The ROI team are officially designated as the team from his juristriction (or the “Free State” as you refer to them). You are a proud partionist. Your issue, not mine.
Ireland draw players from 32 counties and don’t have a pub song as a national anthem or a bastardised flag.
It is officially designated as the team of this juristriction, i.e. this portion of Ireland or the “Free State” as you call it.
It officially draws players from 32 counties, does not have a bastardised flag and does not have a pub song as a national anthem.
The women’s team lose 51 -7 to England . The talk the last few days referred to England being a professional team .
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Article 4 of the 1937 Constitution - The name of the State is Éire
It doesn’t. It officially draws people who can get Irish passports.
FIFA have designated the ROI as the team of the 26 County Irish State and Northern Ireland the team of the 6 Counties. The FAI accept this designation.
You describe the ROI as the Free State. You are a partionist.
Cicero picks and chooses when that State is “Ireland” or Ireland. Because he is a partionist, that’s a fine view to hold. Plenty of people from his juristriction also believe in having a partioned Ireland.
They are Irish citizens, anyone born on the island of Ireland is eligible for the Irish soccer team, why does that upset you?
I believe he might be Italian. Italy only ever become a unitary state in the latter half of the 19th century. The Partitionist mindset is still very strong in a lot of the regions in Italy and plenty would like nothing more than to see Italy torn asunder.
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You’re getting confused now and using very loose and inaccurate terminology. There’s been an Ireland soccer team for 137 years, all the way back to 1882. The partionist Eire soccer team came into existence in 1924.
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Think you’re getting confused mate, you thought Chile was an apartheid state.
Ingredients
50g butter
1 tbsp olive oil
1kg onion, halved and thinly sliced
1 tsp sugar
4 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
2 tbsp plain flour
250ml dry white wine
1.3l hot strongly-flavoured beef stock
4-8 slices French bread (depending on size)
140g gruyère, finely grated
Method
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Melt 50g butter with 1 tbsp olive oil in a large heavy-based pan. Add 1kg halved and thinly sliced onions and fry with the lid on for 10 mins until soft.
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Sprinkle in 1 tsp sugar and cook for 20 mins more, stirring frequently, until caramelised. The onions should be really golden, full of flavour and soft when pinched between your fingers. Take care towards the end to ensure that they don’t burn.
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Add 4 thinly sliced garlic cloves for the final few mins of the onions’ cooking time, then sprinkle in 2 tbsp plain flour and stir well.
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Increase the heat and keep stirring as you gradually add 250ml dry white wine, followed by 1.3l hot strongly-flavoured beef stock. Cover and simmer for 15-20 mins.
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To serve, turn on the grill, and toast 4-8 slices French bread. Ladle the soup into heatproof bowls.
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Put a slice or two of toast on top of the bowls of soup, and pile on 140g finely grated gruyère cheese. Grill until melted. Alternatively, you can complete the toasts under the grill, then serve them on top.
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Did I? You’ve probably inadvertently raised a very important issue there though. The ongoing discrimination of the indigenous Mapuche population in Chile is an absolute disgrace.
At which point do the rugby lads add the angel dust?
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They are full time contracted players
Do they play with clubs ?
Who pays them?