GAA Response to Coronavirus

[dec]

No excuse for it, but completely inevitable that it would happen when they started up again.  Other things that were inevitable:

• Crowds mingling
• Supporters running onto the pitch to celebrate
• Players and supporters celebrating wins in pubs and house-parties
• All of the associated bad publicity
• Spread of infection

Lots of people, indoors, for a long time. The riskiest behavior.

[gallsman]

Confirmation of the Dungarvan story here:

https://www.wlrfm.com/2020/10/05/concerns-over-dungarvan-gaa-club-covid-case/

[gallsman]

Oh, and supposedly one of the selectors for Dungarvan is the FG mayor of Waterford...

[Rossfan]

Brolly on radio earlier saying County can go ahead because people don't really care about it and you won't see much exuberance when a County wins a Championship.
He's from Derry alright!

[Itchy]

No excuse for it, but completely inevitable that it would happen when they started up again.  Other things that were inevitable:

• Crowds mingling
• Supporters running onto the pitch to celebrate
• Players and supporters celebrating wins in pubs and house-parties
• All of the associated bad publicity
• Spread of infection

Lots of people, indoors, for a long time. The riskiest behavior.

Well we will have to give the GAA powers of special branch if they are to go into peoples houses and separate them. Meanwhile gardai look the other way all around the country and no more so than in grafton Street at the weekend.

[sid waddell]

Brolly on radio earlier saying County can go ahead because people don't really care about it and you won't see much exuberance when a County wins a Championship.
He's from Derry alright!

Funnily enough Joe's Twitter handle appends 1993 to his name - not 1997, when Dungiven won the Ulster club

I wonder why that is

I was at the 1993 All-Ireland final and I don't recall the aftermath, or indeed during the match, being in any way restrained

[armaghniac]

Brolly on radio earlier saying County can go ahead because people don't really care about it and you won't see much exuberance when a County wins a Championship.
He's from Derry alright!

Well he is right in one respect, Dublin will win the All Ireland and there won't be much exuberance about that, Kerry will win Munster and that's nothing new. Ulster and Connacht will go to a county that won recently too, I imagine, and things will not be wild. If Dublin gets thrown out of the AI because of a lockdown and someone beats Kerry there might be a pulse of excitement, but that is improbable.

[sid waddell]

Joe obviously doesn't venture into the Clonliffe House beer garden or any of the other pubs down around Ballybough, Summerhill, Fairview or Marino after a Dublin All-Ireland win

His favourite haunting ground Mulligan's is a bit genteel

[gallsman]

Joe is more of a Meagher's man tbh.

[Eire90]

Does anyone really care about clubs except for hardcore  gaa people county is where you get all the bandwagoners who never watch gaa jumping on the wagon if there team get to semi final or final especially in Tyrone.

[Blowitupref]

Senior club championships yet to be completed

Longford SFC (at semi-final stage)
Laois SFC (at semi-final stage)
Laois SHC (final)
Carlow SFC (at semi-final stage)
Cork SFC (final)
Donegal SFC (final)
Offaly SHC (final)
Kildare SHC (final)
Waterford SFC (final)
Meath SHC (final)

[APM]

Senior club championships yet to be completed

Longford SFC (at semi-final stage)
Laois SFC (at semi-final stage)
Laois SHC (final)
Carlow SFC (at semi-final stage)
Cork SFC (final)
Donegal SFC (final)
Offaly SHC (final)
Kildare SHC (final)
Waterford SFC (final)
Meath SHC (final)

What the F*** were these county boards at? I know in some cases there were Covid outbreaks, but otherwise what are the excuses? Did they not think that the window might be closing coming into the autumn for playing these games.  Did they play round-robin or group stages rather than straight knockout?

[burdizzo]

Laois never altered their schedule despite losing three weekends to the additional 'lock-down'. Both Offaly and Kildare altered theirs, as far as I know. Certainly, Offaly did.
Funny that the Dublin championship carried on, even when they had their extra lock-down?

[Baile Brigín 2]

https://twitter.com/offtheball/status/1313054321269972993?s=09

[Fear Bun Na Sceilpe]

https://twitter.com/offtheball/status/1313054321269972993?s=09

If you dare say that up here you are immediately classed as a unionist loving, west Brit, anti shinner Nolan fan