It’s all part of a new government plan to tax misery.

weather is to be lovely later so it must be true i just heard it on tv3 lol

TV3 Haha ha :-)

No, the airport is an operational workplace! If thousands of extra people suddenly appeared where exactly would they go?
The slightest bit of congestion could ruin the operation at the airport and inconvenience thousands!
Save this sort of thing for dedicated public spaces where it can be safely controlled!

The Airport doesn’t have to be congested for the operation to be ruined, DAA run it, its long ruined by them busy or not

:-)

Have you been to the airport lately.the Daa have done a brilliant job. What major international airport do you no that takes 20 mins to get through security?

20 minutes on a really really really good day, 50 mins to an hour every other day

@Connor.
How is this the DAA fault.If team Ireland don’t want a fuss made of today when they come home that’s there choice.All the DAA are saying is don’t come out to the airport as you won’t get to see team Ireland as there more then likely going through VIP.I’m sure if it was an official home coming the DAA would pull out all the flags and escort the plane in with the airport fire service.

@Jason, The reason it takes 20mins to get through the airport is because we now have 2 terminals and less passengers going through the airport when we had one terminal!

no that’s what the media have told you to hide the real fact that there arguing over who will foot the bill

Me,me,me, it’s all about me. What about the atheletes and their families?

Let them go home to their friends and families first and organise something properly after they have had a rest.

They are supposed to be inspiring for the next generation of athletes who will go on to represent Ireland. They were part funded by the Irish people to represent the Irish people. They will have the next 4 years to spend time with their family.
Also if you read the articles on this properly it seems that the athletes were not consented about a homecoming and it boils down to officials messing around. What the hell is the point in spending 4 years training to be a part of these games if your just going to come home and hide away. reaching the Olympics and representing your country is defiantly something to celebrate, and brining home 5 medals is the icing on top of the cake. Now lets all eat that cake,

Part funded Simon?
I suppose – if by “part” you basicly mean “the smallest amount you could imagine”.
If you win a gold medal in the Olympics in shooting, for example, congrats – you’ll get a grant the next year for all of 30k. In a sport where a full competitive year will cost between 100k and 120k. And you’ll have to put in several of those years to win the medal first. And the year *after* you get the 30k? You don’t get 30k, because you didn’t win a gold medal in the Olympics the year before (yes, despite there not having been an Olympics).

One of these days, someone’s going to actually look at the levels of support our international athletes get compared to what they need, and report it; and it’ll cause a few days of outrage before it’s forgotten and the Irish Sports Council continues to hamstring its best staff and make a hames of sport in this country.

Well Mark, “part funding” is part funding in any form, even if its just for €1, but with profiling like this then no one will want to take up any sport, and thus funding will not be increased. A few hours out of their life to parade in front of their supporters (who roared louder than a jumbo jet at take off in the excel), and give them inspiration to follow in their foot steps. And as I said before this was more to do with incompetence of organisers rather than the athlete’s.

Give a euro, get to tell them they’re failures for not winning a Gold with that euro? You working for the Indo or something Simon? :D