It just gets better and better for Pat. Doon won the minor title yesterday.
you could day that about a lot of places in this town.
Fair point.
Hail, hail. The future of the Munster council is in very good and progressive hands 
Concessions woe for Fitzgerald
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Pat Fitzgerald admits it’s becoming more difficult for his ticket-checkers to be civil with supporters who try to hoodwink them into giving concessions.[/size][/font]
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The Munster GAA chief executive says there continue to be several instances of people attempting to receive illegitimate discounted admission.
"The big problem nowadays — and I have been hammered for this but I’ll never pull back from it — is having a strong policy on who’s entitled to concessions and whose not.
"I could tell you people younger than myself who have got old age pension concessions and some of them in very good employment.
"I could tell you about 25-year-olds who claim to be under 16 and to manage those in a courteous way is not easy.
"So those are the challenges we have. We had to have strict ‘no go’ policy for a couple of years and in the last year or two we trained personnel to do those specific jobs.
“Most of them (ticket-checkers) are women. It’s almost impossible to be courteous at times and other provinces have said the same.”
Fitzgerald says it’s key that stadiums have properly trained personnel on match day to make the experience more enjoyable for patrons. "The challenge is — and I think it’s going to become bigger as we go forward — having people capable of managing it. You can have the infrastructure and the paperwork but if the people on the ground aren’t delivering for you then you’re going to have a problem.
"If you take Thurles or Killarney — and I’m not picking them out ahead of the two other big ones (Cork and Limerick) — there has been a serious commitment in both those stadiums to develop systems and have the right personnel in the right places to manage our games.[/size][/font]
“whose not”.
Deary fucking me. A journalist making that mistake and putting it to print deserves to be shot.
Am I right in thinking the journalist in question is a frequenter of these shores?
The media in this country have lost their edge if they have to go around after Pat Fitz for a newspaper article on a day when the “value for money” 3.5million project was eclipsed by the Castletroy Carlton Hotel which was sold for a fraction less. Surely the correct and proper article would involve a price comparison and perhaps an expedition whereby 10 properties that represent greater value for money than the “Munster Bowl” can be bought around the Castletroy area.
I recall a situation at a Limerick County Board meeting whereby a well known pensioner was annoyed at being charged the full rate into a match under the watch of the Munster Council and called on the County Senior Board to deal with the matter. Needless to say we all know what happened there. The terms brush, under and carpet spring to mind, but that indivdual actually brought it up a second time at a subsequent meeting.
Fitzgerald hints at changes to grants system
By John Fogarty
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Munster GAA chief executive Pat Fitzgerald has suggested clubs seeking capital grants will have to prove they are contributing to the community.
The Limerick man, whose contract was extended by five years last month, aims to focus more on clubs’ administrative structures in the role.
Predicting “challenging years ahead” financially, he warns clubs will have to demonstrate they are committed to promoting Gaelic games in their area as much as possible before receiving council funding.
"We have always led from the front, way before my time, in terms of grants and financial support to clubs. We probably need to look at that going forward. My own view would be that while we should in some form continue to respond to that I do not believe in supporting monuments without the club structure being behind it.
"So I would like to see club grants and coaching grants being linked to communities.
"As part of the assessment in getting a grant, how they’re working in the community and supporting Gaelic games would be a factor.
“I think you shouldn’t just pay for a physical structure but also to what the club are delivering in their community.”
In his annual report earlier this year, Fitzgerald expressed hope that provincial councils would be allowed to play more of a role in broadcasting rights negotiations.
He believes his concerns have been taken on board in Croke Park.
"My view on TV is that it’s very important to our games. There’s no question about that. But I feel at times we saturate it and if our numbers start dropping as a result of TV coverage, which is definitely a factor on wet days, the same TV companies will lose interest.
"My view is to get the balance right in terms of the amount of live games you give. Before my time, provinces negotiated individually and it’s there in black and white that there was more money got for the matches being shown than there is now.
“I accept there are a lot more games being shown. I’m not saying we should go back to the provinces claiming the rights back to their own games, but what I am saying is there should be more collective discussion and that has been agreed at national level within the organisation. It’s starting to take place.”
In the same report, Fitzgerald welcomed the redevelopment of Páirc Uí Chaoimh but had expressed reservations about the size. He maintains that view even with the capacity since revised down to 45,000.
"Our challenge is to meet the expectation of the supporter and the spectator. In that regard, my views of the current state of Páirc Uí Chaoimh are well known.
"I’m not sure about the size but it’s the second city in the country so the GAA needs to have a strong presence there. Semple Stadium is one of the finest stadiums in the country, no doubt. People give out to me in Limerick because the Gaelic Grounds doesn’t get games but that’s our home and away system. Limerick are due quite a number of big games now (Limerick v Tipperary in hurling, Limerick v Cork in football).
"In terms of Killarney, it’s a fantastic stadium to run a game in and from an organisation point of view they’re fantastic because they have a challenge in almost being all terrace.
"I’d be happy with the infrastructure with the exception of the development of Cork in terms of where we need to be.
“Some people say do we need four major stadiums and I’ve asked myself the same question a number of times. The only thing I’d say is they’re there so the need doesn’t arise and Cork is the second biggest city in the State.”
Like Munster Council chairman Seán Walsh, Fitzgerald plays down the significance of there being no team from the province in either All-Ireland senior final this year.
"I don’t look on 2012 with too many fond memories because there was no Munster team in a senior All-Ireland final. I don’t think that’s a measure of the standards in Munster. In my view, that’s just the way the competitions rolled out. In hurling in particular, the five teams in Munster next year will all believe they have a good chance of winning it.
"A number of them have started the rebuilding process over the last number of years and Tipperary before them.
“In terms of football, there is always a challenge because we only have two strong teams in the province. Tipperary are coming up to meet them and are near enough to the standard so that will give us three. I wouldn’t have any fear for the games in the province.”
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Fitzgerald hints at changes to grants system
By John Fogarty
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Munster GAA chief executive Pat Fitzgerald has suggested clubs seeking capital grants will have to prove they are contributing to the community.
The Limerick man, whose contract was extended by five years last month, [/quote]
Rejoice
TASE will be pleased to note that the Gaelic football is all but dead in Limerick, Clare and Waterford as per the man in charge.
This is proof that the promotion of Limerick FC to the LOI premier division has virtually wiped out Gaelic football*
*that and the bad press resulting from well known figures dabbling in prostitutes and been named in newspapers also may have had a negative impact on the sport
Unbelievable comments from him about the Munster football championship. Had to read it twice to confirm that he actually insulted most of the counties in Munster.
“In terms of football, there is always a challenge because we only have two strong teams in the province. Tipperary are coming up to meet them and are near enough to the standard so that will give us three.” Incredible.
What about your own fucking county Pat who were in an All Ireland football quarter final only, oh, 12 months ago? The same team who over the last decade have consistently put it up to Cork and Kerry in Munster?
Lads like Johnny Mac, Pa Ranahan, Galvin, Lucey, Lavin, Ian Ryan and Ger Collins must wonder why they bother putting in such effort when elected officials from Limerick within the Munster Council and the Limerick CB have such an open contempt for Limerick football. Clown.
Quiten down.
Former Munster Council Offices available for rent at €20,000 per annum on this weeks Limerick Leader
Heard that Fitzs new contract extension prevents him from standing outside turnstiles checking ID’s
Say it aint so…
I hear Kilmallock arent too happy with Fitz these days.
There were plans to move the Thurles Sarsfields game out of Kilmallock. Kilmallock said NO!
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There were plans to move the Thurles Sarsfields game out of Kilmallock. Kilmallock said NO![/quote]
Proper order too.
Hospital were moved out of their own field two years ago for the Munster Intermediate Hurling Club Championship. Pitch declared unplayable. I walked the pitch when I heard the game was moved. Should never have been moved. It was wrong to deny a club their greatest day on their own club pitch. In fact I should put this post in the ‘things that are wrong’ topic
I believe Kilmallock have widened the field to allow them to play their expansive champagne hurling against these no-marks from Thurles.
I thought they were narrowing the field to make sure Lar Corbett couldnt find room. Then again he might choose to do a man marking job on one of the Kilmallock wing backs instead. Will they be flogging Lar Corbett books at the game??
Lar will be too busy tweeting poison pen letters to be of any used in Kilmallock. Will Redser be carrying the hurleys?