Comments on: NEWS: Chuckle Bros back Bot in RAG-GAA event clash

By: Vintage Lad

Vintage Lad — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:20:32 +0000

Great night in the Bot lads-well organised and everyone had a vintage night. Bazza and Paul keep up the good work at the stalls. + Rag day?? As a German/History student I wasnt off so maybe Rag day could be better run next year?!

By: Med Students don't get holidays

Med Students don't get holidays — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:58:23 +0000

Didn’t have RAG day off so didn’t even consider going to a RAG event.

However I did consider the GAA thing as it was better and earlier advertised. And because the GAA boys did a good job of grabbing our attention at the SWOT fashion show . I think their participation at SWOT shows that the GAA are prepared to back charitable student organisations.

I don’t think who the exec backed matters at all. They are obviously going to back the event they have the highest stake in. It just seems to me that the whole thing should have been arranged better. Whoever booked last, shouldn’t have.

What I’d like to know is why RAG day had to be moved?

By: Redundant Bar Staff

Redundant Bar Staff — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:47:42 +0000

Its a disgrace that the GAA considers itself more important than the charities that RAG supports. Also I am glad that RAG decided to finish in the union, many student bar staff have lost their job due to lack of business in the union and the exec knows it. This is why it is a disgrace that Paul Courtney has an advertisement supporting an event in the Bot, taking business away from the union, copounding the lack of shifts for the student staff he is supposed to be supporting… Once again GAA orientated sabs who dont care about the union…

By: JJ

JJ — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:20:17 +0000

What I wonder, is why are the GAA holding a “pre-paddy’s” drink-fest. It’s Saint Patrick , not Paddy ye heathens. It is blatently promoting getting drunk on Saint Patricks Day, did students not get bad enough press last year?

By: jas

jas — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:38:51 +0000

Paul lilly needs to understand tht there’s more to life than just GAA and acting the big lad around campus. He does more to ruin the reputation of vp’s than increase it at a time when all respect for them had gone out the window due to the anitcs of susan kearney.

By: KG

KG — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:07:48 +0000

Surely student officers should use what influence they have to try to promote the SU???

By: CJ

CJ — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:53:05 +0000

There isn’t any day off classes tomorrow anyway, an email was sent round arch. and geog students saying classes are as normal?

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:30:55 +0000

The Bot? RAG? I’m going nowhere!

By: Ryan

Ryan — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:09:13 +0000

Eh, Paul this story isn’t that biased. It’s a fact that yesterday your Facebook status was advertising the Bot as the venue for this GAA event and have been for several weeks.

As an officer of the Union you really should have encouraged the organisers of the event to hold it in the Union, especially since you have known for many months about the decrease in income of the SU bars.

By: Paul Lilly

Paul Lilly — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:33:46 +0000

Another biased story Brendan I am disappointed, never mind the fact the chuckle brothers were two of the only sabs that helped lead on the first RAG pub crawl,

By: Orlagh

Orlagh — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:29:42 +0000

bad boys lilly and bazza. see yous in the bot
xxxx

By: Donal Cusack

Donal Cusack — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:27:06 +0000

As far as I’m aware the night out has been booked in the Bot since before Christmas when all GAA fixtures were consulted and this was an appropriate gap in the fixture schedule in which to facilitate a night out. There was no mention of RAG week at that time and whilst it is unfortunate that both events are clashing, people will just have to grin and bear it.

Anyway, if RAG are running a ‘pub crawl’ surely they’re not spending all night in the Union and consequently, any sabbatical officer that supports it is affecting Union income. Students will therefore only arrive at the Union when they’re already drunk and completely incapacitated to spend any more money.

Double standards if you ask me!!

By: Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:55:21 +0000

This is yet another example of the ‘Executive’ double standards and plain ignorance. If you’re placed in a position of power and *ahem* respect within organisation A, you shouldn’t be able to feck off and support organisation B over A. I have no problem with people socialising all across the city, but when it comes to major events, such as RAG, the full support of the Executive should fall behind those events.

Son, I am disappoint.