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I'll open with Sir Jeffrey Donaldson Esquire.

Cheers Orior. That's like drawing Dublin in the first round of the Championship

Tubridy is a talentless tool and a classic example oh how RTE is such a closed shop. How does an ordinary person get an opportunity to audition?  Do they advertise or what?

Fair play to them. Thinking outside the box, having a bit of craic. Is anyone even religious anymore?

I wouldn't claim to be overly religious but devotion to Our Lady of Knock is important to me and has helped me through a major crisis. Like thousands of others around Mayo and neighbouring counties I took part in the vigil walk to Knock for dawn Mass on Aug 15th. I don't expect others to agree with my beliefs but I do expect that places and practices that are sacred to me and others would be respected. I would never disrespect the sacred places of others. It seems like Catholics are the only "minority" it's fair to insult.

If Paddy Power thought it was harmless why skulk in at night. When asked by Joe Duffy if they would do something similar at a mosque the spokesman fr PP said that they wouldn't like to draw the ire of ISIS upon themselves. What brave champions of free speech! For the record I would find a similar projection at a mosque/synagogue/ church hall/ humanist meeting place etc equally objectionable.

Very good post. I thought PP's representative should have been taken to task when he said they wouldn't do it on a mosque 

Congrats indeed. What age is Eoin now?

Country singer Glen Campbell aged 81

Why does he feel a need to use such foul language?

Going to games is an outdoor hobby. As in all outdoor pursuits there is a risk of getting rained on. Want to stay dry? Just watch it on tv.

Wrong, playing games is an outdoor hobby, watching outdoor sports is a hobby where 1 can choose to be covered and comfortable or uncovered and uncomfortable and pay accordingly.

That arguement fails to stack up that when you look at fully covered soccer grounds, where the pitch is smaller, being designed in a way that offers 100% cover without compromising pitch condition. But you hit the nail on the head, money was the issue so they spoiled the ship for a ha'porth of tar. But in doing so if they even recognised that they made this sacrifice and in return offered those seats at a lesser price then that would be acceptable. The £200 walking coat arguement is just silly and it's clear that unlike me you don't have 5 kids to clothe, but it's good of you to let us know that O'Neills gear is not waterproof. I'll bear that in mind next time I'm buying a coat

Horses for courses, which is why there should be some way of distinguishing between them.

It's Ireland. It rains... occasionally. Prepare accordingly. Can't blame the GAA for the weather. And the beer is grand! No worse than you'd get in the pub. Irish begrudgement in full display in this thread.

Occasionally?  Are you having a laugh!  In any case I'm Not blaming the GAA for the weather I'm blaming them for charging the same price for covered and uncovered seating.

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Stadium is a joke. First 20 rows in Hogan, dread to think what Cusack and Davin are like, are open to the elements yet cost the same price as those under cover. Catering a disgrace, flat beer, instant coffee and hugely overpriced

Oh, the humanity.

Its not the fact that it's instant, it's the fact that it's more expensive than what you'd pay a barista to make for you anywhere else. I have on many occasions defended the GAA on issues relating to finance but it's wrong to completely rip off your own people as soon as you get them inside the ground

If there was an Olympics for moaning we'd win gold every single time. It's Ireland, it rains sometimes, by a poncho for a couple of quid and get on with it ffs.

I don't accept that. If you bought something in a shop and it was substandard you'd complain and rightly so. I paid almost £130 for 4 tickets and found that they were substandard and we got soaked.

It's a disgrace that it's such a lottery. You have discovered on an Internet forum that your ticket, that you purchased in good faith, is for an uncovered seat.

Stadium is a joke. First 20 rows in Hogan, dread to think what Cusack and Davin are like, are open to the elements yet cost the same price as those under cover. Catering a disgrace, flat beer, instant coffee and hugely overpriced

Tough tough draw.They eliminated Legia Warsaw in the last round.Celtic have traditionally tended to rely on late heroics in the second leg home tie in this round in the past,that option isn't available.A major step up in performance from the Rosenborg games will be required to have any chance

Yup, that's a pretty fair analysis of the task ahead.