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Replying To Tirchonaill1:  "I must just check Allianz for a quote, my insurance is due for renewal soon, if they are cheaper I'll be going with them,
makes no difference to me, I know no more about them than any other insurer, I know they have sponsored our GAA for years though, that counts for something with me."
Everyone's choice who they get their insurance with, couldn't care either way but people have a right to peaceful protest. GAA was here before Allianz and will be here long after them. You'd think by some people that GAA couldn't survive without them. How would Allianz Croke Park sound?

Saynothing (Tyrone) - Posts: 2570 - 02/03/2026 22:14:51    2659637

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The Croke Park protest was hardly peaceful. They forced their way in (injuring security staff in the process) and trespassed. They should be identified and charged.

yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11941 - 03/03/2026 08:13:52    2659660

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This idea that the gaa will have no bother picking up a new league sponsor if Allianz are kicked out is very amusing and shows a complete lack of understanding of economics.

ohwow (Leitrim) - Posts: 21 - 03/03/2026 09:42:22    2659672

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Replying To yew_tree:  "The Croke Park protest was hardly peaceful. They forced their way in (injuring security staff in the process) and trespassed. They should be identified and charged."
Were any of those "invaders" members of the GAA?

Seanfan (Roscommon) - Posts: 399 - 03/03/2026 09:56:29    2659675

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I honestly dont have an opinion on this. But 1 observation. RTE dont have to include Allianz in the name of the program . It could be called, Gaa Sunday or Match of the Day. Unless of course they are getting paid by Allianz too? If thats the case Allianz are indirectly paying the pundits? If im correct then i think there is some hypocrisy abounding? I would be happy to be corrected regarding the above assumptions.

anotheralias (Galway) - Posts: 1041 - 03/03/2026 10:46:24    2659684

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Replying To peiledoir20:  "
Replying To Pikeman96:  "Two things for you: 1 - It wasn't The Sunday Game. That's not on at this time of year. Won't actually start until the Championship does. 2 - This is not the first time a Tyrone person has disregarded how the actual name of the programme is "<u><b>Allianz</b></u> League Sunday""</div>Peter disregarded nothing. That was addressed on the broadcast on Saturday evening. Maybe watch it back?"
Oh, I've watched it back all right. I suggest you do the same.

What he basically said was "I'm employed by RTE to talk about football matches, so that's what I do".

Or in other words - I've a pre-existing agreement/contract with RTE, so despite the concerns I hold about Allianz, I'm choosing to honour that agreement/contract.

Yet he wants the GAA to rip up their pre-existing agreement and contract. Basically, do as I say, not as I do.

Pikeman96 (Wexford) - Posts: 3380 - 03/03/2026 11:13:37    2659700

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Some of the leading protesters , all got plenty from the GAA over the years, even after the protest went on to RTE to get paid for work on the Allianz Nationsl League game ,and others with their I. Phone recording the protests, without Isreal these phones could not be made some hypocrites there alright.

jacktheboy (Donegal) - Posts: 535 - 03/03/2026 11:17:09    2659703

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Replying To Seanfan:  "Were any of those "invaders" members of the GAA?"
Well that's the thing….who knows ? There's are very extreme element in this country these days on both the left and right. When you have Mick Wallace and Vlare Daly offering their sympathies to Iran on the death of their dictator you know they have lost the room.

yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11941 - 03/03/2026 11:25:37    2659709

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Replying To ohwow:  "This idea that the gaa will have no bother picking up a new league sponsor if Allianz are kicked out is very amusing and shows a complete lack of understanding of economics."
GAA's total revenue for 2025 was €142 million of which €800 thousand came from allianz, not to be sniffed at but not life or death money either.

sligo joe (Dublin) - Posts: 1096 - 03/03/2026 11:33:04    2659714

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Replying To Saynothing:  "Everyone's choice who they get their insurance with, couldn't care either way but people have a right to peaceful protest. GAA was here before Allianz and will be here long after them. You'd think by some people that GAA couldn't survive without them. How would Allianz Croke Park sound?"
LOLLOL typical left wing view .

S1234 (Mayo) - Posts: 924 - 03/03/2026 11:56:27    2659721

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Replying To anotheralias:  "I honestly dont have an opinion on this. But 1 observation. RTE dont have to include Allianz in the name of the program . It could be called, Gaa Sunday or Match of the Day. Unless of course they are getting paid by Allianz too? If thats the case Allianz are indirectly paying the pundits? If im correct then i think there is some hypocrisy abounding? I would be happy to be corrected regarding the above assumptions."
Yes, Cantwell addressed too in the piece I'd already watched and which I watched back again at somebody else's invitation.

RTE are contractually obliged to call their coverage "Allianz League". Yet Canavan seems to have no problem with appearing on it. Nor does he appear to be calling on RTE to drop their own association with Allianz, in the way he's calling on the GAA to drop theirs.

In short - he won't bite a hand that's feeding him. But he wants somebody else to bite a hand that's feeding them.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Pikeman96 (Wexford) - Posts: 3380 - 03/03/2026 12:46:31    2659736

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Replying To S1234:  "LOLLOL typical left wing view ."
Insightful as always Richard.

peiledoir20 (Donegal) - Posts: 1478 - 03/03/2026 13:32:40    2659751

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Replying To sligo joe:  "GAA's total revenue for 2025 was €142 million of which €800 thousand came from allianz, not to be sniffed at but not life or death money either."
How much does GAA pay for insurances?
All by Allianz?

Seanfan (Roscommon) - Posts: 399 - 03/03/2026 14:20:47    2659767

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Replying To Seanfan:  "Were any of those "invaders" members of the GAA?"
So what if they were?

Square_B (Leitrim) - Posts: 1857 - 03/03/2026 22:49:17    2659837

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I see the wokies made their mark at the weekend. So much for peaceful protest. I'd say a lot of them never stood foot on a gaa pitch in their lives. The same wokies will no doubt be sympatising with Iran in the coming days. Comical stuff.

Square_B (Leitrim) - Posts: 1857 - 03/03/2026 22:59:11    2659838

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Replying To Seanfan:  "How much does GAA pay for insurances?
All by Allianz?"
No idea what's paid overall, if you tot up everything paid by every GAA club across the country.

But what I do know is that Allianz provide public liability insurance to all clubs on very favourable terms. If clubs went to the open market for the same level of cover, they'd be forking out much more.

Pikeman96 (Wexford) - Posts: 3380 - 03/03/2026 23:23:04    2659841

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Replying To Viking66:  "No I didnt say that. Nakba was the displacement of hundreds of thousands of Muslim Palestinians in 1948 at the start of the invasion of the newly formed Israeli State by a huge combined Arab army from 5 countries.
The Palestinian narrative is that these lads were forced out of their homes, while the Western version is that the leaders of the Arab armies told them to evacuate and told them that they would be able to return once the State of Israel was no more. The problem then being that the 5 country army lost the war they assumed they would win.
As I said to you before, I wasn't there, I wasn't even born, so I dont know which version is the correct one, or even if either version is correct. But thats all the knowledge I have about the subject.
What I therefore dont have is an opinion on who was right or wrong. And I won't ever have, as previously stated its none of my business.
And I certainly dont see it as being any of our Associations business either. Our business is preserving and promoting the games we are responsible for."
Viking, history is written by the victors however over time if you dig deep enough even the victors keep records that disprove their narrative. Israel has done a brilliant job on creating the narrative around independence and how the faced a David v Goliath situation which resulted in the "displacement" as a result of the war of the native population from their lands. Some of the original works the "New Historians" challenge the original narrative.
However none of this is related to Allianz and as I had explained earlier the connection between Allianz and Gaza is somewhat weak in its argument. There are far more direct links between companies that are used daily by the same people who protest against Allianz but yet they do not concern themselves with these in their own lives. Quite why this all erupted again is beyond me.
The problem for a lot of people if the feeling of helplessness, we see all this madness going on and are powerless to do anything about it. They then see Allianz in this report (without understand what that even meant) and the GAA sponsored by Allianz and think I can make a difference here if I protest against this. It makes people feel like they are doing something. However helping means now dealing with the consequences of what happened as we were really powerless to have stopped it, donate to organizations who provide relief in Gaza, that's the help the Palestinians now need.

zinny (Wexford) - Posts: 2177 - 04/03/2026 03:31:06    2659854

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Replying To sligo joe:  "GAA's total revenue for 2025 was €142 million of which €800 thousand came from allianz, not to be sniffed at but not life or death money either."
I doubt they would find another sponsor willing to pay 800k a year for a second tier competition

ohwow (Leitrim) - Posts: 21 - 04/03/2026 08:02:08    2659862

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Replying To Pikeman96:  "Yes, Cantwell addressed too in the piece I'd already watched and which I watched back again at somebody else's invitation.

RTE are contractually obliged to call their coverage "Allianz League". Yet Canavan seems to have no problem with appearing on it. Nor does he appear to be calling on RTE to drop their own association with Allianz, in the way he's calling on the GAA to drop theirs.

In short - he won't bite a hand that's feeding him. But he wants somebody else to bite a hand that's feeding them.

Do as I say, not as I do."
The fun thing would be for Allianz to demand is that all the presenters and pundits wore branded jackets with their logo etc as part of the contract. We'd see what'd happen then

ohwow (Leitrim) - Posts: 21 - 04/03/2026 08:05:36    2659863

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Replying To Square_B:  "I see the wokies made their mark at the weekend. So much for peaceful protest. I'd say a lot of them never stood foot on a gaa pitch in their lives. The same wokies will no doubt be sympatising with Iran in the coming days. Comical stuff."
Comical ??? GAA complicity - turning a blind eye - to genocide identified by the the UN's Francesca Albanese.
For your information far from 'never set foot in a GAA pitch in their lives' I played in Croke Park before Jarlath Burns or Tom Ryan were born … and later in an all-Ireland final.
I'm proud to have carried a banner into the delegate Congress stating 'Allianz Blood Money Out of Our GAA.

Blackcoatsoffthefield (Galway) - Posts: 27 - 04/03/2026 09:02:20    2659869

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