The Gown Student Newspaper at Queen's University Belfast

Well you can't have a one bar pub crawl and they did finish in the Union so what more can you ask of RAG? I think they did a great job!

The article clearly states "The crest appeared on the poster which advertises drinks promotions just days before St. Patrick’s Day, when the province’s media will hone in on QUB to monitor their reactions to celebrations in the Holylands". I'm sorry but wasn't this event held on the same night as a RAG week Pubcrawl that started at 7 in the evening, promoting early and excessive drinking? And RAG is a Student Union based group is it not and I think the pubcrawl a number of bars which did not contribute to the Unions income......

@ Student,
At the risk of reducing this debate to a tit-for-tat format, does one really believe that the GAA club would be thriving at the level its currently at purely through the financial rewards from the university?!Outside financial assistance is vital for the club to remain competitive on a national stage. Using the sigerson team as an example alone, this is evident in the large (and very grateful) sponsorship the club received this year from The Botanic Inn's Group aswell as the multinational construction firm "O'Hare&McGovern". Now, I'm not so niave as to disregard the great facilities QUB GAA uses at the "dub", but to say QUB GAA basically 'owes' it to the union to hold their fund-raising nights in the union is essentially ransom?!

Storm in a tea cup.

I highly doubt the crest will take away from a failing Students Union.

Gown the drain, until the Botanic Inns Group have training facilities that the team can use I think Queen's have every right to do what they want with their crest.
And ultimately it is their problem because they are a Queens club and it's their Union regardless of whether they want to drink there or not they need to be showing support when necessary.

As the GAA is a Queen's University club, surely it is entitled to displaying the Queens crest on any promotional paraphernalia? Of course it is disappointing to see the demise of the Union and staff lay-offs, but it's ultimately not a problem for the GAA club, and not their responsibility. Furthermore, they were surely entitled to the usage of the Botanic Inn's facilities as the Botanic Inn's Group is a major sponsor of the senior football team.
Obviusly regarding the tension and speculation regarding St. Patricks Day celebrations, the club possibly should have refrained from promoting a social event outside of the university domain/premises in view of the media public so close to the 17th March, however to be forced to remove the Queen's crest from advertising for a Queen's club is bordering on extreme?

Well if they were forced to remove the crest does that not show that they knew they were in the wrong to begin with? The Queen's crest is used by many clubs and societies but most of those try and support the Union and the University not detract from it's trade. The irony being the less much the Union makes the less funding for the GAA...

Seriously, get a life Catherine. U obviously didnt enjoy to many good nights out as a university student..