Book of Condolence & Memorial

[EAFC_rdfl]

Celtic also do the brick thing at parkhead, if its something that might be considered. they are £40, seem to have gone up in price since i last looked at it:
here

[sean_irl]

Delighted to be able to contribute. I've been shadowing here for along while and as it turns out i'm a very close friend of your Uncle.... a cut off the same block

Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam.

[rednwhitearmy]

Did,nt know the fella but just left a donation.......

[DeLorean]

That's great. I'll contribute when I get paid on Thursday

Done. Thanks.

[rambler14]

Whats the latest total?

[tricky_colour]

Probably just me, but I had a fair bit of trouble using that, dunno if I put my password in wrong or not but nothing seemed to happen before, anyway I managed to 'get through' eventually, then it seems my debit card has expired!
I don't recall them sending me a new one, so I will have to sort that out before I get arrested in Sainsburys.
Anyway I used my credit card no with problem so that's sorted now.

[Junior]

With only a week to go to the first game - Is it still possible to get a flag done in time or are we holding off on that idea?

[MariborKev]

Junior,

Flag design has been sent to design company a few days ago.

[paul_oshea]

Good work kev. How big is the flag going to be our is that all dependant on funds?

[MariborKev]

Paul,

We went with 4M X 3M for logistical reasons. Anything bigger is a nightmare to get displayed in modern stadia.

[Drumcondra 69er]

Done.

Is there anything further about a minutes applause and tribute on the screen at Croker for the home game?

[paul_oshea]

As far as im aware there are lads looking to do something with the FAI and croker.

[dahamsta]

Is anybody organsing a team for this, or is it going ahead at all?

[youngirish]

As far as im aware there are lads looking to do something with the FAI and croker.

I mailed a guy in the FAI that citenerased provided me with but he never bothered to get back to me. Anyone any contacts in the FAI?

[dahamsta]

Talk to A face, he might be able to help.

[elroy]

Just made two donations, one for myself and one for Greenforever.

Gladly support whatever final decision is made to put the money to good use. Thanks for organising.

[dahamsta]

Thanks to everyone that donated. The final total was a very generous €1,086.70, with fees of €61.63 that I'll cover. €411.48 (£360GBP) has been spent so far, on a flag.

I'll leave eirebhoy's profile open for one more week.

adam

[youngirish]

Just received a reply from Gerry McDermott in the FAi after I tried contacting him again. Here are the details.

Thank you for your email. I forwarded it on to your Communications Department who look after the match programme and they intend including a tribute to Gearóid in the publication for the France match.

Regards

Gerry McDermott
Director of Football Support Services
Football Association of Ireland

-----Original Message-----
To: Gerry McDermott
Subject: Gearoid Walsh

I've been passed your email address by a fellow Ireland fan. You may or may not be aware of the tragic passing of 23 year old Gearoid Walsh recently in Sydney the victim of an assault that left him critically ill before he passed away.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1030/walshg.html

I knew Gearoid only because he was one of the main contributers to both foot.ie and boards.ie - two football sites dedicated to the support of the Irish international team and the LOI clubs. These sites provide a forum for thousands of the most die hard Ireland and LOI supporters to air their views and Gearoid who went by the name of Eirebhoy on the sites was one of the most respected and regular posters. In addition he was also one of a very small handful of moderators on foot.ie.

He was a dedicated Ireland and Celtic fan. His optimism and positivity knew no bounds. He adored Aiden McGeady. His passing leaves our boards feeling all the more empty. Anyway I'm just sending this mail as I feel there should be some tribute to him at the next Ireland game as his contributions will be missed by many hundreds of the most loyal Ireland supporters. Celtic held a tribute to him before their game last Saturday week. Here are some of the many, many messages fans have left about him since we learned of his passing:

http://foot.ie/forums/showthread.php?t=126939
http://foot.ie/forums/showthread.php?t=126978
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showt...p?t=2055725002
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showt...p?t=2055724617

Regards


Thanks to citzenerased and Greenforever for their help. It took a while but eventually I got through to the FAI.

[Drumcondra 69er]

Just received a reply from Gerry McDermott in the FAi after I tried contacting him again. Here are the details.

Good work. nice to get something into the programme. They don't seem to be into the idea of a minute's silence or applause or a picture on the screens, is it worth mailing agfain do people think? I've no problem mailing Gerry McDermott on it if people think it's a good idea. I assume Gearoid's family are okay with this given what happened at Parkhead.

[paul_oshea]

email away.

There might be someone putting a video together who will have something at the end with EB on it. Ive passed on alan miltons detail from croker but he reckons its all outsourced to another company on the day and its down to the FAI what appears on screen.