QuoteThanks but I think Dalymount is probably big enough for the moment.Originally Posted by seand
I hope they put that one on TV!Dublin City v UCD, Croke Park
The GAA haven't a leg to stand on, and if they are stupid enough to go ahead with these threats (for that is all they are at the moment it would seem) it'll just cost them a lot of money and expose their small-mindedness. They can do serious harm to Rovers by causing delay though, but after all that's happened there's little doubt they'd survive.
Thanks but I think Dalymount is probably big enough for the moment.
That's the nail on the head. The GAA are taking a judicial review of the planning application from last December, I think. There is no way that they'd win this particular case so it is purely to delay the process.
Shouldnt you be in school? Who are shams?I would like to echo Dodge's words.
Shouldn't this be in the Shams forum or other sports(GAA) even?.
KOH
That's an awfully clunky analogy. How about if the council built a halting site and you took them to court because they wouldn't let you park your own caravan there whenever you felt like a holiday
I still think the best comparison yet is the swimming pool/tennis court one from this site that was thieved by the Star.
The gaa or Rovers?
We're not arrogant, we're just better.
The GAA obviously. Rovers will find an entirely legal way of paying them a small percentage of what they're owed.Quote:
Originally Posted by BohDiddley
no doubt the cute hoors will find some way of making the taxpayer pay for their lawyers.
The gaa or Rovers?
There's another thread on this forum on ways to improve the LOI. Unfortunately the existence of the GAA and their stance on the foreign game or specifically the foreign game played in Ireland (as most of them seem to have a Celtic, Man U or a Liverpool Jersey somewhere in their closet and doesn't seem to bother them at all) is one of the reasons I'm afraid to say the LOI will not improve to the height of its potential
As a LOI supporter i am absolutely disgusted to see whats happening with the GAA taking rovers to court, if this is let happen it would possibly set a precedent all over the country, these bigots must be stopped, the minister must stand up to these bully boys now, tpyical of the muck savages in the GAA, as a protest i think anybody who has any interest in this case should send a letter or start a pretition to the minister and show that its not just rovers and that all LOI supporters are behind rovers getting in to tallaght.
Its imperative that rovers do such that and build itself back up cos it can only be good for the league and its profile.
Some of the replies that i have seen here from sligo and pats fans are nothing but childish, obvioulsy they dont have a clue on the possible wider implications of this if the GAA get their way with the minister cos as we all know Fianna Fail and the GAA are like a mafia.
I am 100% behind rovers on this 1, love to see them get into tallaght and show up the GAA for what they really are !!!
The Gaa want everything and want no one else to get anything. Its as simple as that, they will probably try and object to Lansdowne as well when push comes to shove. The government have looked after the GAA more than any other sporting body in the country and in fairness to them they have used the money well. The facilities they provide for kids are second to none and well LOI clubs have a history of spending the grants they got unwisely.
The GAA also have a point in that their own grounds are generally only part funded and they have to riase their own cash, in this instance the goverment seem to be building the whole project.
However football needs this and its vital that this does not get held up in court. Rovers will be the main losers if this happens but we will all lose as yet again it will show the GAA that they can hold us back as long as they want.
GH, you've got your quotes muxed ip.
Legal question: in the unlikely event that the GAA win this, does it expose them to counter-claims from football at national and local level?
It'd be great if the legions of kids who have to change in the rain could use all those swanky GAA clubhouses by right.
It is not uncommon for GAA teams to use football clubs facilities for training.
For example, in Galway, the GAA have little or no all-weather facilities.
Teams like Salthill/Knocknacarra and Liam Mellowes publicly acknowledge, in the local media, the use of the facilities of Salthill Devon and Mervue United.
I have never heard of any football club using GAA facilities for training.
If, as it seems, these bigots from South Dublin have the backing of "Croke Park", then the FAI should insist that none of their affiliates allow the GAA use of their facilities.
I am not anti-GAA, but as an Irish taxpayer and a supporter of the global game, I feel its time for us (the Irish football community) to make a stand. I would have no qualms about moving our international home games to the UK, out of Croke Pk, if this escalates.
This would be a major two fingers to the GAA, barstoolers, and the Joe Duffy brigade, in one fell swoop.
The only flaw I see in that is that the GAA projects are not fully funded by the government. The Tallaght stadium would be fully fundedby government money and I guess thats the angle the GAA are playing.
That's fair enough. But the more usual scenario is that the GAA has the clubhouse and football has the sideline, or even that GAA let their poor relations in. But if they win Tallaght, depending on the legal principle, doesn't it open the doors to every subsidised GAA facility, from Croker down, not on sufferance but by right?
Wouldn't that be sweet?
but its not, rovers have put in 2m so far
That is one fact that the media fail to mention & its assumed that state is just buildimng a stadium for free. Rovers will still have to rent the ground & won't own it...?
If the GAA win this it could have serious implications around the country - If for example the FAI & IRFU got together in Cork & asked the local council to help fund a municipal stadium the GAA could wander in & get the ground made bigegr to fit their pitch & then they'd probably only use for a few events.
Is that grant aid which originated from the Government, if not where did Rovers get €2m from?
i believe 1m of the 4m in was grant aid. tut tut tut mr maguire. directors loans and mulden makes up the 2m
I suspect there is a degree of posturing going on here from the 6 GAA clubs involved in the Tallaght area. Given O'Donoghue's comments (very surprising given his GAA background), they know they are on a loser in relation to the half finished stadium. They may well, imho, be engaging in brinkmanship in order to get more money to develop the 26 acres (over twice that of Tallaght) that they have in Rathcoole. The idea is to have a southside version of Parnell Park complete with floodlights and a stadium that could be used by a number of GAA clubs as well as the Dublin senior team.
It is clearly in the interest of all eircom league fans that Shamrock Rovers get to move into their new stadium (all petty rivalries aside).
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