This afternoon.
Scenes from Dublin Airport as Minister for Transport and Sport Shane Ross (top pic) greets the women’s Irish hockey team after yesterday’s World Cup Final. The first time any Irish senior team in any sport had reached a world final.
A civic reception is being held at the Mansion, House, Dawson Street, Dublin 2 City Hall, Dame Street, Dublin 2 later today.
More as we get it.
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This evening.
City Hall, Dame Street, Dublin 2
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Enjoy the day ladies – you’ve earned it.
This statement is patently incorrect – “The first time any Irish team in any sport had reach a world final.”
Ireland Over-50 Women’s hockey team _won_ the World Cup on Saturday.
Ireland Under-19 Rugby _won_ the world cup in 1998
Not to take away from the achievement though…
senior team
First senior team, yes.
Ireland reached the final of the U20s Rugby World Cup in 2016 (where they lost to England).
pretty sure the snooker lads won a world cup back in the day
three of ’em
Well done, enjoy every minute in the spotlight.
And remember what Roosevelt said “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”
Nice quote.
Ay Repro
Nothing to do with the man with ‘his’ or ‘he’.
It’s the chicks with sticks that done it.
#COYGIG
I presume you’re being facetious.
Will he sign off their expenses?
…..yea…I was just thinking myself which toad would bite aaaand it’s Shane Fupping Ross of course…seriously what a fupping christ on a bike unbelievable chromium neck on him…Guinness book stuff
…ah here…who else would greet the team…aren’t Shane’s hockey credentials beyond question since he gave the 150k to Wesely College for new pitches…
Jews getting a pass today while you pile in on the prods eh ?
…I’m a good atheist, inshallah, I despise you all equally…
‘Tis City Hall on Dame Street, not the Mansion House on Dawson Street…
Did Lord Ross mention anything about reinstating their funding that the party he props up took from them?
he actually did. they’re putting 1.5 million onto prep for irish teams of any sport going into world championships, and he said a large portion of it goes to the ladies hockey team. theres a lot of sports, a lot of teams, that money won’t go far. and slipping in the bit about ladies hockey getting a sizeable portion of that, is just gettin carried away in the moment. it’s only being done because there’s election comin soon. it’s like ya have to get into a world cup final to get noticed and get some funding. they played that final having paid their own way.. being watched by Ross in the stadium, who got there on tax payers money.
a new 1.5mil, or a previously announced 1.5 mil?
i dunno. i just read a thing in the paper yesterday or the day before. sounded like it was new.
I’m all fairness.. they are of a type..
yea, like if Ross is guna give funding to a sports team .. hockey is the kind of bougie sport he would give funds to.
This year’s Annalise Murphy moment for Mr Ross.
To the team: Well done. Good stuff.
I am assuming the reaction on the faces of the women in the second image is in response to Shane Ross’s speech.
Hope they go far.
I like the simple stripey t-shirt team look with the tasteful SoftCo logo. Such a change from the lame blazer and Louis Copeland 3-piece suit hell that cis male athletics sheepishly wear. Yes, you, Mr Una Healy.
Unpopular opinion trigger warning:
But there is a disappointing level of ethnic diversity in the team, but hey, we have Irish Athletics to kick the ass of that one. That’s middle class education for you. Hopefully hockey will become more widespread in the community with these inspirational role models.
Questioning ethnic diversity at the top level in such a minor sport?
What about GAA?
Still not seeing much diversity there at the top level…
that comment on diversity is ridiculous. we are a prodominantly caucasian country, there are a lot of sports, amongst the differect ethnicities in ireland, it’s more probable most will play popular sports, soccer, rugby, gaa. So amongst a minority, the chances are slimmer again of having talented hockey players amongst them. like, they aren’t keeping minorities out of hockey. do you want them to just grab some foreign nationals and force them to play hockey agaisnt their will, and put them on the team, regardless of being any use, just so you can look on and go “thats good to see” as the poor girl gets humiliated having rings ran around her.