Ticket row heats up between Ryder Cup bosses and Adare townsfolk

They are not pleased!

However, the initiative has not gone swimmingly, as locals from the area without an Adare postal address were not included.

Those who reside in the village and have a business there also received two passes.

Bridie Collins, a Tidy Towns activist and Adare representative on Limerick City and County Council, highlighted the fact that many who are deeply involved in the Adare community reside in the surrounding areas, while she also revealed that she has spoken with Sports minister Patrick O'Donovan.

As per the Irish Examiner, Collins said: "They allocated the passes without any community involvement.

"I am sure the Ryder Cup people had no intention of upsetting people. 

"I would say about 80% of our Tidy Towns group, who go out in all kinds of weather, picking up weeds and setting flowers and keeping Adare clean, live outside the village post code area. 

"I am trying to figure out how to get it resolved, I have spoken to Patrick O'Donovan. While those of us living outside the village postal code have been excluded, people with businesses in the village, who also reside in the village post code, got two allocations: one for their private house and another for their business."

"My phone has been going non-stop since we learned of the allocation of complimentary passes and the way it was done. 

"I can tell you there is a lot of disappointment in Adare. I don't know who's advising the Ryder Cup people.

"It is the single biggest issue to have come up since the Ryder Cup was announced. So many people have been left out. I can see disappointment building to anger. This decision was not a good one and I don't know if anyone in the community was involved."