May Day weekend activities

Below are three notices:

The FunArt table quiz is on this Friday (27th) in
Teachers Club at 8:30pm. Hope you can make it.

FunArt plans to bring 3 mural artists from the Estelí area of Nicaragua in October 2007 to work in 3 Dublin primary schools. The artists will work with groups of
primary school children to explore the themes of equality and development through the designing and painting of murals.

SARI Intercontinental League Exhibition Game

Poland Vs Italy
Sunday 6pm at Dalymount Park

MAY DAY 2007
Assemble Garden of Remembrance 12:30pm, Sunday 29th April

see full text for more information in Polish/English


May Day Sunday 29th April

This year’s May Day celebrations are being organized by the Irish Congress of Trade Unions Youth Committee and the Dublin Council of Trade Unions. The theme of the day is ”A Global Day for Fair Pay” and is aimed in particular at including and highlighting the equality and decent work agenda of trade unions in respect of migrant workers. We will assemble at the Garden of remembrance at 12.30 and will march to the Custom House Quay where there will be music, speeches, family entertainment etc.

In the Gardens of the Custom house, we have spaces for NGOs, Trade Unions, Government bodies and migrant groups to set up information stalls. Everything you need for the stall must be provided by your group. The stalls can be set up from 1pm with people attending from 2pm and we aim to finish by 5pm. To confirm your groups intention to set up a stall or for further information, please contact Gareth Keogh in the Irish Congress of Trade Unions on 01 8897748.

Niedziela 29 kwietnia 2007 Dublin


Kolorowa Parada May Day

Zbiórka o 12.30

Parnell Square

Kierunek - Customs House Quay

Wspólnie dotrzemy tam o 14.00

Przyłącz się do parady w której będzie Chiński Smok, salsa, flagi państw europejskich i ze świata

Uczciwa płaca dla pracowników z całego świata!

Customs House Quay

Piknik ‘May Day’ o 14.00

Ze specjalnym udziałem:

Liam Ó Maonlaí

Dublin Workingman’s Band

Colours Afrobeat Orchestra

Jalopy

Będą też przemowy (krótkie)!

Customs House Gardens

14:00 – 17:00


Informacyjne stoiska

Księgarnie

Malowanie twarzy /modelowanie balonów, klauni !!!

Liberty Hall

12.00 – 16.00

Taras widokowy otwarty!

Naciesz swoje oczy widokiem Dublina z najwyższego budynku w całej Irlandii.

Bilety do nabycia u przedstawicieli związkowych na parterze budynku w dniu impezy.

May Day to rodzinny dzień ⇒ nie będzie alkoholu, nie będzie używek = nie będzie awantur!

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Sari Intercontinental League

Latest in the league table, leading goal scorers and match reports from Gil Berkowich.

       
Pos Team         PLD   W  D  L  GF  GA  Points 
         
1 Poland         12   11  0  1  45  13  33 
2 Polish Eagles  12    9  0  3  46  25  27 
3 Romania        11    8  2  1  51  15  26 
4 South Africa   11    8  1  2  37  19  25 
5 Poland Naas    12    6  2  4  36  29  20 
6 Brazil         11    6  1  4  46  27  19 
7 Mosney Utd     10    6  1  3  35  29  19 
8 SADC United    13    6  0  7  40  57  18 
9 Somalia        13    5  2  6  28  30  17 
10 Polska         9    5  0  4  47  32  15 
11 Italy         12    4  3  5  23  26  15 
12 D.R. Congo    13    5  0  8  31  38  15 
13 Slovakia      12    3  4  5  30  34  13 
14 Zimbabwe      11    3  1  7  30  47  10 
15 Ireland       11    3  0  8  19  46  9 
16 Polonia       14    2  1  11 33  58  7 
17 Hong Kong     11    0  0  11 16  68  0 

Goal Scorers

Tomasz Mikolajczyk Polska               23
Luciano Ferreira Brazil                 20
Daniel Niedzielski Polish Eagles        19 
Max Herciu         Romania              14
Randell Stevens         South Africa    13
Ishmael Asiyambi SADC United            12

The weekend was definitely the weekend of the underdog's teams.
For the first time this season it would have been very hard even from the
brokers from Ladbrokes to predict The weekend results of our league.

In the Saturday match:

In the only match that was played on Saturday the team of D.R. Congo met the
team of Hong Kong from the bottom of the league.
Despite the fact that Hong Kong has only had...9 players against the 11
mighty Congolese worriers, The team from the Far East has made the Congolese
wear their socks out, before the referee blowing the final whistle on a
spectacular no defense goal fest that ended in the result of 8:7 for the
Congolese.


In the Sunday matches:

The Boys in Green are no longer a Mickey Mouse team. (Apologies to Mickey
Mouse :-)

1) In the upset of the day it was the Ireland team who dig out from the
abyss of their bench the legendary and Unstoppable Gil Berkovich and sworn
to fight until their last gasp. It was a battle of hearts of determination from
the Boys in Green against the Current League Champions the mighty Polish
Eagles.
The Poles drew their first blood scoring first goal from a from a
penalty. The Irish came back strongly in the Second half equalizing from a
well deserve team effort goal.
The second goal for Ireland was work of art by the Valentine
Viera-like to put the Irish 2.1 up. The Irish Goal keeper Dermot who was
fantastic during the match had a bad goal kick which fall straight to Piotrowski, who netted straight away. When it looks like the 2 teams might settle for a draw which wouldn't be good for the champions from Poland the Polish Eagles were granted a second penalty.
To the delight of the Irish their magnificent Goal keeper Dermot - the man
of the match save the day. Suddenly the Boys in Green felt that they could win the
match and send their lads upfront. 5 minutes from the end, their Lithuanian midfielder Peter lob the great Polish keeper to score the Irish third goal in what seem to be the winning goal, 3:2 for Ireland in
the end.


The Somalian winning 2 matches back to back first time this season.

2) In another upset of the league the SADC team were looking to continue
with their great recent form, and it didn't look that the skinny and small
Somalians will be able to the big guns from the SADC team. After another
stalemate it was the Somalian team who has manage to put a the take the wind
out the SADC sails by beating them in the result of 3:2. The win has taking
Somalia 3 places up in the tables from 12 to 9th place. Well done Somalia !


The battle of the Poles for fame and Glory.

3) In a Polish Derby between the leaders of the league and the best
defensive team Poland to the team with the best goal scoring record Polska, it was a battle between defense and offence. It didn't look match that way when the Poland team has managed to crash the hapless Polska team, in the result of 4:0. The Poland team did very well in their last general performance before their stalemate with the Italy team next week in Dalymount Park at 18:00.


The Shoo Shine football from South Africa is back!

4) In a match between the finalist from last year South Africa to the
rising Poland Naas team, it seem like the past meeting the future when the
South African coming back in the last couple of weeks from the hole they dig out for
themselves, and showing the critics that it's still too soon to burry them.
The Poland Naas have tried use their tactics against the South Africans. However the South Africans dominate the match and won 2:0, to retain their 4th position on the league.


The Samba football is back for good.

5) The team of Brazil was hoping to continue their recent form after
beating Italy last week, when they should have met the team of D.R. Congo.
The Congolese probably must have been too scared to show up since 11
warriors Could barely managed to beat the 9 small Hong Kong guys the day
before. Brazil were happy to take the easy 3 points without playing their
match.


The Romanian are playing for 90 minutes (and a little bit longer :-)

6) In another match that looked very easy on paper between the Romania
team, position in the third place, to the Polonia team which were third from
the bottom of the league. The tables didn't look much when the Polonia team
opened the score and play very strong to lead 2:1 at the half time.
The Poles scored another Goal in the second half and a smell of
sensation was in the air. However the best comeback team in the League
(Romania), has managed another one of their amazing come backs from the deficit
of 1:3 to win the match 4:3.


The Return of the Katanacho

7) In their Final preparation of the Italy team before their Big match
against the Poland team this coming Sunday At the Dalymont Park, the Italian
were hoping to stop their loosing streak by beating the Slovakia from the bottom of the tables. To the dismay of the Italians the Slovakia team didn't just show up
to enjoy the weather, and have managed to thrash the depleted Italians in the result of 4:1.

The Italians are due to meet the Poland team this Sunday in what seem to be
a very steep mountain to climb. It is more than likely that the 3rd defeat in a
roll for the small Italians will force them to be back to the Katanacho
football style.


Next week the league will play only half its matches, and the league will
stop it breath when the current league leaders and the number 1 contenders
Poland will meet the Katanacho of the team of Italy. the league will keep
its fingers cross for the Katanacho people to hold their defense a little
bit stronger,so that the Polish celebrations will not start too soon.

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Bray legends give racism the red card

The roll out of the eircom League of Ireland's anti racism campaign and sign up to the UEFA 10 point plan continued today at the magnificent Wicklow Arts Centre in the heart of Bray.














Pictured: Garrett Mullan, Anthony Rooney, Andrei Georgescu, Eddie Cox, Des Tomlinson, Eddie Gormley, Katie Taylor, Chris O'Connor, Gary Messit



Cathaoirleach Ann Egan opened the event speaking on behalf of Bray Town Council. Councillor Deirdre De Burca, Deputy Liz Mc Manus and Minister Dick Roche were also present to see the launch of the Bray Wanderers FC Show Racism the Red Card launch.













About 140 attended the event in total including pupils from St Andrew's National School, St Patricks GNS, St Cronan’s BNS, St Peters, Bray School Project, St Feargal’s with teachers and representatives of Bray Youth Service, Bray Town Council and Wicklow VEC.












The panel included players Andrei Georgescu and Chris O' Connor with their manager Eddie Gormley and local legends Katie Taylor (Ireland Women's Senior team and World Boxing Champion) and Gary Messit recipient of the FAI Football for All award 2006.










Sections of the 15 minute Show Racism the Red Card dvd were shown followed by questions and answers session involving the panel and youngsters in the audience.












Pictured: Katie Taylor takes a question













Pictured: Garrett Mullan, Eddie Cox signing up to the UEFA 10 Point Plan on behalf of Bray Wanderers FC, Des Tomlinson FAI Intercultural Co-ordinator and Bray Wanderers FC Manager Eddie Gormley

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Chelsea's new response to anti-semitic abuse

Chelsea have warned their fans against making anti-semitic taunts during Saturday's Premier League game at home to Tottenham Hotspur. Spurs, whose fan base includes members of north London's Jewish community, played out a 3-3 FA Cup draw at Stamford Bridge last month without incident.


Chelsea issued a warning on their Web site on Friday, saying: "The club has been praised for the huge strides made in tackling racism at Stamford Bridge and we want to ensure that any fans who use anti-Jewish abuse during the game are identified and appropriate action taken." It added: "Hissing noises, singing songs about 'yids' and other offensive songs about Jewish people are unacceptable. "Anybody caught chanting or making anti-semitic or racist remarks will be arrested and prosecuted by the police.

Chelsea will also ban guilty offenders from Stamford Bridge." The club are introducing a text message service from the Spurs game onwards for fans to report any anti-social behaviour. Saturday's saw Chelsea close the gap on leaders Manchester United in a 1-0 victory over Spurs, who drop one place to seventy, looking to hold on to a UEFA Cup slot for next season.

See article Friday 5th April on www.chelseafc.com

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Eto prefers kids not to attend matches

Barcelona's Cameroon striker Samuel Eto'o has said he prefers not to take his children to matches because of the racist attitudes in stadiums.

"It is something that has affected me personally. I think players, leaders, and the media have to join forces so that no one feels looked down upon because of the colour of their skin," Eto'o said.

"At this moment in time I prefer my children not to go to football matches. In the stands they have to listen to things that are difficult to explain to a child. It is better that they aren't exposed to it."

Last season Eto'o threatened to walk off the pitch after being racially abused by fans in a match at La Romareda in Zaragoza. Real were fined after the incident. A number of other Liga clubs, including Atletico Madrid, Malaga, Racing Santander and Getafe, have been fined over the last two years after fans directed racist abuse at visiting players.

The Spanish government has committed itself to taking a hard line on racism in football after a rise in the number of incidents of abuse directed at players in recent seasons.
www.reuters.co.uk

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Balbriggan Youth against Racism

Balbriggan Youth Against Racism was formed in September in 2006 following a series of incidents in the area. The students at the community school which has 40 nationalities organised a response by painting over the graffiti and organising an intercultural day.


Balbriggan Youth Against Racism

An afternoon of activity including

Coaching in Glebe North by FAI… April 10
Time 12-2 in Glebe North

A presentation of the campaign at Bracken Court Hotel 2.30 – 5,
Taste the Nations, foods from across the Globe, Come meet the players from Drogheda United,Show Racism the RED CARD DVD followed by music and dancing.

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