GAA need to step up

as mcmurphy says , it was an estimate. It was from a study of republican and loyalist prisoners.

it identified how many were involved in the GAA and then extrapolated that across the murders carried out by republicans. Your right, they may only have killed 900 people.

Bit of a sad post there. No responsibility taken.

can you post the sentence where the GAA condemned the dissidents for using their facilities? If you can’t then stop claiming they did. I haven’t looked, but I imagine it wouldn’t take long to find a crystal clear condemnation by the GAA of the British army using their facilities - but that’s different because they don’t like what the army stand for or do. lol.

then you cropped my words to misrepresent me. I said that I’d be shocked if SOME OF THEM were not members. Are you really trying to tell us on here that you would guess none of the terrorists demonstrating in bellaghy grounds that day were members of the GAA - come on now, we are entering sweetie mice territory and every single poster on here knows that.

your third point has some validity, but only if you apply this approach equally to OO etc. You can’t throw this about at ‘the others’ and then get upset when someone holds a mirror up at your community organisations.

some shocking prejudice and naivety on this thread.

Yes I see I did. I have subsequently agreed with mcmurphy that ‘estimate’ is a more appropriate word, but there is not much wrong with ‘stat’ either. Many stats are based on polls or estimates (I think)

You pre-empted my later post. GAA are not responsible for what their members do outside their facilities if not on official GAA business. Same exactly for OO.

And I don’t think it is any more likely that the ira would have worn GAA shirts on active service that the Uvf wearing orange sashes. Hurls - now that’s a whole different story.

I do think the OO is completely responsible if those on parade abuse residents, just the same as the GAA is completely responsible if their county team members shout IRA at young Protestant girls. I would expect both to act decisively and openly.

mis that clear and consistent?

No idea what you are saying.

I do not hold the GAA responsible for the historic makeup of their membership or what their members get up to in their own time.

I do hold them responsible for any sectarian attitudes tolerated within the organisation and any activities, meetings, concerts, etc with sectarian overtones. I also hold them responsible when they don’t act against clear sectarian acts whether their teams shouting from buses or minorities feeling intimidated away from participation. They are also responsible for not addressing chill factors to Protestants.

I would apply the same measure to loyal orders, other sports and workplaces, etc. That’s all. Not much to ask.

Back on message.

its a pity that the GAA neither locally or nationally could say one word of condemnation about those implicated in the Lyra McKee murder using their facilities.

it is nothing short of shocking!

Francie you take such a partisan hypocritical positIon. Are you really saying that the GAA don’t condemn stuff that happens on their facilities that they don’t agree with?? Do you want some links of them condemning stuff?? They don’t condemn stuff republicans do. They condemn lots of other things

It is noteable.

if this had been a thread about a loyalist paramilitary group making use of a OO or even Irish league football team car park and the hosts refusing to condemn it , it would be approached entirely differently by most posters here, and there is no way the op would be accused of stirring it.

have a wee think about that and give yourselves a wee pinch and say ‘I must try harder to not be prejudiced and hypocritical’

Probably this thread has run its course now until the next major GAA sectarian faux pas. Don’t think we’ll have to wait too long.

No idea what this has to do with a thread on paramilitaries using GAA facilities?