Did anyone else hear the rubbish that RTE Sports spewed out during the prime news program this evening ? I think it was about 1840 or so.
Basically it was a 5 minute piece (but it felt like 15 minutes) covering how Southsiders are going to find their way to Croke Park this weekend.
I had the strongest urge ever to turn the radio off. Ever.
After the first one or two interviews with stereotypes the remaining 15 became redundant - we got the picture. They even pulled the standard one of "my passport's up to date so there shouldn't be a problem" as well as a bizarre one about getting a bus laid on from Kielys (or somewhere like that) and getting Daddy to pick the guy up immediatley afterwards. This is *prime* news time on the national broadcaster, not pirate radio, not tweenie-time.
They then went on to have long piece where the reporter accompanied some guy on the 46A and he continued to spew forth the same rubbish.
It was stunningly poor broadcasting.
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Please. Same race cracker, racism doesn't come into it.. . these comments which border on racism . .
Did anyone else hear the rubbish that RTE Sports spewed out during the prime news program this evening ? I think it was about 1840 or so.
Who won?...the trauma of being dragged there to see Elton Joel & Billy John some time back
Even I know where Croker is and I've only been in it once before I instituted a personal ban on attending games that are foreign to me.
I have my tickets for Sunday and am looking forward to my first visit to Croke Park since 1993.
Can never get what almost seems like a pride football and rugby fans take in not visiting Croke Park, like it's a badge of honour.
I have my own personal/family reasons for having no truck with the GAA myself. I won't bore others with them though. Gaelic sports (including hurling - no matter how shocking that might be to some) hold no attraction for me personally. I have no real desire to attend Croke Park. Soccer, and in particular Bohs, is much more part of my and my family's sporting culture. This doesn't make me any less Irish than the next person and, in my opinion, only a bigot would think otherwise.but sometimes it seems more than that, like because Croke Park is the home of traditional Irish sports it's somehow uncool? God lads, come to terms with it: you're Irish.
I was very disappointed that nobody on radio or TV managed to say "last Gasperoni" about Ireland's win and in reference to San Marino's number 11.(well, apart from Mark 'bad joke' Lawrenson).
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