Why did the Republic of Ireland's team in the Olympics put up such a poor performance?

Question

Can they learn from the great performance of Team Great Britain.

Answer 1

Umm...I know I'm going to incur the wrath of Irish readers here...but NZ has only 4 million and our athletes did us proud..winning 3 gold, 1 silver and five bronze....so size is an obstacle but maybe they have to put more money into developing athletes into their sports...

Answer 2

It has no money to spend on sports now that Europe has stopped throwing money at it. Other countries with less than 4m people did much better.

Answer 3

I remember the time we were beating england 1-0 when your supporters started rioting and the match was dissmissed, You'se blamed National Front,  as for GT Britain which consists of people who are welsh and scotland who definately WOULD NOT thank you for calling them British but they have no choice but to rep GB.

Everyone in the Irish team are proud of their team, big difference,

Quote from Braveheart

Stephen: In order for an Irishman to meet his match he must talk to god

I dont expect best answer but I could talk for years

You fielded 9 Boxers, many got medals???

We fielded 5 of which we got 3 medals, get your calculator

Answer 4

No one can really know but whiskey comes to mind.

Answer 5

The UK did exceptionally well this time - I doubt that they'll ever do so well again. But part of the success has come through making lottery money available to offer to promising athletes as grants. Some sports, such as cycling, have benefited from centralized training and coaching facilities. And the UK does have a bigger population than Ireland.

Answer 6

Oh well ....!! always next time ....!!! lol

Ireland's the best ....!!!!

Answer 7

well, the country only has 4m people wheras britain has 60 million and china has 1.3 billion.

and the boxers were cheated off by the judges. (fact) have you heard what our paddy and kenny egan said in their interview??

i think its unfair to say how poor Ireland did because 3 boxing medals is alright and paddy made Belfast and Ireland proud