Hockey Thread

greenforever wrote: so Ross announces €1.5m in front on the girls and a week later its only €250k they are getting,

Our Minister for Transport was notable only for his lack of intervention during the Bus Éireann and Irish Rail strikes. Our Minister for Sport was notable only for his lack of intervention during the controversy surrounding Na Fianna’s pitches and the Metrolink. Our Minister for Tourism has been notable only for his lack of intervention during the Ryanair strikes. The same Minister can’t even take credit for the wonderful success of the national hockey team, given that he assures us he had “no hand, act or part” in the funding for a new hockey pitch in his own constituency.

Yet on the topics of judicial appointments reform, cash for grandparents and even the intractable problem of peace on the Korean peninsula, there is our Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, centre stage.



Edited by SuperDave84 - 13 Aug 2018 at 7:44pm

SuperDave84 wrote: Our Minister for Transport was notable only for his lack of intervention during the Bus Éireann and Irish Rail strikes. Our Minister for Sport was notable only for his lack of intervention during the controversy surrounding Na Fianna’s pitches and the Metrolink. Our Minister for Tourism has been notable only for his lack of intervention during the Ryanair strikes. The same Minister can’t even take credit for the wonderful success of the national hockey team, given that he assures us he had “no hand, act or part” in the funding for a new hockey pitch in his own constituency. Yet on the topics of judicial appointments reform, cash for grandparents and even the intractable problem of peace on the Korean peninsula, there is our Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, centre stage. Then again, where his proposal to deal with rising accommodation prices is to increase their VAT rate, maybe we should be grateful for his singular attentiveness to his portfolios.

9fingers wrote: SuperDave84 wrote: Our Minister for Transport was notable only for his lack of intervention during the Bus Éireann and Irish Rail strikes. Our Minister for Sport was notable only for his lack of intervention during the controversy surrounding Na Fianna’s pitches and the Metrolink. Our Minister for Tourism has been notable only for his lack of intervention during the Ryanair strikes. The same Minister can’t even take credit for the wonderful success of the national hockey team, given that he assures us he had “no hand, act or part” in the funding for a new hockey pitch in his own constituency. Yet on the topics of judicial appointments reform, cash for grandparents and even the intractable problem of peace on the Korean peninsula, there is our Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, centre stage. Then again, where his proposal to deal with rising accommodation prices is to increase their VAT rate, maybe we should be grateful for his singular attentiveness to his portfolios.

The lad is as I stated before a prick. As you say where was he when there was a bus strike, na Fianna's pitches and the Ryanair strike...

Saying it's not his job to sort things out..It's more his job then swanning off on tax payers money to France or Rio

Shedite wrote: greenforever wrote: Strazdas wrote: greenforever wrote: so Ross announces €1.5m in front on the girls and a week later its only €250k they are getting,  Well it's a new €500k for the two senior teams on top of the high performance funding they're already getting. I'd say it's generous enough for a minority sport : it definitely should improve their chances of qualifying for Tokyo. Yes its a lot, but he would have been a bit more honest had he announced the figure in front of the girls as 250K and not 1.5M. The tears of joy from the girls were from the figure he announced before going on to say of was for a variety of sports. It was cruel as much as anything else, but no more than to be expected.  And 250k among a squad of 25 to include managers etc is only 10K each, hardly a lot of money for our first ever world cup finalists  They're playing a sport, it's a pastime, they know full well it's not professional. If you or me want to go enter a sport abroad (say a marathon or something), we have to pay for it. It's not a knock on the girls, I just think we are comparing everything to what those footballers and rugby players get paid. 99.9% of athletes pay their own way

greenforever wrote: Shedite wrote: greenforever wrote: Strazdas wrote: greenforever wrote: so Ross announces €1.5m in front on the girls and a week later its only €250k they are getting,  Well it's a new €500k for the two senior teams on top of the high performance funding they're already getting. I'd say it's generous enough for a minority sport : it definitely should improve their chances of qualifying for Tokyo. Yes its a lot, but he would have been a bit more honest had he announced the figure in front of the girls as 250K and not 1.5M. The tears of joy from the girls were from the figure he announced before going on to say of was for a variety of sports. It was cruel as much as anything else, but no more than to be expected.  And 250k among a squad of 25 to include managers etc is only 10K each, hardly a lot of money for our first ever world cup finalists  They're playing a sport, it's a pastime, they know full well it's not professional. If you or me want to go enter a sport abroad (say a marathon or something), we have to pay for it. It's not a knock on the girls, I just think we are comparing everything to what those footballers and rugby players get paid. 99.9% of athletes pay their own way No I'm making the point that Ross gets himself all over the media with the girls in the background and makes an announcement of €1.5M to grab all the headlines, when the amount the hockey girls are getting is just 1/6 of that.  Had he said nothing and just given the funding that would have been preferable.   Does anyone know how much he wasted going to Rio?