Can I ask a potentially silly question. In schools hurling/football/rugby/soccer, do the coaches have to be members of staff or can you draft in outside help?
Outside help in many cases for all
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They must be some clatter of wankers. Who comes up with this nonsense?
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Sure thatās always been the way.
Most teach/sub/do PE in the school in the Dublin private schools for rugby anyway.
Any of the hurling coaches Iāve seen are also teachers in the school.
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Isnāt he a teacher?
I may have read that wrongly. I was under the impression his job was hurling coach and not teaching.
Pat Critchley works in SCR as a coach since his retirement as a teacher but knowing Critchley its probably all voluntary. Iād be surprised this wasnāt common enough around the place.
In a lot of instances, I think the āteacherā bit is very loose. In some instances, I know of firsthand, itās very very very loose. @fenwaypark will know what, or should I say who, Iām getting at here!
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Heās not
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I donāt think Phil Werahiko is a teacher.
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He was Director of Rugby at Belvo for years.
Putin plant, infiltrating high faluting Irish society
Paidi Maher coached Thurles CBS last year and he a guard; I think I read that on here anyway
Seems I was very niave in my thinking
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Probably ā¬50k from the school plus whatever else he can get from coaching elsewhere.
I know of a middle of the road rugby school on the southside of Dublin whose budget for rugby in a school year was ā¬280k. That was in 2012/13.
Private schools should have all their state funding taken away if they are pissing their money away like this. While at the same time many of these private schools fail to give oay equality to teachers.
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