‘Cocaine is in GAA every club, it’s frightening’ – Limerick legend Ciarán Carey

[Milltown Row2]

I don't like connection made here between GAA and cocaine.

It suggests that as both can be found in every town and village in Ireland, then the former is naturally in a position to take control of the latter.

It suggests that when education fails, commonsense fails, policing fails, self-control fails and parenting fails, then the GAA must step in.

Which makes we wonder. Are us GAA folk also responsible for the alcoholism and gambling problems rife on our island? Is it our fault that our locals won't integrate nicely with those "freeloading foreigners"? Was it our fault that paedophilia was allowed to run rampant in the Catholic Church, or that wifebeating was traditionally such a popular pastime in Ireland?

Seriously, Carey and his like need stopped in his tracks.

Ireland has a cocaine issue. Not the GAA.

While he is clearly launching himself for something, are the GAA doing the testing they committed to? Pick off 3 intercounty and 3 club players, ban them and send a message

Make sure their faces is plastered all over the local and national press... Really go to town on them for what they do in their own time, hamper current or future job prospects. Ban from training / playing, take their exercise and their sporting social life... Stocks maybe BB2??

PS: how do folk afford this stuff on top of the drink on a night out??

Other sports do it.

Do they test Sunday pub teams?

[ONeill]

Y'know the way there's doping in cycling and athletics - is there a drug that could improve your game in GAA?

[pbat]

Worked on quite a few large site's across the water up till about 2020, regular random piss tests carried out on a Monday or Tuesday after a bank holiday weekend. Fail the test automatic off site and banded by  the main contractor from any of there sites for 6 months.

I can only imagine Siptu's or CIF's reaction if the construction industry here decided to implement it.

[Derryman forever]

Y'know the way there's doping in cycling and athletics - is there a drug that could improve your game in GAA?

According to Brendan Rogers , Tea.

[RedHand88]

Drugs need legalising and regulating the world over.

The war on drugs has failed drastically. Is it not $trillions they've spent in the states on it and way worse off - deaths, jails full etc., fentanyl, which is instantly deadly for some, is rife in plenty of areas and spreading to other parts of the world too.

Agree. Legalise, tax and regulate. Drugs won the war on drugs a fair while ago.

Legalising them makes them no less addictive. Why make such a harmful substance so readily available? Better off educating, educating, educating.

[general_lee]

Drugs need legalising and regulating the world over.

The war on drugs has failed drastically. Is it not $trillions they've spent in the states on it and way worse off - deaths, jails full etc., fentanyl, which is instantly deadly for some, is rife in plenty of areas and spreading to other parts of the world too.

Agree. Legalise, tax and regulate. Drugs won the war on drugs a fair while ago.

Legalising them makes them no less addictive. Why make such a harmful substance so readily available? Better off educating, educating, educating.

class As are readily available.

[Baile Brigín 2]

I don't like connection made here between GAA and cocaine.

It suggests that as both can be found in every town and village in Ireland, then the former is naturally in a position to take control of the latter.

It suggests that when education fails, commonsense fails, policing fails, self-control fails and parenting fails, then the GAA must step in.

Which makes we wonder. Are us GAA folk also responsible for the alcoholism and gambling problems rife on our island? Is it our fault that our locals won't integrate nicely with those "freeloading foreigners"? Was it our fault that paedophilia was allowed to run rampant in the Catholic Church, or that wifebeating was traditionally such a popular pastime in Ireland?

Seriously, Carey and his like need stopped in his tracks.

Ireland has a cocaine issue. Not the GAA.

While he is clearly launching himself for something, are the GAA doing the testing they committed to? Pick off 3 intercounty and 3 club players, ban them and send a message

Make sure their faces is plastered all over the local and national press... Really go to town on them for what they do in their own time, hamper current or future job prospects. Ban from training / playing, take their exercise and their sporting social life... Stocks maybe BB2??

PS: how do folk afford this stuff on top of the drink on a night out??

Other sports do it.

Do they test Sunday pub teams?

If they get paid, yes.

[snoopdog]

I don't like connection made here between GAA and cocaine.

It suggests that as both can be found in every town and village in Ireland, then the former is naturally in a position to take control of the latter.

It suggests that when education fails, commonsense fails, policing fails, self-control fails and parenting fails, then the GAA must step in.

Which makes we wonder. Are us GAA folk also responsible for the alcoholism and gambling problems rife on our island? Is it our fault that our locals won't integrate nicely with those "freeloading foreigners"? Was it our fault that paedophilia was allowed to run rampant in the Catholic Church, or that wifebeating was traditionally such a popular pastime in Ireland?

Seriously, Carey and his like need stopped in his tracks.

Ireland has a cocaine issue. Not the GAA.

While he is clearly launching himself for something, are the GAA doing the testing they committed to? Pick off 3 intercounty and 3 club players, ban them and send a message

Make sure their faces is plastered all over the local and national press... Really go to town on them for what they do in their own time, hamper current or future job prospects. Ban from training / playing, take their exercise and their sporting social life... Stocks maybe BB2??

PS: how do folk afford this stuff on top of the drink on a night out??

Other sports do it.

Probably a bit ott.  Can't be destroying someone's life , they are amateur sports people after all. Yea do the tests, but you can't hang these youngsters out to dry for the failing so the entire nation.

[Cavan19]

Drugs need legalising and regulating the world over.

The war on drugs has failed drastically. Is it not $trillions they've spent in the states on it and way worse off - deaths, jails full etc., fentanyl, which is instantly deadly for some, is rife in plenty of areas and spreading to other parts of the world too.

Agree. Legalise, tax and regulate. Drugs won the war on drugs a fair while ago.

Hello Mr Kinahan all is forgiven can you source us some marching powder please or give us the contact details for the biggest drug baron in Columbia we are legalising Cocaine and need contacts of the most dangerous criminals in the world to buy from.

[RedHand88]

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/articles/cw91ne33lldo.amp

[RedHand88]

Drugs need legalising and regulating the world over.

The war on drugs has failed drastically. Is it not $trillions they've spent in the states on it and way worse off - deaths, jails full etc., fentanyl, which is instantly deadly for some, is rife in plenty of areas and spreading to other parts of the world too.

Agree. Legalise, tax and regulate. Drugs won the war on drugs a fair while ago.

Legalising them makes them no less addictive. Why make such a harmful substance so readily available? Better off educating, educating, educating.

class As are readily available.

To alot of people they are not . Put them in every Spar and Centra they will be.

[tonto1888]

Genuine question. Why would legalising then help?

[imtommygunn]

It would remove the criminality aspect of it on either side - i.e. taker and seller. It would bring in tax. Gone are drug gangs. Quality can be controlled etc etc as you do hear of people dying with "bad batches" etc.

(That's not me arguing it's right - legalising cocaine etc too far for me but those are arguments you hear. It wouldn't remove addiction problems which are a huge problem.).

[Milltown Row2]

I don't like connection made here between GAA and cocaine.

It suggests that as both can be found in every town and village in Ireland, then the former is naturally in a position to take control of the latter.

It suggests that when education fails, commonsense fails, policing fails, self-control fails and parenting fails, then the GAA must step in.

Which makes we wonder. Are us GAA folk also responsible for the alcoholism and gambling problems rife on our island? Is it our fault that our locals won't integrate nicely with those "freeloading foreigners"? Was it our fault that paedophilia was allowed to run rampant in the Catholic Church, or that wifebeating was traditionally such a popular pastime in Ireland?

Seriously, Carey and his like need stopped in his tracks.

Ireland has a cocaine issue. Not the GAA.

While he is clearly launching himself for something, are the GAA doing the testing they committed to? Pick off 3 intercounty and 3 club players, ban them and send a message

Make sure their faces is plastered all over the local and national press... Really go to town on them for what they do in their own time, hamper current or future job prospects. Ban from training / playing, take their exercise and their sporting social life... Stocks maybe BB2??

PS: how do folk afford this stuff on top of the drink on a night out??

Other sports do it.

Do they test Sunday pub teams?

If they get paid, yes.

Plenty of pub teams in the south professional?

[clarshack]

https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/republic-of-ireland/suspected-cocaine-packages-discovered-on-co-donegal-beaches/a394763372.html