That's the real way one could be caught." I don't know but a sober driver has his wits more about him than a hungover driver so either don't drink if you're gonna drive the next morning or don't drive the morning after drinking. Guards being too lazy to have checkpoints at night is definitely another issue. Wanting to be seen to be doing something rather than sorting out serial drink drivers. GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 7344 - 17/12/2018 13:02:47 2154490 Link
Replying To MesAmis: "There are a lot of issues facing rural Ireland at the moment. Not being allowed to get into a car after a few pints is not one of them. There are advantages and disadvantages in living anywhere. One of the disadvantages of living outside of a town or village in rural Ireland is that in order to go to the pub and have a few pints you must be a little bit more organised now and make sure you have transport home from someone who is sober." Aye it's like we discussed on the other sports thread - more needs to be done to get industry and jobs in places other than the cities. It can be done with the right will and support. Like I work for a US company that started in Donegal in 2000 with about 10 people. There are about 1600 of us now. Other companies like Abbott have successfully located themselves in Donegal and Sligo as well. What could be done ? Proper broadband nationwide or failing that leverage 5G when it becomes available. Expand Knock International Airport. Extend motorways to the north-west and/or railway links. This would mean graduates wouldn't necessarily have to move to Dublin or abroad for experience. If more industry existed in the west/rural Ireland it means more disposable income being spent rurally. This in turn leads to more products/services being needed locally and hence everyone benefits. You'd also have the added benefits of the housing crisis being alleviated in Dublin and other cities where rent and proces have soared. Lockjaw (Donegal) - Posts: 9132 - 17/12/2018 13:56:00 2154505 Link
Replying To galwayford: "Regarding drink culture, the Guinness company or sponsoring the 6 nations for the next few years. What does this say about the relationship between alcohol and rugby?" Your anti-rugby form of Irish Nationalism really grates with me. Why is it not enough to be proud of the GAA, Irish Language, your Irish heritage without having to be resentful of other activities. What does Guinness sponsorship of Rugby or the Irish Governments financing of a National stadium have to do with a thread on rural GAA? Whammo86 (Antrim) - Posts: 4217 - 17/12/2018 14:14:25 2154510 Link
Replying To Whammo86: "Your anti-rugby form of Irish Nationalism really grates with me. Why is it not enough to be proud of the GAA, Irish Language, your Irish heritage without having to be resentful of other activities. What does Guinness sponsorship of Rugby or the Irish Governments financing of a National stadium have to do with a thread on rural GAA?" Well said Whammo. GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 7344 - 17/12/2018 16:36:54 2154530 Link
Replying To Lockjaw: "Aye it's like we discussed on the other sports thread - more needs to be done to get industry and jobs in places other than the cities. It can be done with the right will and support. Like I work for a US company that started in Donegal in 2000 with about 10 people. There are about 1600 of us now. Other companies like Abbott have successfully located themselves in Donegal and Sligo as well. What could be done ? Proper broadband nationwide or failing that leverage 5G when it becomes available. Expand Knock International Airport. Extend motorways to the north-west and/or railway links. This would mean graduates wouldn't necessarily have to move to Dublin or abroad for experience. If more industry existed in the west/rural Ireland it means more disposable income being spent rurally. This in turn leads to more products/services being needed locally and hence everyone benefits. You'd also have the added benefits of the housing crisis being alleviated in Dublin and other cities where rent and proces have soared." Excellent post lockjaw, although I feel the politicians like a housing crisis, I'd say 100% of them are landlords so it benefits them greatly. I think what the politicians want is for everyone to move to the big towns and cities and cover the countryside in windmills . KingdomBoy1 (Kerry) - Posts: 14092 - 17/12/2018 17:58:08 2154536 Link
Replying To neverright: "You need to be drunk to play rugby!" I think you need to be drunk to be a hurling goalie :D PyatPree (Cork) - Posts: 376 - 17/12/2018 18:20:34 2154538 Link
Replying To PyatPree: "I think you need to be drunk to be a hurling goalie :D" They're nuts didn't a hurling keeper lose a testical one time? KingdomBoy1 (Kerry) - Posts: 14092 - 17/12/2018 21:11:31 2154554 Link
Replying To KingdomBoy1: "They're nuts didn't a hurling keeper lose a testical one time?" I'd be more suprised if they didnt >D PyatPree (Cork) - Posts: 376 - 17/12/2018 21:38:32 2154557 Link
I like Soccer and to a lesser extent Rugby. But I prefer GAA and our Gaelic traditions. I have suggested GAA clubs could do more for the Irish language. Like have Irish speaking teams. Likewise they could become Tourist attractions in their own right. Whammo up north in your area the Orange order are marketing their parades now as culture! Likewise there is an Orange order museum. The GAA should demand that their clubhouses be classified as culture. Like UNESCO declared hurling a cultural treasure. Sticking to their Gaelic roots is the way forward for rural GAA. Slán agus beannacht. galwayford (Galway) - Posts: 2519 - 17/12/2018 22:55:42 2154570 Link
Replying To galwayford: "I like Soccer and to a lesser extent Rugby. But I prefer GAA and our Gaelic traditions. I have suggested GAA clubs could do more for the Irish language. Like have Irish speaking teams. Likewise they could become Tourist attractions in their own right. Whammo up north in your area the Orange order are marketing their parades now as culture! Likewise there is an Orange order museum. The GAA should demand that their clubhouses be classified as culture. Like UNESCO declared hurling a cultural treasure. Sticking to their Gaelic roots is the way forward for rural GAA. Slán agus beannacht." Ní aontaím leat. Tá an CLG théis a bheith fire fuaite leis an teanga agus leis an gcultúir ó bhunú an eagraíocht in 1884. Ba rud maith é sin ag an tús agus chabhraigh sé leis an CLG leathnú amach ar fud na tíre, ach sa lá atá inniu ba chóir go mbeadh an CLG iomlán dírithe ar an spóirt i mo thuaraimse. Fág forbairt na Gaeilge go Conradh na Gaeilge agus na eagraíochtaí eile atá ag obair ar son na teanga. Tá neart snáithe bainte leis an tír seo, níl an spóirt agus an teanga ach snáth amháin dár gcultúir agus níl sé chomh tábhachtach is a cheapann tú. MesAmis (Dublin) - Posts: 13707 - 18/12/2018 08:03:02 2154577 Link
The GAA should give Conradh na Gaeilge an office in every one of the clubs throughout the land. Slán galwayford (Galway) - Posts: 2519 - 18/12/2018 10:20:14 2154587 Link
Replying To KingdomBoy1: "They're nuts didn't a hurling keeper lose a testical one time?" I did the same as a football keeper in fairness.. fun fact, long story, say no more. Sweetspot (Kildare) - Posts: 323 - 18/12/2018 11:52:02 2154597 Link
Replying To PyatPree: "I'd be more suprised if they didnt >D" You'd need a pair to play hurling. neverright (Roscommon) - Posts: 1648 - 18/12/2018 12:12:57 2154602 Link
Replying To galwayford: "The GAA should give Conradh na Gaeilge an office in every one of the clubs throughout the land. Slán" Cén fáth? Cén buntaiste a gheobhaidh an CLG nó CnaG as sin? Tá do smaointí ró-dhoiléir. MesAmis (Dublin) - Posts: 13707 - 18/12/2018 13:19:22 2154611 Link
Replying To galwayford: "The GAA should give Conradh na Gaeilge an office in every one of the clubs throughout the land. Slán" The GAA should stick to hurling and football . That's enough culture. The Irish language usually ends up as a political football cynically used by republicans. Remember the GAA is a broad church and not a republican organisation bloodyban (Limerick) - Posts: 1710 - 18/12/2018 14:06:31 2154615 Link
Replying To Lockjaw: "Aye it's like we discussed on the other sports thread - more needs to be done to get industry and jobs in places other than the cities. It can be done with the right will and support. Like I work for a US company that started in Donegal in 2000 with about 10 people. There are about 1600 of us now. Other companies like Abbott have successfully located themselves in Donegal and Sligo as well. What could be done ? Proper broadband nationwide or failing that leverage 5G when it becomes available. Expand Knock International Airport. Extend motorways to the north-west and/or railway links. This would mean graduates wouldn't necessarily have to move to Dublin or abroad for experience. If more industry existed in the west/rural Ireland it means more disposable income being spent rurally. This in turn leads to more products/services being needed locally and hence everyone benefits. You'd also have the added benefits of the housing crisis being alleviated in Dublin and other cities where rent and proces have soared." That makes too much sense for the politicians my friend. We had a lad down this neck of the words with a bit of a shout for a few years but he wouldn't or couldn't do anything about bringing jobs out of the cities. On the one hand you hear of all the homeless in Dublin and in the next breath they will broadcast another eight hundred jobs coming to the capitol. It's not as if there is a need to bring the multinationals to every small town and village but I'd imagine your company in Donegal is providing work for young people from the likes of Killybegs, Ballyshannon, Bundoran, Ballybofey etc. and not just Donegal town. I think the decision was made long ago, as KingdomBoy said, to turn the west and north into a heavily forested retreat for wealthy tourists to fish and hunt. You'll need the the odd local to service the lodges and one or two farmers, with a thousand acres each, to provide the food. If there was any intent to save rural Ireland it would have been acted upon long ago, instead of the same old long term plans that are wheeled out every now and again before being returned to their dusty shelves. It really is inevitable that the smaller clubs will amalgamate as the amount of lads in their twenties leaving, and not coming back, is scary. When my own young lad was in his teens he was part of a group of seven or eight friends who played for the local club, went to away Mayo matches and generally hung out together. Ten years on, only one of them lives in the area and he works in Galway. Llaw_Gyffes (Mayo) - Posts: 1113 - 18/12/2018 21:16:15 2154665 Link
The GAA isn't whats keeping rural Ireland alive, it's the people who keep rural Ireland alive. The farmers, the local post masters, the local shop keeper. The GAA only serves as a meeting point for people. I would say it's the reverse, without people there would be no GAA. Chops (Westmeath) - Posts: 775 - 18/12/2018 21:24:56 2154666 Link
Replying To bloodyban: "The GAA should stick to hurling and football . That's enough culture. The Irish language usually ends up as a political football cynically used by republicans. Remember the GAA is a broad church and not a republican organisation" Rugby in particular is used by Unionists as a political football too. The use of "Ireland's call" without a line of Irish, the use of the "British lions" team and so on. Football is a divided game on this island. So it is not the same. galwayford (Galway) - Posts: 2519 - 18/12/2018 21:26:56 2154667 Link
Replying To galwayford: "Rugby in particular is used by Unionists as a political football too. The use of "Ireland's call" without a line of Irish, the use of the "British lions" team and so on. Football is a divided game on this island. So it is not the same." Its known as the British and Irish Lions. Chops (Westmeath) - Posts: 775 - 18/12/2018 23:37:31 2154674 Link