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#1
General discussion / Re: extortion
March 26, 2024, 10:19:04 AM
Quote from: thebigfella on March 26, 2024, 10:12:12 AM
Quote from: JimStynes on March 26, 2024, 09:46:51 AMAirport park in Dublin over £200 for a week. Ridiculous

Getting the bus for £36 return for 2 people.

That is the short term I presume?

I always park in the short term and have done before they offered as a prebook option, especially when I was expensing for work. You not being extorted, you are paying for a premium parking spot right at the door of the terminals and it's always been that expensive (you get a discount for pre-booking now). The problems are since quick park shut there is a shortage of long term spots (the blue is a pain in the bollox) and more cost effective options.

The bus is great value and drops you right at the terminals. If you have close by, not sure why you'd drive to the airport tbh.

The other options were a 15min transfer from the blue long term car park for £130 and another shorter one for £108. Parked in the red car park a few years ago and it's more than doubled in price. I'm only 10/15 min from the bus route so you're right, it's a better option to just get the bus.
#2
General discussion / Re: extortion
March 26, 2024, 09:46:51 AM
Airport park in Dublin over £200 for a week. Ridiculous

Getting the bus for £36 return for 2 people.
#3
Antrim / Re: Antrim Football Thread
March 25, 2024, 02:44:25 PM
Absolutely terrible. Did he play senior football?

Just reading some of the comments on social media. It's absolutely terrible and all too common. A fit young fella with a so much to look forward to in life.

God help that family and his friends.
#4
General discussion / Re: Teachers get it handy!
March 18, 2024, 05:23:25 PM
Quote from: Duine Inteacht Eile on March 18, 2024, 04:44:30 PMTo a point but this deal (~13% and no workload agreement) is going to fly over the finishing line without a bother.
I don't think, say, 4% and an agreed workload solution would.
Money talks.

The younger teachers are blinded by the money and haven't ever went through the unrealistic inspection show/game/charade or whatever you'd like to call it.
#5
General discussion / Re: Teachers get it handy!
March 15, 2024, 02:47:04 PM
Still undecided. Though, I think all the younger teachers will be blinded by money and vote yes.
#6
General discussion / Re: Teachers get it handy!
March 13, 2024, 10:22:48 PM
Are we voting Yes or No??
#7
General discussion / Re: Teachers get it handy!
March 11, 2024, 03:27:46 PM
Quote from: trailer on March 11, 2024, 03:11:41 PMHuge pay offer for teachers.

The pay offer equates to a cumulative uplift of 10.4% plus £1,000 on teachers' pay scales over the three-year period of the settlement for 2021, 2022 and 2023.  In addition, the starting salary for teachers will rise to £30,000 from 1 September 2023, representing a 24.3% increase from the current starting salary for teachers in Northern Ireland and bringing the starting point equal to England.

Double it and then we will talk
#8
Antrim / Re: Antrim Football Thread
March 07, 2024, 12:00:45 PM
We have a huge number of players away at the minute so down to the bare bones for the first half of the league at least. Does anyone genuinely care about the league though? I felt the start of the league last year was like having a load of friendly games.
#9
General discussion / Re: Teachers get it handy!
February 29, 2024, 11:58:14 AM
They'd be safer sacking the whole show and start again. Get the army in to teach the children and the teachers!
#10
Quote from: RadioGAAGAA on February 24, 2024, 09:52:28 PM
Quote from: Dreadnought on February 23, 2024, 09:45:10 PMAlright then non lunatic. What's your grand plan? Corrigan Park forever?

Already said it many, many times on the thread. But for your benefit.

- Replace the old main stand with a new one, covered seating. All the facilities they could ever want could be placed underneath this as the new structure could be far more significantly hollowed out relative to old, and the back of it could be extended over the road to add further floor space. No big difference to light on houses to the West of Casement as the existing stand already blocks it.
- Stick a roof over the (renewed) terrace on the far side of the pitch. The back end of this structure can hold the badly needed amenities. It'd be relatively low profile though.
- Renew the terraces at both ends of the pitch. Don't cover them. If there is sufficient demand - as determined by polls, one of the ends could be uncovered seats.

Capacity of 30-40k for the one or two times a year it may be needed - which would be during the summer. Comfortably sufficient covered capacity for during the autumn/winter/spring. 3 or 4 significantly different price tiers.

Basically the stadium that the GAA needs at a cost that will benefit all in the long-run.

Instead we're getting an expensive to build, expensive to maintain milestone, which will come with astronomical ticket prices.


But hey - the Ulster Council might be able to hold a few concerts. That's what this is about right? Otherwise it makes no sense to build what they are trying to build.

Jesus christ. So throw an aul stand up and give her a powerhose and that'll do her for another 50 years.
#11
General discussion / Re: Teachers get it handy!
February 23, 2024, 02:51:56 PM
Quote from: Sportacus on February 23, 2024, 09:29:51 AMTeaching union leader on the radio saying 50% of schools are in the red, spending more money than they have in their budget.
So that presumably means 50% of schools are not spending more than they have coming in. How is that? 

Are some principals spending away beyond their means and others aren't? E.g holding onto staff.
Are principals given any training on finances and budgets?
Are some schools great at fundraising?
What else are the factors?

It's odd that half the schools are managing (extremely difficult no doubt), and half aren't.  Perhaps even seems unfair that one school is busting their gut to stay inside budget, and the next one is merrily running up a deficit.


There are many reasons why some schools may be spending more than other schools. A younger staff means less wages. If you have a lot of EAL children then you will have more money per child to spend. Maybe there is a number of difficult children who need specialist support and that will need to come out of a budget. Schools in some areas don't get access to grants etc as they're seen to come from more affluent areas than their inner city or town counterparts. Every school is different and money needs to be spent in different ways. I have no doubt there are many principals who are more savvy with how they spend or save money but it's not just as clear cut or simple as your post suggests.
#12
Antrim / Re: Antrim Football Thread
February 23, 2024, 02:41:25 PM
Quote from: NorthAntrim on February 23, 2024, 02:17:36 PM
Quote from: Round or stuffed on February 23, 2024, 12:52:36 PMso have there been any fixtures released or is it likely that there will be in the next few days?

you dont need fixtures, contact your club secretary as its them holding the process up. Keep every weekend free from now until decemeber incase you make an all ireland final. And dont forget to go home and bate the wife because she hasnt the dinner ready

😂
#13
Quote from: Dreadnought on February 22, 2024, 11:45:11 AM
Quote from: JimStynes on February 22, 2024, 11:23:25 AM
Quote from: Dreadnought on February 22, 2024, 11:18:59 AM
Quote from: Sportacus on February 22, 2024, 11:02:36 AMIt's the spoofing that annoys me. A bunch of amateurs and their only hope now is that the UK Government throw the money at it to deliver the Euros, whatever it takes. That may save their skin in the end, but never forget it has been a complete fiasco.

And every chance it will be an underused white elephant. The euros will be gone in a blink, and then what?  Potentially one or two capacity games per year, and as far as concerts, there are plenty of established venues already so there'll be plenty of competition for the big artists to pick from - no guarantee at all of success there either. 

And where will an Antrim U16 final be played?  Will they really go to the cost of opening a 34k seat stadium for a club underage final?
Like who cares? The Euros will pay for it itself. Even if it will be a white elephant (which i don;t think it will), we often see tournaments build stadia and leave them in place for use. Why is this seen as a bad thing? It'll be paid for and got the money back in tax, and then will be used for otehr events

And yes? Hardly would think they'll open up every stand and have 100s of stewards. But absolutely. Isn't this the point, that finals even underage ones are played at the main county ground? Jeez, this is mad stuff you're getting annoyed at. It hardly costs millions to open a gate and one stand for a club match

When Casement was open it was used all the time for Antrim club games with a few 100 people there.
I played the old Casement too. U14 feile final, and U16 county game. I still remember it and can say I played it. I can't see it not being used, and this stuff drives kids to love the game and such.

My Da played for the over 40s and they trained on Casement regularly. Like many in here I am sure we all got to play and train many many times on Casement. It was open for use all the time for every level of team. I have no doubt that would change now but I don't think it will be locked for 1 or 2 county games a year. Croke Park is used all the time. Our Special Needs team were down at a tournament last year in Croke Park for example. This will also be a 33k stadium, not 85k. It's not as big and people are thinking it is.

But sure we will turn it down and use Clones for another 30 years. Sure there's something special about the place....
#14
Quote from: twohands!!! on February 22, 2024, 12:26:24 PM
Quote from: trailer on February 22, 2024, 11:09:36 AMWhy are people so animated about the cost? Genuine question. Do you believe that by not building it the money will somehow be spent on some other part of government that will deliver some top class service or something? What is it about the cost specifically that people care about? 




Because the same thing that happened in Cork is going to happen except it's going to be across all of Ulster GAA as opposed to just one county when it comes to the paying of it. It's going to hoover up a huge percentage of the available money while being built and for a good while after, especially if it isn't able to make profit as a going concern. I think there is a serious risk of cutbacks and restrictions on spending across every absolutely every aspect of Ulster GAA for a good number of years.



What if the British Government throw another load of money at it?

#15
Quote from: Dreadnought on February 22, 2024, 11:18:59 AM
Quote from: Sportacus on February 22, 2024, 11:02:36 AMIt's the spoofing that annoys me. A bunch of amateurs and their only hope now is that the UK Government throw the money at it to deliver the Euros, whatever it takes. That may save their skin in the end, but never forget it has been a complete fiasco.

And every chance it will be an underused white elephant. The euros will be gone in a blink, and then what?  Potentially one or two capacity games per year, and as far as concerts, there are plenty of established venues already so there'll be plenty of competition for the big artists to pick from - no guarantee at all of success there either. 

And where will an Antrim U16 final be played?  Will they really go to the cost of opening a 34k seat stadium for a club underage final?
Like who cares? The Euros will pay for it itself. Even if it will be a white elephant (which i don;t think it will), we often see tournaments build stadia and leave them in place for use. Why is this seen as a bad thing? It'll be paid for and got the money back in tax, and then will be used for otehr events

And yes? Hardly would think they'll open up every stand and have 100s of stewards. But absolutely. Isn't this the point, that finals even underage ones are played at the main county ground? Jeez, this is mad stuff you're getting annoyed at. It hardly costs millions to open a gate and one stand for a club match

When Casement was open it was used all the time for Antrim club games with a few 100 people there.