The County Board Complaints Thread

[red&blue]

Nice kite flying exercise, fair play to the board

It should never have come to this though

 

[Jukka]

Listening to a local TD on radio this morning was galling, He claimed the Gaa are different to other sporting organisations due to our amateur status and volunteers, What an insult to volunteers in soccer. rugby, boxing,and so many other clubs.

Agreed.

And what's that got to do with it anyway? The bandwagon jumping Sinn Fein TDs might be surprised to learn that that, unfortunately, the contractors and hundreds of staff hired to build the stadium weren't volunteers, and the materials used weren't provided at cost price.

Are we supposed to turn around to Bank of Ireland and say "sorry we're behind on repayments, but we're a voluntary organisation so what about".

 

[Rekcuf]

Would you be happier if we had the old decrepid stadium?

There is a happy medium pal without selling our soul. This is a very low day in the history of Cork GAA.

 

[junior footballer]

Look lads I’m sure the vulture fund who eventually get it if the cb can’t service their debts will retain the name and the dead man’s grandson and the Tánaiste currently welcoming the Chinese vice president will be happy that tradition has been upheld

 

[cork2030]

Spot on, they are three years at least trying to sell this. I know one company approached 2 years ago and another 6 months previous to that. Whatever figure they get( which no ones knows yet), they did well to get it.

John Arnold crying!

Cork GAA says discussions to continue around naming rights deal for Páirc Uí Chaoimh

Change would be a betrayal, warns GAA historian

www.echolive.ie

 

[Jukka]

I take it that Cork GAA must not have actually had a soul for the first 90 years of it's existence (including the entirety of Ring's career) up to 1976 before we actually named a stadium after Ó Chaoimh.

 

[Elmnop]

I blame KOD

A Farmer well out of his debt

 

[markyboy]

County board delegate and Echo columnist John Arnold said the proposed decision was like “spitting on the memory” of long-time GAA administrator Pádraig Ó Caoimh who the stadium was named after. “It’s difficult to describe the feelings of anger and betrayal,” the GAA historian said. “When I heard the news I was a mixture of feelings. I was crying and angry. I told myself that it had to be the first of April. It had to be a joke.” He questioned where the line would be drawn. “Are we going to get to a stage where Páirc Uí Rinn is renamed 7Up Páirc? To be fair, I still call it Flower Lodge.

 

[red&blue]

A Farmer well out of his debt

Wish he was out of his debt, we’d be all happy then

 

[omar]

Lads you never know. We might find a few more bank accounts we didn't know existed?