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     Watched a piece there on UTV Live and wondering how can a person be appointed as President of a Club that hasn't even been formed?The report said they had 100 members signed up already.
  While I wish all involved well,I think they haven't started well with this Linda Ervine link. Freedom of Information will eventually show a ££££'s link to her.
   

I think she does a good job in promoting the Irish language but I get the feeling she likes to g ok against the grain for the sake of it.
Example 1. Being an ardent proponent of the Irish language while coming from a loyalist background.
Example 2. Emphasising her loyalist background while at Irish language events. I heard that she sung the sash (In Irish) at such an event in Tyrone. ( i laughed when i heard that)
Shes a bit contrary and rubs people up the wrong way as a result but overall I think she is doing important job breaking down barriers etc

This Club would be setting up with (sort of) political attachment which I think is misguided.Let those
who are to run it set it up aka the way Clubs have set up all over the world from Gaels not originally
from the new area.Too much baggage and from the outset it would be Linda Ervine's Club and not those who are putting their head the above the paraphet in what is a predominately Unionist stronghold.

So will it be a paid job this role? None of our presidents have been paid in the past and present and it's an amateur organisation (please no crap about managers for a bit)

So if she's doing it just for attention, it's a bit daft and unfair on the genuine volunteers. I'll hold judgement for a bit yet

You are kinder than me.

Hmmmmm....
Do I get the impression some people would be happy to see this club fail?

No. But I'm very suspicious about Linda Irvine thing. If I thought it meant we didn't get the funding we have been crying out for from Ulster council for hurling , well I'd be pissed. Of course SF will be on this bandwagon

Have Sinn Fein mentioned anything? Or is that just you getting your retaliation in first?
What makes you think the Ulster council is going to treat this club any differently? They're not even affiliated to the Down county yet and you have them getting special treatment. And what's there to be suspicious about Linda Ervine? Going into the lions den i think she's a brilliant person to get on board.

It's just another issue for Linda to latch onto. https://sluggerotoole.com/2019/05/03/reaching-across-the-divide/

County aside whats the deal with Bredagh and St Malachy's

Is it a class divide at the heart of it?

Different parish I'd assume

And a different County.Something akin to Strabane Sigerson's and Lifford Naomh Padraig's

Linda Ervine on Frank Mitchel explaining how the GAA will have to get rid of the tri-colour et all

She does my head in tbh agus is gaeilgeoir mé, wrapped up some amount of Foras na Gaeilge funding

There must be a bit of dough in it if Linda Ervine will be president

If she is to be the President of this new Club,she'll have to abide by it's rules.Make your choice Linda, as we'll not be changing the rules to facilitate her new pastime and PR stunt.

Linda Ervine on Frank Mitchel explaining how the GAA will have to get rid of the tri-colour et all

Linda can GFY with that suggestion.

Home games at the Ozone beside Ormeau Park?

Talk that they might be up by Stormont. Growing 'green' in east Belfast and a more liberal Protestant community will hopefully see them develop. Better to be in the Down league rather than Antrim. Imagine some of the hallions they'd come up against the boys from The Short Strand or the like!!

No team in the Strand.Used to be the Seanie Martins so they may get some of them to join up.

Home games at the Ozone beside Ormeau Park?

 What is this about?

Belfast GAA club  in lock down as a precaution.

Block MR2 from the discussion.....

Was told first thing this morning! But wouldn't go further with it, I haven't been in the club but we've taken measures to shut things down and stop all activities till further noticed, all the heath agency's have been notified so we'll follow their lead. That's Paddy's day cancelled

Good decision by the Club.There's plenty of other watering holes for your St Paddys day

Final score??

 I wouldn't be a big fan of McGourty but he's correct on this one.The Bolt idea is bullsh-t something like
UTV Live last night interviewing Jim Gracey from the BT on the Bridge/Terry shi-e and then talking to people on the streets.
WTF has this got to do with us in the North of Ireland? Bolt is an outstanding athlete but in Irish terms it's of no relevance.GAA persona,rugger buggers or Norn Ireland soccer heads would be more worthy.

I buy the Irish News religiously every day...whether I'm in it or not

There'll be one day you will not be reading it and you'll defintely be in it if you know what I mean?

That kind of tokenism really gets my goat, why bother. If they just want to talk football thats fine but why promote it as both Hurling and Football forum and then weight the panel like that.

          Taking the attendance at the Ulster Finals as a barometer.Football would appear to have a majority following of at least 10:1. The reality is that Football in Ulster is more popular than Hurling.