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Replying To LongfordgaaAbú: "There is a strong hint of 'If we can't do everything we should do nothing' about many of the remarks here. There is a very specific difference between say Allianz and Amazon versus other companies involved in GAA activity... Allianz and Amazon are explicitly cited in the UN report linking them to material complicity in what was/is happening in Gaza.
Those protesting Allianz are perfectly legitimate in doing so IMO, and should also protest Amazon's involvement too. If that offends you, don't join the protest. But to try and de-legitmise it by making a 'let those without sin...' argument seems to me an excuse never to do anything unless it solve everything. You can't make any progress with that mindset." Politics should be kept out of of sport end of. Allianz also insures Air lingus ye gonna stop flying with them for your holiers? Doubt it .
And the protest yesterday was a dusgrace and people actually got injured. What did they achieve by it ? Absolutely nothing pathetic !
S1234 (Mayo) - Posts: 897 - 01/03/2026 12:16:46
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I strongly condemn the Pro-Palestine protestors for using violence against GAA officials at Congress yesterday.
It's sickening. If they had Irish tricolours, they would been arrested for hate crimes probably.
GAA needs to send a strong message to the angry mob that attacked our Congress. Jarlath Burns is a decent man, and no doubt he will have more to say about this abuse from elements inside and outside the GAA.
Enough is enough.
maroondiesel (Mayo) - Posts: 1261 - 01/03/2026 12:27:31
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Hypocrisy is part of everyone's DNA.
supersub15 (Carlow) - Posts: 3371 - 01/03/2026 12:38:06
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Replying To S1234: "Politics should be kept out of of sport end of. Allianz also insures Air lingus ye gonna stop flying with them for your holiers? Doubt it .
And the protest yesterday was a dusgrace and people actually got injured. What did they achieve by it ? Absolutely nothing pathetic !" Did you watch Peter Canavan's comments last night?
peiledoir20 (Donegal) - Posts: 1463 - 01/03/2026 14:20:27
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Why should the GAA as a sporting organisation be pro-Palestinian?
Yes its wrong that the Palestinians are suffering in Gaza currently, yes there's a humanitarian crisis there, but the people who rushed the podium maybe shouldve stopped and thought about what has happened in the last 2000 plus years in that region, before taking sides.
"From the river to the sea" wasn't a phrase coined by the Israelis. In their eyes they are fighting for their right to exist. It doesn't justify the suffering in Gaza currently, but equally it does explain it. The 2 state solution proposed by the UN in the 1940s wasn't rejected by the Israelis, it was rejected by the Arabs. And the spark for the current suffering was the brutal attack by Hamas on October 7th, an attack that was always going to lead to a reaction, which was its purpose in the first place.
Im not pro Israeli or pro Palestinian, what happens there is none of my business, and it isnt a problem that I can solve either, even if I decided I wanted to.
Most importantly I'm certainly not a member of the GAA because I share every other members political, religious, social or ideological beliefs. What I do share with all the other members is a love of the games, and Id personally prefer that we as an Assocation should focus on what we are about. The preservation and regulation of those games. Which is the position our own Ethics Committee reached.
Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 18577 - 01/03/2026 17:27:44
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Replying To Viking66: "Why should the GAA as a sporting organisation be pro-Palestinian?
Yes its wrong that the Palestinians are suffering in Gaza currently, yes there's a humanitarian crisis there, but the people who rushed the podium maybe shouldve stopped and thought about what has happened in the last 2000 plus years in that region, before taking sides.
"From the river to the sea" wasn't a phrase coined by the Israelis. In their eyes they are fighting for their right to exist. It doesn't justify the suffering in Gaza currently, but equally it does explain it. The 2 state solution proposed by the UN in the 1940s wasn't rejected by the Israelis, it was rejected by the Arabs. And the spark for the current suffering was the brutal attack by Hamas on October 7th, an attack that was always going to lead to a reaction, which was its purpose in the first place.
Im not pro Israeli or pro Palestinian, what happens there is none of my business, and it isnt a problem that I can solve either, even if I decided I wanted to.
Most importantly I'm certainly not a member of the GAA because I share every other members political, religious, social or ideological beliefs. What I do share with all the other members is a love of the games, and Id personally prefer that we as an Assocation should focus on what we are about. The preservation and regulation of those games. Which is the position our own Ethics Committee reached." The Palestinian suffering started long before October 7th. Ever hear of Nakba?
peiledoir20 (Donegal) - Posts: 1463 - 01/03/2026 19:20:00
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The amount of champagne socialists in Ireland is worrying, so much virtue signalling
southmeathgael (Meath) - Posts: 1056 - 01/03/2026 19:49:51
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Replying To Viking66: "Why should the GAA as a sporting organisation be pro-Palestinian?
Yes its wrong that the Palestinians are suffering in Gaza currently, yes there's a humanitarian crisis there, but the people who rushed the podium maybe shouldve stopped and thought about what has happened in the last 2000 plus years in that region, before taking sides.
"From the river to the sea" wasn't a phrase coined by the Israelis. In their eyes they are fighting for their right to exist. It doesn't justify the suffering in Gaza currently, but equally it does explain it. The 2 state solution proposed by the UN in the 1940s wasn't rejected by the Israelis, it was rejected by the Arabs. And the spark for the current suffering was the brutal attack by Hamas on October 7th, an attack that was always going to lead to a reaction, which was its purpose in the first place.
Im not pro Israeli or pro Palestinian, what happens there is none of my business, and it isnt a problem that I can solve either, even if I decided I wanted to.
Most importantly I'm certainly not a member of the GAA because I share every other members political, religious, social or ideological beliefs. What I do share with all the other members is a love of the games, and Id personally prefer that we as an Assocation should focus on what we are about. The preservation and regulation of those games. Which is the position our own Ethics Committee reached." Fully agree. This has potential to do huge damage. There are lots of places to do politics outside of sports.
One of few escapes from all of the nonsense and terrible stuff in world. Ditching Allianz won't make one bit of difference to the Palestinians who have been and are treated appallingly.
BarneyGrant (Dublin) - Posts: 4039 - 01/03/2026 20:06:52
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