Just wondering.
I only found out recently that the Brits supported the Government side in the Irish Civil War. I
i would say the Department of Transport - I had to regularly have to go between Dublin Airport and Dundalk about 20 years ago. It used to really get my goat seeing an Ulsterbus which would stop at Dundalk bus station to pick up people but was not allowed to drop off people solely down to partitionist regulations shite.
I think that FAI could offer more to a New Ireland discussion but have yet to peep out.
Quote from: rrhf on August 30, 2023, 03:32:45 PM
I think that FAI could offer more to a New Ireland discussion but have yet to peep out.
The FAI as a sporting institution has yet to mature.
Obliviously in the event of a united Ireland the FAI would rejoin the Irish Football Association.
The CSO.
The FAI and IFA merging again would go a long way to unifying people. However the NI soccer team is such a big part of Loyalist male identity (our wee county, we're not Brazil..., sweet Norn Iron) that looks an impossible task. The FAI did break away for valid reasons. Probably the best thing is they are both such shite organisations, there will eventually be no financial choice but to field one team, have one league. But as for partitionist, I'd have RTE sport, particularly their lack of effort in trying to secure all-island rights for things like the Olympics given that most athletes from North represent the Olympic Council of Ireland.
RTE
The weather crowd that just removed the 6 counties from their map of Ireland altogether
The Dáil.
Fionnán Sheehan (Independent)
Pat Leahy ( Irish Times)
Must be a slow day in Seafoidland.
The most partitionist thing on GAAboard is Nordies who keep harping on about "The Free State"(sic) :P
Quote from: Rossfan on August 30, 2023, 04:51:04 PM
Must be a slow day in Seafoidland.
The most partitionist thing on GAAboard is Nordies who keep harping on about "The Free State"(sic) :P
Most days until the end of Jan are slow, Rossfan.
The Dáil. In the 20s a parts of Nationalists from the North went to Dublin to ask if they could be represented in Dublin. They were sent back to the North.
Tayto.
Laois
Someone's been reading today's Irish News' article about Cosgrove.
The ship has long sailed but the FAI was my initial thought too.
Lotto
FG/FG. After all, they decided that all matters related to the north of Ireland should fall under the remit of the Department of Foreign Affairs.
Quote from: Aristo 60 on August 30, 2023, 04:35:21 PM
The weather crowd that just removed the 6 counties from their map of Ireland altogether
Not RTÉ nor Met Éireann, who both pay an abundance of lip service to nordie weather patterns.
aA its constituted now re league and international football, the nFAI is obviously a contender but some credit due to its non-compromising non-partitionist attitude when it came to the rights of Irish citizenry to play for their country and their efforts down through the years to stand firm against a flailing IFA resistance which ended up dying a death of a thousand cuts.
The law
Fine Gael
Quote from: Main Street on August 30, 2023, 08:55:13 PM
Quote from: Aristo 60 on August 30, 2023, 04:35:21 PM
The weather crowd that just removed the 6 counties from their map of Ireland altogether
Not RTÉ nor Met Éireann, who both pay an abundance of lip service to nordie weather patterns.
aA its constituted now re league and international football, the nFAI is obviously a contender but some credit due to its non-compromising non-partitionist attitude when it came to the rights of Irish citizenry to play for their country and their efforts down through the years to stand firm against a flailing IFA resistance which ended up dying a death of a thousand cuts.
Rain mostly in Ulster and Connacht...
The FAI doesn't sustain partition like the Civil Service does
Quote from: weareros on August 30, 2023, 04:12:07 PM
The FAI and IFA merging again would go a long way to unifying people. However the NI soccer team is such a big part of Loyalist male identity (our wee county, we're not Brazil..., sweet Norn Iron) that looks an impossible task. The FAI did break away for valid reasons. Probably the best thing is they are both such shite organisations, there will eventually be no financial choice but to field one team, have one league. But as for partitionist, I'd have RTE sport, particularly their lack of effort in trying to secure all-island rights for things like the Olympics given that most athletes from North represent the Olympic Council of Ireland.
Have you any actusl knowledge of RTÉ's negotiations for Olympic rights a d the extent of their efforts. I would say that the problem is the likes of the BBC signing deals that exclude the. What are the politicians doing about this?
Quote from: bennydorano on August 30, 2023, 07:14:54 PM
Someone's been reading today's Irish News' article about Cosgrove.
The ship has long sailed but the FAI was my initial thought too.
The ship might be coming back again.