The First Minister's behaviour

GlynD

shaz77 wrote: »

Only in certain areas but it's a fact of life - out of interest do you condemn or condone this behaviour? From reading your second comment at 18:19 yesterday it's unclear.

I certainly don't condone a situation which demands a child, or adult, be good at sports to gain academic achievement or promotion at work. If this really goes on then someone needs to blow the whistle and get a stop put to the practice.

lazer wrote: »

I'm a bit scpetical of this too - although from what I have heard back in the 60's the school was only interested in you if were either acedamic of good at football, but I think those days are mainly over with things like vocational NVQ's etc now being possible. I've never heard of people not getting promotions due to not supporting or playing GAA sports.
As I have said before I have played Ladies football for my school, university and local club and keenly support the Down County team - and I would class this as my only real hobby - but if asked about hobbies and interests in an interview or application form I never include this (And probably seem like a dull person for lack of hobbies!) as it does open up the possibility of discrimination.

I went to a Catholic school - and there was no GAA played at our school - we finally got a football team when i was near leaving age - (Around 1999), we had hockey, netball, tennis etc but no camogie or Ladies football.

Back in the 60's the Brothers were still beating forty shades of something out of male pupils too and that's been ended.

Odd that you had no Gaelic sports at your school. I'm not surprised they didn't facilitate girls because that was the old way but it would have been pretty normal to have had GAA and soccer. All my friends would run around with the old Tipperary Rifle on their way home from school and those really seriously into it could be seen heading out in the evenings to take part in training or matches.

thefreckle

The_Hurricane wrote: »

I went to a GAA game with work colleagues and was politely told that since I did not have United Ireland inclinations "it would be better if I didn't return". To be honest this was fair enough but that why I have issues with it being branded as cross community - it isn't.

How is it shoved down my throat - well I used to work at a place where you had to play Gaelic to get promotions.

Name and shame!

Where was the game? Was it a club game or a county game? Who were the teams involved? Was it a supporter, a club member, a player/substitute, a member of the management team or an official (referee, umpire)?

Was this one person who said this to you or was it more than one? Was it said to you during the game or before/after?

tara747

The_Hurricane wrote: »

I went to a GAA game with work colleagues and was politely told that since I did not have United Ireland inclinations "it would be better if I didn't return". To be honest this was fair enough but that why I have issues with it being branded as cross community - it isn't.

How is it shoved down my throat - well I used to work at a place where you had to play Gaelic to get promotions.

OK, I'm with thefreckle, a bit more detail is needed here.

Where was the game, and who said it to you?

Where was the workplace, and when did you work there?

The_Hurricane

Tara/Freckle

PM sent, best not to display such information on a public forum but you wouldn't have to do much digging around to find out that this is true.

thefreckle

The_Hurricane wrote: »

Tara/Freckle

PM sent, best not to display such information on a public forum but you wouldn't have to do much digging around to find out that this is true.

Got the PM, cheers. I wasn't really interested in the company name though, it was more the game and people involved I was interested in - I don't see any harm in having that in the public domain...

thefreckle wrote: »

Name and shame!

Where was the game? Was it a club game or a county game? Who were the teams involved? Was it a supporter, a club member, a player/substitute, a member of the management team or an official (referee, umpire)?

Was this one person who said this to you or was it more than one? Was it said to you during the game or before/after?

The_Hurricane

thefreckle wrote: »

Got the PM, cheers. I wasn't really interested in the company name though, it was more the game and people involved I was interested in - I don't see any harm in having that in the public domain...

It was my senior Manager and it was a county game - not really sure I would or indeed should be allowed to give names on an open forum.

Cotta

Do NOT post names on a public forum, it seems obvious that discrimination is a two way street here in NI and nobody has the moral high ground.

lazer

The_Hurricane wrote: »

It was my senior Manager and it was a county game - not really sure I would or indeed should be allowed to give names on an open forum.

Don't post the name but do post who was playing.

The_Hurricane

lazer wrote: »

Don't post the name but do post who was playing.

Fermanagh V Cavan, it was played in Enniskillen and it was in the summer of 2012.

GlynD

The_Hurricane wrote: »

Fermanagh V Cavan, it was played in Enniskillen and it was in the summer of 2012.

Well I am really shocked to hear that. I've worked in places before where GAA sports were played by the workforce/management and I've never heard of this happening.

It's absolutely fine by me for anyone to promote Irish culture within Northern Ireland. It's always been done in my lifetime. To force people to play sports though is just wrong - any sport, not just Gaelic sports.

How would this help top open up Gaelic sports to the entire population. That's what should be happening. We should be sharing aspects of our culture not forcing it on anyone.