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Oh God. After Hours are starting on about the Equitation School.

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  • #2
    Poccington
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,497 ✭✭✭Poccington


    You won't find me defending the Horsey School.

    The fact that place uses up even one euro of the Defence budget is a disgrace.


  • #3
    discus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,049 ✭✭✭discus


    While I like my pomp and ceremony, it's not as if there are better ways for the DF to spend some of that cash!


  • #4
    newby.204
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,335 ✭✭✭newby.204


    discus wrote: »
    While I like my pomp and ceremony, it's not as if there are better ways for the DF to spend some of that cash!

    are you being sarcastic?? please tell me your being sarcastic!!!


  • #5
    discus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,049 ✭✭✭discus


    Whoops. That should read "as if there's NOT anything better to spend our cash on".

    Or maybe it's freudian!


  • #6
    Morpheus
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 2,688 Mod ✭✭✭✭Morpheus


    I believe the horsey school costs more than the entire RDF budget? ah well, i like horses. in fairness if they did away with the motorcycle cavalcade and used the horseys instead it would look a lot better ... however in recession looks are not what matters. I do believe that they promote irish horsebreeding and our showjumping etc on the international circuit which supposedly generates cash in the equine industry in ireland, thus also helping somewhat at keeping a lot of people in work in that industry. Pity we cant make strike aircraft and show them off at airshows too.... lol.


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  • #7
    Avgas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 368 ✭✭Avgas


    the obvious thing to do with the equitation school is use them as horse cavalry on some future PK mission.:) I'm sure a few auld nags from Smithfield could be got (one couldn't use the show jumpers as their far too valuable). Would have cut quite a dash in Chad and easier to transport there than the bloody Pirhanas.....has nobody in DF press office got a demented/creative streak in them........?:rolleyes:


  • #8
    goldie fish
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,195 ✭✭✭goldie fish


    discus wrote: »
    While I like my pomp and ceremony, it's not as if there are better ways for the DF to spend some of that cash!

    The pony club doesnt even do pomp and ceremony. Just Gymkanas.


  • #9
    Poccington
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,497 ✭✭✭Poccington


    Morphéus wrote: »
    I believe the horsey school costs more than the entire RDF budget? ah well, i like horses. in fairness if they did away with the motorcycle cavalcade and used the horseys instead it would look a lot better ... however in recession looks are not what matters. I do believe that they promote irish horsebreeding and our showjumping etc on the international circuit which supposedly generates cash in the equine industry in ireland, thus also helping somewhat at keeping a lot of people in work in that industry. Pity we cant make strike aircraft and show them off at airshows too.... lol.

    If it does that much for the horse and showjumping industry, let the Department of Tourism, Culture and Sport to pay for it.


  • #10
    Raging_Ninja
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,717 ✭✭✭Raging_Ninja


    Do you honestly think that if the horsey school was shut down or transferred to another department, that the unit's budget will be redistributed amongst the rest of the DF?


  • #11
    SIRREX
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 217 ✭✭SIRREX


    Raging_Ninja wrote: »
    Do you honestly think that if the horsey school was shut down or transferred to another department, that the unit's budget will be redistributed amongst the rest of the DF?

    Of course it would, because the money to run it comes out of the general DF budget


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