Efrem Gidey was named the Irish Schools athlete of 2019 at the Athletics Ireland awards last week. Photograph: Kevin McFeely PhotographyHere we go again. Nothing has sparked a more healthy debate around the European Cross Country for the last number of years than the subject of nationality. And if the latest one is anything to go by what we know and what we think we know can sometimes be two completely different things.
Only among them is Jakob Ingebrigtsen, the Norwegian distance running prodigy, who at age 19 has already won the Under-20 race for the last three years and is targeting an unprecedented title number four. Also in there representing Ireland for the first time is Efrem Gidey, and who in just getting to Lisbon has already endured more that any 19-year-old ever should, and certainly showed maturity far beyond his years.
Not long after, we sat in the back of the car untying our spikes when Greg Allen came on RTÉ radio, live from Alnwick, in the north of England. McKiernan had just won the gold medal, jousting with Spain’s Julia Vaquero down the homestretch, her victory margin a mere second. It was an inspired and inspiring run on many levels: the European Cross Country, as McKiernan had just proved, was winnable, certainly worth aspiring towards.
Gidey’s case and inclusion in the Irish team for Sunday, as unavoidably comparable as it might be, couldn’t be further removed or more different. Because his is a case not of switching nationality, but finding one, and without applying any undue pressure or expectation can for others be certainly worth aspiring towards.
All the imports love Ireland with all the free handouts.
So why did he leave a European country and come here?
Which means he is not a legitimate refugee and should be deported immediately.
I think this man is brave and dying to make that journey, but the worst thing we can do is hand him a crutch, he’ll loose that drive to get up and go, drop them out in the wild and he will prosper.
You are fake news. Goodbye.
there is no war in eritrea, one of the safest countries in africa, on what grounds did he claim asylum here ?
Dissident.
Why did he not seek refuge in France?
I've been on camping trips to northern France, wasn't much of an ordeal. When are Eritrean journalists going to start taking jobs in Irish newspapers? After all, diversity is a strength, right ianoriordan ?
“Efrem Gidey arrived in Ireland from Calais, using a three card trick only he understands”
On what basis is he allowed stay in Ireland? fakeugee
Taking the place of Irish kids who dreamt of competing for Ireland. A scammer who shopped around in different EU countries for best fools to get free stuff off. Deport now, Ireland is for our own suffering ppl, we've done enough for Africa etc
I’m glad he is safe. We all deserve that. Isn’t France a safe country to claim refugee status? What am I missing?
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