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Very sad to see this idea still being held by some.

http://ulsterherald.com/2014/06/03/omagh-primary-school-to-exclude-logo-over-links-to-gaa/

AN OMAGH primary school is to exclude the logo of one of Ireland's leading sportswear manufacturers from its new PE kit following a row over the company's links to the GAA. Controversy flared after Omagh Integrated Primary School's appointment of O'Neill's Sportswear to make its new PE tops. The decision prompted complaints from some parents over O'Neill's ties with the GAA. The Strabane-based firm manufactures kits for the bulk of Ireland's GAA clubs but also makes gear across a spectrum of other sports including rugby. Following an on-line barrage on the issue in recent days, Omagh Integrated Primary has confirmed the O'Neill's logo will not now be included on its new sports tops. In a letter to parents, principal Nigel Cairns said the perception that the O'Neill's brand was synonymous with GAA had "stirred certain views". He added however that the views had not been strongly voiced during an earlier consultation period over the new PE uniform. Mr Cairns said that GAA accounted for only eight per-cent of O'Neill's business and that the company had been selected because they provided best value and because they were Northern Ireland based. The principal also pointed out that O'Neill's currently supplies to the predominantly Protestant Stranmillis University College who are "delighted with the garments and the service". 'STRONG CONCERNS' As a result of the "strong concerns" raised by some parents of pupils attending Omagh Integrated Primary though, there will be no O'Neill's logo on the new PE tops, he said. Mr Cairns said he was both surprised and saddened by the controversy that had arisen but added that he was pleased the vast majority of parents had not got involved in the "gutter" comments that had appeared on social media websites. He told the Tyrone Herald, "From time to time sensitivities arise in every walk of life for whatever reason. The great strength of a planned integrated school is that sensitivities are neither swept under the carpet nor ignored. "With regard to logos, my prime concern is that the school logo is on any school garment and anything else is entirely secondary. O'Neill's are to be applauded on their pragmatic and inclusive stance on this issue. "I was saddened to follow the various blogs, comments, and tweets on the world wide web, and I was somewhat surprised that my choice of primary school PE kit supplier would attract so much interest. I would heartily commend the vast majority of parents at my school who have not responded to the internet gutter. "It is also noteworthy that the negative attention has come from people not directly involved in our integrated school community – doesn't that tell a tale," Mr Cairns added. CONTROVERSY It is the second time this year that O'Neill's has found itself unwittingly embroiled in controversy. In February outspoken loyalist Willie Frazer called for an investigation after an actress on Eastenders was pictured wearing a sports top bearing the O'Neill's motif. Mr Frazer compared the use of the shirt by the soap's producers to promoting the National Front, Ku Klux Klan or Nazism. It later emerged that the jersey worn by fictional barmaid Nancy Cartwright was actually the PE top of St Patrick's College in Ballymena. - See more at: http://ulsterherald.com/2014/06/03/omagh-primary-school-to-exclude-logo-over-links-to-gaa/#sthash.BRYV5JfV.dpuf

Hi All, hoping the Gaaboard might be able to come to the rescue. Have a few questions regarding selection of Examination boards for schools and training centres in Northern Ireland. Just wondering if anyone on here would be involved in deciding which examination board their centre uses and would be able to answer a couple of general questions via PM?

Just for the time of year we're getting into. I always used to love a good read of local ghost stories. Anyone got some good local ones that are worth a read. Always liked the ones that are linked to events in history.

Here's one local Tyrone one to get started.

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/haunting-tale-of-a-ghost-from-tyrone-28503487.html

Just looking a bit of help here. Got laser eye surgery done there and am looking to return to football in a week or two. But want to get a set of goggles for the first few weeks, just to be on the safe side. Just normal lenses, none prescription.
Anyone used any previously? I've been looking at some sets on-line but hard to get a idea of how open your view would be. Someone also mentioned that Squash goggles might be an option?

So any advice on makes/ places to get them/ types etc would be greatly appreciated.

Just wondering have many on here had this done? Have been speaking to a few who have had it done and have said it was one of the best decisions they ever made. Haven't been speaking to anyone who hasn't been successful though. I actually got  a consultation about 4 years ago but was told I was unsuitable. But with a few changes in the process I'm now ok to have it done. Would still be nervous about the opertaion itself.

Just wondering if anyone had an up to date promo code for Quickpark at Dublin Airport? Or where is the best value? Haven't flown from Dublin in a right few years.

You going to this?

http://www.tyronetimes.co.uk/news/local/tyrone-news/o-neill-s-encouraged-to-join-gathering-in-tyrone-1-5014625

In Amsterdam this weekend and was wondering if there's a good Irish pub that would be showing the NL Finals?

(Tried doing a search there to see if there is an Amsterdam thread but the search function doesn't seem to be working)

Has anyone experience of using these? Our router is too far from the sky box to connect via an ethernet cable. Do they give a strong enough signal  to stream?

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/on-networks-pl200-199uks-200-mbps-powerline-adapter-kit-18781472-pdt.html

Just wondering if people can offer any advise on a blender/ juicer that would be good value and relatively cheap. We had one there for £50 that was on sale and it went belly up after 5 months and couldn't really handle large chunks of fruit (Got the money back on warranty). So looking for one that can handle larger chunks of fruit without either the motor going or the blade or the wee connection point.

Someone had mentioned the vitamix boyo and that it just keeps going. But I think it would be a costly enough one. So just looking a bit of advise. Prob looking to spend £100-150.

<sup>Tyrone boss Mickey Harte gets new three-year contract

Tyrone manager Mickey Harte is to stay in charge for another three years after agreeing a new contract with the Red Hand county.
Harte, who led Tyrone to All-Ireland Championships in 2003, 2005 and 2008, was in the final year of his current three-year contract.
A recommendation to offer him a deal up to 2015 was endorsed by the Tyrone Committee in Carrickmore on Tuesday.
Tyrone face Armagh in a big Ulster Championship clash on 10 June.
"It is a great privilege to be asked to remain in charge of the Tyrone senior football team, and I gladly accepted that offer," said Harte.
"To be asked to manage the best players your county has to offer is still a wonderful honour."
Harte managed his club Errigal Ciaran and led Tyrone Minors to All-Ireland success before moving up to become senior boss in 2003.</sup>

Just back to work today and there is nothing happening. In on my own as well so going to be a long day.

Is there many other boarders back in today or are ya's all still enjoying the festive period?

Hi All,

Just wondering if I could pick up a bit of information here with regards to selling an old car of mine. I SORN'ed it last July when I was going over to the UK for a year. The car was running at the time but had a bit of engine trouble. Would have needed a bit of work done to it. I had planned on getting it fixed and selling it on.
But I'm back home now and have another vehicle that  bought when over in the UK. So I'm looking to sell the vehicle now the way it is. The vehicle would have been worth £1200-£1500 if the engine was running ok. But to be honest I don't want to put anymore money into it so just looking to sell it the way it is.

I've emailed a few salvage yards that I know of through work just to get a few bids on it. But if anyone else had any garages or yards that they think might be interested in this sort of stuf I'd appreciate a heads up.

Oh it's a late 2002 Ford Mondeo TDCI 1998cc. 130 BHP.

Just wondering if anyone is a member of this? Got an auld groupon thing though this morning offering 15 month membership for £39.99.
It offers 2 for 1 or 4 for 2 on a lot of local golf courses. Just around me it offers for Omagh, Newtownstewart, Fintona etc.

Offer is only valid today so just want a quick update if anyone uses it already and that there's no hidden constraints?

Just looking a bit of advise. Have to book holiday insurance for our honeymoon coming up now in August. We had some wiith the travel agent but it seemed very expensive (£200 or so).
Was checking them out on moneysupermarket and they seem to be coming in alot cheaper than that. So was just looking to see if anyone can reccommend any policies that they have or if there is anything to look out for before I go booking?

Thanks

Just wondering if anyone on here could shed any light on a problem I'm having. Bought a ford Mondeo Titanium 2008 there. It's got a Sony 2nd generation radio which has the phone buttons on it. I thought that it was bluetooth connectable but I've been trying to connect my phone to it and it ain't working. The manual seems to say that it has Bluetooth but I can't get it working!! Now there is also a blackbury cradle aswell In the car but it's an iPhone that I have.
So just wondering if anyone might know why it doesn't seem to pick up Bluetooth or even can the cradle be changed over to a iPhone one easily? Any advise would be much appreciated!!   

Was just wondering about the above.

Me personally I wouldn't. I'd always believe that you'd never get good luck for doing it and don't honestly think I could enjoy the money if I did. And for a long time I thought that this would have been the majority of people's views.
But through work and other ways it seems that I'm nearly in the minority. Some people seem to think that if they've been involved in an accident then it's their right to claim injury regardless of whether there is injury or not.

So just an open and honest question to see what people think? Some people's view are that their claiming of a company and that it's nothing to them so why not?

Just looking a bit of advise. Cut my toe in Barcelona there at the wkend and had to get three stitches. Cost 300 as I had no insurance. (surprise trip for couple of days and never actually remembered).
Just wondering if there is any avenue open for claiming it back. I'd assume not but would just like to make sure!!! 

Right lads for a bit of craic I'm going to run a quick sweepstake for the Gaaboard. No massive prize but I'll throw a £20 in for the winner just to make it a wee bit interesting.

Numbers limited so I suppose the first 32 posters that post on the thread will go in.

Once I get the 32 names I'll print out and do a random draw out of a hat. Then post up the names and countries.

I'll not enter myself just in case of bias.

[Are £100,000-a-week wages any more obscene than a gaelic football match played in front of 80,000 at Croke Park, bringing in gate receipts of €2,500,000, for which the players are rewarded with four free tickets each? Not in ED's book.]

Didn't know which side to post this. But as it's mostly a soccer piece I'll stick it here. Kinda surprised GAA even getting a mention on Yahoo (Early Doors) even if it is a poorly attemted dig.


<sub>Football's worst-paid players
Tue May 18 09:04AM


Football has changed since Jimmy Hill campaigned successfully for the abolition of the maximum wage (£20 a week) in 1961.

Or at least, footballers' bank balances have. The average salary for a Premier League player has increased by a factor of around 1,000, making millionaires of even the most limited players (Early Doors is looking at you, Dean Whitehead).

In truth, ED doesn't have a problem with footballers earning a lot of money. Lots of people are prepared to pay handsomely to watch games, and ED would rather the cash went to the players than the suits.

Are £100,000-a-week wages any more obscene than a gaelic football match played in front of 80,000 at Croke Park, bringing in gate receipts of €2,500,000, for which the players are rewarded with four free tickets each? Not in ED's book.

Still, it is nice to see the occasional footballer rip up Pascal Chimbonda's "it's all about the money" script and give something back.

Like Oguchi Onyewu, who has signed a one-year contract extension with Milan during which time he will be paid nothing, so guilty is he at missing a full season through injury.

Roma's Damiano Tommasi did something similar in 2005. The crazy-haired midfielder showed his left-wing credentials (in politics, if not position) when he asked to be paid Italy's minimum wage of €1,500 per month. Tommasi had missed a year with a knee injury sustained in a friendly against (don't tell Arsene Wenger) Stoke City.

Another man of principle, Joseba Etxeberria, played the final season of a 15-year career at Athletic Bilbao for free. Club president Fernando Garcia Macua said: "From the club's standpoint there are not words enough to thank such a gesture." Well, how about some sort of financial reward?

Mido signed a deadline-day contract with West Ham in February, and it quickly emerged that the cash-strapped Hammers were paying the striker just £1,000 a week. He might have been the worst-paid senior player in the Premier League, but a return of no goals from nine appearances suggests the club still did not get value for their money.

Al-Saadi Gaddafi broke the mould early in the decade during a brief and ridiculous stint in Serie A. The son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi was so bad he had to pay his clubs, not the other way round. He managed one Serie A appearance for Perugia, one for Udinese and one positive test for Nandrolone.

During Manchester United's latest contract dispute with Rio Ferdinand - who ended up trousering an estimated £110,000 a week - they used the best possible negotiating tactic. They got Paul Scholes in, put a contract in front of him, and roughly 37 seconds later the midfielder had signed a new deal. The contrast could hardly have been starker, and is one reason United love Scholes so much. Mind, his lack of negotiating ability has hardly cost him; his latest deal is believed to be worth about £4m a year.

Robbie Fowler was so excited on being offered the chance of a second stint at Liverpool, he completely forgot to ask about money. Fowler said he would have been happy to play for free, but ended up pocketing about 30 grand a week.

By popular agreement, Federico Macheda scored the goal that won Manchester United the 2008/09 Premier League against Aston Villa. Not that he was popping Cristal later that night; the Italian was on a youth contract worth a few hundred quid a week. Macheda has since turned 18, and signed a four-year-deal for 'proper' footballers' money.

And finally, let's hear it for England's pampered, over-paid prima donnas. The big-time Charlies flying the flag in South Africa have just announced they will donate their match fees to charity.

It's easy to sneer, but given the vast money-making machine built around England's World Cup campaign, it is actually thoroughly decent of them to play for free.

QUOTE OF THE DAY: "I remember an incident from his Berlin days. Kevin score his first Bundesliga goals one week before the game against Bayern. In the game Ballack stepped on his foot. When Kevin asked, 'What are you doing?', Ballack said to him, 'Shut up! Just because you scored against Frankfurt, don't think you're the greatest." Kevin Prince Boateng's dad on the previous with Michael Ballack</sub>