Updated at 14.51
THE ALL-IRELAND winning Dublin ladies team must begin their own fundraising in order to pay for a team holiday later in the year, according to the players.
The team made an appearance on RTÉ’s The Ray D’Arcy show on Saturday night, and brought the Brendan Martin cup along with them into the studio.
As part of the segment, Fiona Hudson and Niamh McEvoy were interviewed together by D’Arcy. They were also joined by their partners Paul Flynn and Dean Rock, who won a third consecutive All-Ireland title with Dublin earlier this month.
Towards the end of the interview, D’Arcy inquired if the teams would be heading off on holiday to mark their respective achievements.
The men’s holiday is largely paid for on account of a grant from Croke Park, and Flynn explained that their trip is in ‘planning phase’ at the moment.
When asked what the situation is for the Ladies team — who won their first senior All-Ireland title in seven years — Hudson explained:
We’re hoping to start some fundraising now. It doesn’t come with the package like the guys, so we’re starting to do a bit of fundraising now and hopefully get on a team holiday.”
Her teammate McEvoy added:
“We’ve never been on a holiday as a group, so we’re going to look into a bit of fundraising and hopefully get some support.”
D’Arcy countered that it ‘doesn’t seem fair’ that the Ladies team should have to finance their own team holiday, considering the record-breaking attendance figures at the game last Sunday.
Ladies football is run by the Ladies Gaelic Football Association (LGFA), while the men’s game belongs to the GAA, which is a separate organisation.
Watch the full interview here.
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And Iam one of them.. from Aherlow to Madrid Harps!!
That’s the legacy of Fianna Fáil and you still will get idiots that will vote for them
Colm Keaveny says they have changed….surly he couldn’t be wrong
Of course they will, because their TD’s great-grand-uncle 14 times’ removed handed DeV a glass of water in Boland’s Mill when he asked for a drink. Ironic really seeing as we replaced one monarchy with another…
Green Thumb.
It’s sad to hear but money pays the bills not playing GAA.
If these guys played for Dublin there would be alot more help available to them…. Anyone else… On your bike lads…!
Sad sign of the times. Our club were county champions 2 years ago, of the 30 on the panel 16 have left as no work in the area and 14 of those have left the country.
What? What club is that
Ahhhhhhhh come on…….
any of the 600 gone wouldn’t have stopped Clare winning the all Ireland this year….
Ridiculous statement!
Clare ha..one back door all ireland in near twenty year and cocky all ready eh. Not even munster champs…roll on next year.
Yea can’t wait back to back all Irelands
Incredible that they only went to U.K. ,U.S. and Australia. 100%.
It was a very narrow-minded group of people.
And where did you go to Dave? North Korea? Iraq? Afghanistan?
Spoddgy you left out Limerick
I am in Budapest. 8 years. Why?
They may end up joining their armies and end up in Iraq and Afghanistan anyway.
Why not got to Canada, Germany, New Zealand, The EUA or anywhere in Scandinavia? They all speak English if that is their problem.
Listen? Hear it? That’s the yawning sound of ignorance. Mark it well because it is often disguised as informed opinion.
600 new club members in Dublin gaa?!
Ever hear a tipp man speaking English …. Ha ha ha here comes the red thumbs…
Anyone who has been to Tipperary will know that emigration is better than a life stuck there, coming from someone who lives here and will be leaving soon.
You will be a major loss… Hope the rest of us can manage without you in the premier county!
No worries, plenty have arrived to take their places.
Ya mary, more like a spent force!
Kilkenny on the way back, in force !
The Tipp crowd are no good
GOOD.
Is that all? Lucky they still have 500+ Most counties would be lucky to have 50