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Brooks get 5 nights in Croker, how has things changed?

A large majority of the residents are furious the gigs are going ahead. Aiken promotions held a meeting and told the residents they had confirmed 2 gigs and were looking to confirm another 3. Residents were told licencing laws have changed so they couldn't go to court like they did the last time to stop the shows. Cocky twats were only short of gloating about it.

Wouldn't give a guarantee that croker would be limited to 3 concerts per year anymore either from 2022 onwards

Iwhile garth isn't my cup an tae. What do these residents expect  they live beside a stadium that was there long b4 any off them were. Live with it. Sorry if that sounds harsh but it's reality. Thry knew where was a stadium there.

They live beside a sports stadium, not a concert venue. Residents understand how it works for the GAA, but its different for concerts. Drunken fools pissing in doorways at 11pm on their way home is not something anyone signs up for

Brooks get 5 nights in Croker, how has things changed?

A large majority of the residents are furious the gigs are going ahead. Aiken promotions held a meeting and told the residents they had confirmed 2 gigs and were looking to confirm another 3. Residents were told licencing laws have changed so they couldn't go to court like they did the last time to stop the shows. Cocky twats were only short of gloating about it.

Wouldn't give a guarantee that croker would be limited to 3 concerts per year anymore either from 2022 onwards

Given Austria's position I thought it would be interesting to see how board members would vote here. Thanks
             A mandatory vaccination scheme is where you are required by law to get vaccinated and face punishment if you do not do so. Those refusing vaccines are likely to face administrative fines which can be converted into a prison sentence if the fine is not recovered.

It shouldn't be compulsory, but if you choose to remain unvaccinated then restrictions should be applied to what you can do, where you can go etc? I do however agree with countries like France/Italy who have made it mandatory for health workers to get vaccinated

Tots amazeballs guys

Glad you you enjoyed and have started to appreciate how good rugby can be. To think you used you mock people for following rugby and now you're a fan yourself. You've clearly seen all the Ireland games in November given your obsession with the team. I hope you enjoyed the games

McGuinness can't be blamed for Dublin football? Lol

Hurling final last week was a great game. This is shit. Sadly it won't be the last handpassing borefest this season

Want to contragulation Tg4 on finding the long sought cure for insomnia, please just keep to the hurling in future, them fball games at this time of year is dire stuff.

Just avoid all football games until the All Ireland qtr finals. Until then they'll either be handpassing borefests or one sided hammerings.

Stil

Since I was a kid I dreamt of being an All Black, that's just a very Kiwi thing to do.'I gave up that dream, I wasn't quite good enough when I was at my best almost. To be able to come over here and put in a performance against the best team in the world, they're the standard bearers, words can't describe it.

'To hear my native country's national anthem, to stand in front of the Haka, it's a childhood dream.

Lowe put a great shift in alright but his quote above sums up what these lads are thinking when they arrive. Surely we should be nurturing young lads at 18 or 19 for every position than using mercenaries. Then Zebo and others go to France for a few quid and are exiled.

And against the soccer argument there weren't good Irish born players missing out on squads or tournaments ahead of the Granny Lads so they were necessary at the time.

Hoe do you know there weren't Irish born lads missing out for the soccer team? If anything that makes it worse. We are shit so we'll pick a load of lads who couldn't give a shit about Ireland just to make us better.

You're happy and would encourage plastic paddies to wear the Ireland soccer shirt, but any non Irish lad who lives in Ireland, plays in Ireland shouldn't be near an international rugby shirt?

It's bullshit hypocrisy like this that I can't understand. Do you think Callum Robinson grew up dreaming of playing for England or Ireland? He couldn't get a game for England so he declared for Ireland and he's done great for us. Fair play to him and when I watch him play for Ireland I'll support him like all the other lads and won't worry about what country the lad was born in

Fair enough, but the Irish football team will pick a lad who has never set foot in Ireland, never gave a shit about Ireland, but he couldn't get a game for England and he has an Irish granny/grandad so all of a sudden he's Irish.

At least the rugby lads have to commit to playing in Ireland, living in Ireland and to play for the Irish rugby team they have to make themselves part of Irish society for 3 years (now it's 5)

Would have one time meant a great deal to me to see Ireland beat the all blacks but the cancers at the heart of rugby just make this feel like a very empty occasion. It's cheapened in a lot of ways but at the core is the money and pure financial interest that now dominate the game.

The fact that more New Zealander's than Munster and ulstermen combined beat NZ today is a sad indictment of pro rugby. Likewise now that the kiwis have found a way to sell off the commercial rights of the haka can it really stir any emotions other than at best apathy or more appropriately embarrassment?

What a bitter and stupid post. Seriously. Did you even watch the game?

James Lowe who was born in NZ but who has been playing/living in Ireland for years was brilliant for Ireland today. Anyone who actually watched the game couldn't question his passion and will to win in an Ireland jersey today.

The Irish football team under Charlton was full of players who weren't born in Ireland and rarely set foot in this country yet these players are deservedly respected and admired for what they did in an Ireland shirt.

It seems different rules apply to the rugby team. Maybe it's a class thing. I genuinely can't understand the bitterness some people have when the Irish rugby team are successful. You might not like the sport but as an Irish person surely you'd say well done and not complain about their victories

Celtic imploded, but Rangers were quality. They didn't play Celtic in their Europa League games. If you look at were Rangers were when Gerrard took over. He rebuilt that team. If he was as shit as some Celtic fans think he'd have been sacked and wouldn't get near the Villa job

Villa relegation odds  7/2,  looking good.

Naw. Villa have a good squad and you can be sure he's been promised a big budget so I think he'll do ok.

Having said that I don't think he's any great shakes as a manager. He was one bad result away from being sacked and then covid arrived. He got lucky. They had ran out of patience with him and Celtic imploded. Appointing Lennon was quite possibly the worst mistake Celtic made in the last 20 years and Slippy was the chief beneficiary. Nothing like that will ever happen in England

Think Gerrard will do OK at Villa too. He made Rangers organised and hard to beat especially in Europe.
Ultimately he was brought in to stop the 10 and he did so he will always be seen as a success in Scotland.

I'd expect Burnley and Newcastle to rise above Villa.
He stopped the ten not by virtue of his prowess but much more due to Celtic's self sabotage.
This season Rangers have been scraping many games by slender margins.

Rangers were a shambles when he took over. He not only caught up with Celtic, but passed them out last season. He also had a great run in the Europa League with Rangers last year as well.

Moving to Villa is a step up to a bigger club and is his audition for the Liverpool job in future.

It'll be interesting to see who Rangers get to replace him. You'd have to make Celtic favorites for the league now

[They really wish they could impose the same restrictions the IRFU do.]

Good comparison. WRU and SRU teams generally well below the Irish provinces. They really wish they could impose the same restrictions the IRFU do.

Again, herein lies the issue with the approach taken. These are professional rugby players being denied representative honours by HQ Exec's who then go fishing to bring lads from overseas with no connection to Ireland with the carrot of representative honours. The whole thing stinks and shows a complete lack of faith in Irish players and respect for the value of the jersey.

For me a big part of the reason there is a ceiling to where Ireland can go (as borne out by their historical underachievement) is that imposing restrictions does not support an organic evolution of the game, culture, coaching and more importantly player skill sets.

England and NZ apply the same restrictions as the IRFU so it's not just an Irish thing. NZ did make an exception for Dan Carter when he moved to France as even NZ couldn't replace him. The qualifying time has been changed from 3 years to 5 years now to become eligible so why would anyone have a problem with that? That's half your career for most senior players. 

Ireland has a small playing pool to select from compared to England and France.  Also for countries like Wales and NZ rugby is the number one sport compared to |Ireland which is probably third behing GAA and soccer. Bringing international players/ coaches in to Ireland has raised standards in coaching and playing skills throughout the provinces and international sides.

NZ won a WC without Carter, Stephen Donald was their 4th choice fly half who was playing for Bath at the time, mad what you can achieve when you have to put your faith in someone.

At the end of the day Irish lads are being denied the opportunity to play for Ireland based on restrictive criteria while opening the door to non-Irish "talent" coming the other way. Its more a goddamn United Nations team at this stage than a United Ireland, we really don't know where Ireland are at in rugby terms as the team lining out isn't representative of the country.

Maybe the overseas lads should wear their home nation shorts and socks similar to the Barbarians, would make as much sense as other decisions taken.

NZ picked Carter for that world cup and unfortunately for them he got injured mid tournament. Donald had signed for Bath making him ineligible for selection, but NZ were desperate so they changed the rules. He only played in one game (the final) There's no way NZ win that tournament if they had to rely on him the whole tournament. Strange how he never played for them again if they had so much faith in him.

Irish lads are competing for a jersey and if they're good enough they'll get picked. Betters players improve standards of the team and training and any sensible player would look at his teammates (especially international ones) to see what he could learn from them to make them better players. These same international players all live in Ireland and play here every week as well. It's not like they fly in and out of Ireland for a few times every year for the odd international

[They really wish they could impose the same restrictions the IRFU do.]

Good comparison. WRU and SRU teams generally well below the Irish provinces. They really wish they could impose the same restrictions the IRFU do.

Again, herein lies the issue with the approach taken. These are professional rugby players being denied representative honours by HQ Exec's who then go fishing to bring lads from overseas with no connection to Ireland with the carrot of representative honours. The whole thing stinks and shows a complete lack of faith in Irish players and respect for the value of the jersey.

For me a big part of the reason there is a ceiling to where Ireland can go (as borne out by their historical underachievement) is that imposing restrictions does not support an organic evolution of the game, culture, coaching and more importantly player skill sets.

England and NZ apply the same restrictions as the IRFU so it's not just an Irish thing. NZ did make an exception for Dan Carter when he moved to France as even NZ couldn't replace him. The qualifying time has been changed from 3 years to 5 years now to become eligible so why would anyone have a problem with that? That's half your career for most senior players. 

Ireland has a small playing pool to select from compared to England and France.  Also for countries like Wales and NZ rugby is the number one sport compared to |Ireland which is probably third behing GAA and soccer. Bringing international players/ coaches in to Ireland has raised standards in coaching and playing skills throughout the provinces and international sides.   

I told you Eddy was a genuine £80m player.

No one in the SPL is worth €80m euro never mind £80m pounds. Edouard is a class act, but he's only worth what another club would pay.  No one is paying stupid money like that for any SPL player

so holohan now saying vaccines not working as good as they hoped  id also say its not far fetched to think big pharma could have lied just to make a quick buck

Yes it is, and it's also demonstrably completely untrue, given the overwhelming evidence the vaccines work. They are saving millions of lives.

i never said it did not work holohan said they not working as good as expected holohans words not mine

Go then I'll bite. Why do you think big pharma lied to everyone about their vaccines not working just to make a quick buck?