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They took their time. They had to be shamed into it in the end. Really pathetic and atrocious reputational damage for the school.
LePetitComté (Louth) - Posts: 7 - 11/12/2024 12:13:54 2583110 Link 8 |
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They've done the right thing. It's a Protestant school and plenty of multi-national students. No damage done to their reputation.
GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 7704 - 11/12/2024 14:23:38 2583137 Link 0 |
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You don't think it has? I would strongly disagree. So what if it's a protestant school, religion or nationally should never come into sport.
Square_B (Leitrim) - Posts: 1057 - 11/12/2024 15:02:44 2583148 Link 4 |
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How can their decision to introduce Gaelic Football for Senior Cycle boys and girls in 2025 cause reputational damage for the school? It didn't have a GAA tradition or reputation. Damned if they do and damned if they don't. It's a good news story that won't stop some people about Dundalk Grammar School until they find something else to whinge about. Something that may affront their GAAness from their keyboard.
GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 7704 - 11/12/2024 16:33:12 2583155 Link 0 |
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That's an incredibly naive statement. They'll get no credit for introducing it now having had to be dragged kicking and screaming to that position, all the while showing their true colours. They have suffered significant damage locally, where they get a lot of their pupils from. They well know that, otherwise they wouldn't have shifted position.
LePetitComté (Louth) - Posts: 7 - 11/12/2024 18:42:35 2583168 Link 2 |
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Students & Teachers literally had to protest outside their own school because the board of governors refused to sanction GAA as an approved sport despite 400 students signing a petition in favour. If that's not damaging for the reputation of the school (I.e. for not being all inclusive), I don't know what is. Thankfully, they've seen sence so everyone can move on. Square_B (Leitrim) - Posts: 1057 - 11/12/2024 20:55:48 2583198 Link 2 |
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It's not their decision to introduce it that has caused reputational damage of course, but the lengths they went to, to try and prevent it originally and how far it had to go for them to finally make the obvious decision. The spurious excuses they used initially, each which was proven to be a red herring: Not a pillar sport - They had introduced multiple smaller non-pillar sports in recent years, like badminton and cricket. Insurance - Almost all students who wanted to play were covered already as they were GAA club members. The parents had already said they'd cover insurance costs for any who weren't members. 90% of the school's teachers and students signed a petition requesting that the sport be sanctioned. This dragged on for far longer than it should have. I will congratulate them on them on making the decision however, so everyone involved can move on now. WanPintWin (Galway) - Posts: 2210 - 12/12/2024 10:34:33 2583263 Link 2 |