Ireland gold medals going forward. Some bluesky thinking needed.

[rrhf]

How Can we win more medals. Look at the British model and take over a sport that no one else does. Realistically at athletics our legs and arms are too small. Options: get hurling and football played there. Eg beach volleyball and basketball for the us. They are what we are good at. 2) Yachting sailing, and square boat rowing( new sport). We are islanders after all.3) Fishing. 4) road bowls, they even had the London Olympic express lane cleared for this in London. 4) bring back poetry and art 4) bombing ( into pools of course) 4)winter Olympics snowballing. 4) hoovehagel ridin for Ireland. 4) an all Ireland team. Any more suggestions?

[red hander]

Rioting, petrol bomb throwing... Wed be shoo in for the gold

[theticklemister]

Talking shite: Brolly a serious gold medal contender

Diving: Well anyone from Tyrone could be contenders

Smuggling: Venture down to South Armagh

Long range shooting: When yer down in South Armagh for the above ye may as well stay and grab a few locals for this

GAA 7-A- side football/hurling : We are surly to win gold here

Sheep-shagging: Visit anywhere down the west coast and widdle down the while lot of contenders that are there (could be alot of heats for this one)

[Gold]

Marching (assuming they choose to represent Team Ireland)

[ziggysego]

On the brew - Derry wans would excel in this

[Gold]

Drinkin, smokin, tarmacing

[Eamonnca1]

Handball. Not much different from the way a lot of footballers seem to get away with the handpass.

[Shamrock Shore]

Fightin and ridin....oh wait 

[AQMP]

Cute Hoorism

[johnneycool]

Rioting, petrol bomb throwing... Wed be shoo in for the gold

In the interests of Health and Safety, that'll never pass, but the half brick clauding might get us a gold.

It could then be expanded out to the red clay half brick, the concrete half brick (different weights and textures) claud.

We could add in the log tail shovel events such as filling the wheel barrow with sand from 10 feet away, the loading the mortar board on the ground and scaffolding events.

The only thing is the Poles might give us a run for our money in some of those events!

[thejuice]

Is there a medal for copying the Brits and hating them at the same time?


Just stick to what we are good at. Why throw any more money trying to win gold medals. Small country with a small population.  Lets not worry about keeping up with the neighbours. Realistically we can win something at equestrian events, boxing and perhaps the odd long distance runner or cyclist. Just plug away a those, keeping the facilities up to date but kept to proportionate levels.

[magpie seanie]

Jarvey racing on busy dual carriageways. We'd get a clean sweep there.

[Bingo]

Hide and Seek - although there would be some debate weather the Quinns represent Team GB or Ireland. If the Quinns can't do it, we have several ex-developers, bankers, politicans, South Armagh oil barons who could step up.

Moaning - Joe Duffy phone-in.

Handball - this is actually genuine, get the yanks and few other countries to push of it and we'd have a chance here.

[Canalman]

Should lobby for the intro into the Olympics of that noble Irish martial art............... Chip shop fighting. 1st man through the window loses.

[laoislad]

Surely with this new multicultural society we now live in we should be able find our own Mo Farah or similar.